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Take up your cross and migrate with me

By anton | Published: March 29, 2010

What could I tell her? What would you have told her?

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Linda’s Cross (A story of “voluntary” deportation and the separation of a family)

By anton | Published: April 7, 2009

During all six days of the pilgrimage we are carrying a cross made as a gift by immigrants in Gainesville.  However, today the cross took on extra meaning as the first person to carry it was a Mexican woman named Linda*. I had heard from some of the coordinators a bit of Linda’s story and I [...]

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Day One: Pilgrimage for Immigrants (Gainesville-Chicopee-Oakwood)

By anton | Published: April 5, 2009

4 1/2 hours…  6 miles…  125 walkers…  Day One… As we gathered around the cross in the parking lot of a shopping center known for its day labor pools, all of us were silent as the voice over the cell phone told the 125 of us gathered there what our country’s policies did to her [...]

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