When crisis follows crisis...
An often overlooked consequence of the pandemic is the plight of refugees across the globe. Many more of them are in need of emergency...
top of page
Search
Nell Green
Jul 29, 20202 min read
What's in your "need to learn more about" box?
If you are like me, you are ZOOMED OUT! These days of pandemic have meant that we are constantly online trying to work and/or connect...
8 views0 comments
Nell Green
Jul 15, 20203 min read
From Michoacán to Mexicali and a hopeful return to Chiapas
Do you remember Vero, the talented young weaver? Last summer, we met her and some of her friends in Chiapas, Mexico and offered her a...
7 views0 comments
Nell Green
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Finally, some good news!
I have known Missy Ward Angalla since she began her service with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship more than ten years ago. I have a...
47 views0 comments
Nell Green
Jun 17, 20203 min read
The Story of a Stole: Celebrating World Refugee Day
World Refugee Day is this Saturday, June 20. Originally we had planned on big events, both in Atlanta and in Washington, DC. We are of...
23 views0 comments
Nell Green
Jun 17, 20201 min read
5 suggestions to move forward in ending racial discrimination
The protests resulting from George Floyd’s asphyxiation by a white police officer arose just as COVID-19 measures were being loosened...
5 views0 comments
Nell Green
Jun 9, 20201 min read
face masks on the border: evidence of love
Our face masks have arrived and are being worn by displaced people all along the US-Mexico border, a tangible image of the love that so...
17 views0 comments
Nell Green
May 26, 20202 min read
a state of being exposed
Vulnerability, according to the dictionary, is a state of being exposed to the possibility of harm—physical or emotional. Like many of...
11 views0 comments
Nell Green
May 13, 20202 min read
the hunt: monday was a weird day
(written by Nell late Monday evening) Today has been such a weird day…like every day since the beginning of March hasn’t been weird. But...
32 views0 comments
Nell Green
May 3, 20202 min read
making masks for camps and shelters at the border
You may recall that back in early January we made a trip to Juarez, Mexico on the Texas/Mexico border. The Off Ramp went to meet a group...
24 views0 comments
Nell Green
May 3, 20202 min read
it really did happen that quickly
To say that our hearts broke when we had to tell the refugees who work for Threads by Nomad that the studio would close would be an...
19 views0 comments
Nell Green
Apr 29, 20202 min read
reaching around the world: it's about more than face masks
We met Munir about two weeks after his arrival in the United States. A team of volunteers was delivering food baskets to newly arrived...
23 views0 comments
Nell Green
Apr 28, 20202 min read
On giving & gratitude: May 5 is Giving Tuesday and we've set an ambitious goal.
From Christen: In times of uncertainty we realize that two things that are apparently opposite can both be true. For example, personally,...
57 views0 comments
Nell Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
a note from nell: on everything else that's happening
Yes, things definitely are different and we are doing things in different ways. Nonetheless, we continue to address the needs of the...
14 views0 comments
Nell Green
Apr 4, 20202 min read
You're changing lives but there is more work to do.
It has been about ten days since we sent out the email detailing our face mask project. (If you didn't get that email for some reason,...
11 views0 comments
Nell Green
Mar 24, 20201 min read
We're ready. Here's what we need for the masks.
Haydar's last day in the studio was yesterday. Moving forward, he and Munir (and potentially others) will begin working from home as they...
25 views0 comments
Nell Green
Mar 23, 20202 min read
let's be the helpers: on masks and baskets
If you follow us on social media, then you already know that we are working on what has the potential to be a major project. Over the...
20 views0 comments
Nell Green
Mar 11, 20203 min read
we have some news
We’ve been sitting on this bit of news for a little while. Why? We wanted to get all of our ducks in a row and the start of 2020 has been...
57 views0 comments
Nell Green
Feb 12, 20204 min read
Successful Networking and Fruitful Collaboration: Part Two
“How do you find the refugees who work for you?” The first time I was asked this question I had to stop and think. It dawned on me that I...
41 views0 comments
Nell Green
Feb 5, 20204 min read
Successful Networking and Fruitful Collaboration: Part One
“How do you find the refugees who work for you?” The first time I was asked this question I had to stop and think. It dawned on me that I...
85 views0 comments
bottom of page