A World of Difference

Freida Adams, the retired Director of Border Health for New Mexico talks about the coalition she stays involved with, the questions the Biden administration has already been asking in her circles to get their transition plan in place regarding Covid and the situation with immigrants, especially kids in cages on the border. She talks about the long wait to see a woman become Vice President, and how that made her want to reach out to her granddaughter to celebrate that moment. She talks about her excitement that our new Vice President is also a Black woman and an Indian-American as well. She is vulnerable about how it hurts to see lifelong friends and family use hateful words on social media to connect peoples’ politics to the state of their soul, and how she cares for her own soul in the midst of it all. Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook

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As the US citizens head to the polls, Eric Woodard reminds us of what his time of working in the White House taught him about what we should consider when voting for a US President. Dr. Eric Woodard is an internationally recognized high performance executive career coach and mentor dedicated to helping professionals at all levels win at work.

Part of the reason Eric is so focused on career success is because he struggled so much early in his career. After plowing through the working world for decades, he now loves passing on the secrets of career success he wish he'd known at the beginning of his career.

Beyond advising numerous students, schools, employers, and professionals at all levels about career success, he has created and directed internship and other career programs at the White House, on Capitol Hill, at the U.S. State Department, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Eric is the author of multiple books about crossing the bridge between school and work, including Your Last Day of School, and The Ultimate Guide to Internships. He holds a B.A. in Biology from the University of Missouri, and both an M.A. in International Affairs and an Ed.D. in Human and Organizational Learning from George Washington University where he researched the nature of internships that develop intern soft skills.

Eric lives in Alexandria, VA with his amazing wife Keri and their 4 fantastic kids.

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Michelle Ferrigno Warren is the Advocacy and Strategic Engagement Director for the Christian Community Development Association, based in Chicago, IL. She has been working in Christian community development for 27 years utilizing her skills as an educator, non-profit manager and public policy specialist. Michelle earned her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Cedarville University and later earned her Master's in Public Administration from the University of Colorado. She is an immigration, education and human service policy specialist. Michelle is an adjunct faculty member at Denver Seminary in their Justice and Mission’s program teaching, Political Advocacy, Doing Justice in the Public Square. She is the author of The Power of Proximity, Moving Beyond Awareness to Action, published with IVP in 2017. In 2019/2020 she ran an unsuccessful bid for election to the US Senate in Colorado. She is married to David Warren, Executive Director of Open Door Ministries in Denver. They have 3 adult children. Her book can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Proximity-Moving-Beyond-Awareness/dp/0830843906. Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook

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Arturo Jiménez grew up in Denver, Colorado, where he still lives and works. Arturo is a bilingual lawyer who has practiced federal immigration law since 1998. His humanitarian practice has represented thousands of individuals in Colorado and other States. Arturo's law office helps unify families through spouse petitions, family immigration, naturalization, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), visas for victims and deportation defense in immigration court. Most of all, they seek to support the humanitarian rights of all individuals with an emphasis on immigrant children. In 2019, he wrote a book called “Dreamers Nightmare: The U.S. War On Immigrant Latinx Children,” where he uses his experiences with clients and at the border to describe how US immigration policy has terrorized immigrant children for decades.

Arturo also served on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education from 2007 until 2015. He is happily married to his wife Angelina and is the proud father of three children, Metzli, Leonor, and Citlamina. Arturo’s book on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/DREAMers-NIGHTMARE-IMMIGRANT-LATINX-CHILDREN-ebook/dp/B07XZCZR72 Stay In Touch:

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TizitCoalt, or his government name: Ricardo De la O, opens up with vulnerability about his own perspective about Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and what it means to him as a Native American from Yaqui and Raramuri tribes. His rich heritage on both his paternal and maternal sides gives him a point-of-view shaped by his elders and the compassionate oral tradition passed down to him. He shares about healing both with indigenous herbal practices and healing from over 500 years of generational trauma. Listen to him discuss the spiritual nature of the One Mandate, and a really beautiful story of diversity from the Hopi tribe. Stay In Touch:

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Gracia Berrios works for One Justice in San Francisco to help DACA immigrants to find legal help with their immigration process. She immigrated to the US from Peru as a baby with her family, and went through the grueling years of legal immigration, watching her family walk through the emotionally and financially taxing process. She now wants to help those who need the resources to make legal immigration work, despite the almost weekly setbacks that the current administration’s changes make increasingly difficult. Listen as she talks about what went right in her own journey of immigration, and what she hopes gets repeated. Stay In Touch:

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Christopher Kinnison is an immigration lawyer in the US. He travels to dentition centers across Louisiana where ICE currently holds immigrants. He takes us on a deep dive into the ins and outs of what goes on with immigrants in the US court rooms today. He speaks about his views on current policies and processes. He shares his own story of seeing Cambodians flee from the Khmer Rouge into Thailand when he was a boy growing up there, and how he got to see the killing fields near Phnom Penh for himself when he later taught at a university in Cambodia and worked with IDP’s for a couple of years. Listen to Chris tell about the immigrants he gets to interact with, and what he really thinks about what we read about immigrants in the news. Stay In Touch:

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Lisa Rodriguez Watson is the National Director of Missio Alliance.

She has served as an urban church planter, collegiate minister, and worked with refugees in Albania. She is the daughter of a Cuban immigrant. Her heart to see people reconciled to God and to one another has led her to invest her life, family, and ministry in places and people that have often been overlooked by the world. Lisa served as co-founder of a grassroots organization in Memphis, TN that was committed to mobilizing Christians to love their undocumented neighbors and consider an appropriate Christian response to the US’s immigration crisis. She lives in Washington, DC, and is a good steward of her citizenship by being a voice for the voiceless in the halls of government as a constituent. She and her husband Matt are on the pastoral team of Christ City Church. Stay In Touch:

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Amanda Stillman grew up in Asia, and is now living in Chad, working as the Africa Programs Director for Neverthirst, à nonprofit based in Birmingham AL focused on bringing clean and living water to the poor through the local church. She’s been the weird foreigner most of her life and is ok with that. She loves traveling, languages, cultures and being a part of the global church family. She is very thankful for the crazy, fun, sometimes dangerous adventures she’s had around the world and all the wonderful people who have befriended her, helped her, and inspired her along the way. Listen in to hear her talk about working with refugees and the inspiration they bring her. Hear her talk about dangerous journeys many refugees took and survived. Listen as she talks about both prayers she prayed and connections she made for a friend immigrating to the US, and how she has been prayed for by her friends in Chad in ways that help her know she is family. Stay In Touch:

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Alan Cross, has been a Southern Baptist Pastor in California, Alabama and Mississippi for over 20 years. He is an author of books and has written multiple articles about welcoming the immigrant, racism in the church, and how to tell a better story. He has worked to advocate for government policies at the state and national level that show love to our immigrant neighbors. He shares about his experiences with immigrants and refugees in the US South, on the US-Mexico border in El Paso, TX, and what we can do now to SPEAK on behalf of those who have no agency. Follow him on Twitter at @AlanLCross. Stay In Touch:

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