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Today we talk about courageous people in the controversial arena of immigration. Immigration has come to affect more human lives today than at anytime in the history of the world. The World Health Organization: More people are on the move now than ever before. There are an estimated 1 billion migrants in the world today of whom 258 million are international migrants and 763 million internal migrants – one in seven of the world’s population. 68 million of the world’s internal and international migrants are forcibly displaced today. https://www.who.int/migrants/en/#:~:text=More%20people%20are%20on%20the,seven%20of%20the%20world’s%20population.
Thousands of people and organizations advocate for immigrants. Even so, the best advocates are the immigrants themselves. Our guest, Lane Van Ham, points out that immigrants are archetype of the “strangers in a strange land.” Enormous creativity is generated by these strangers—today and throughout human history. It is the strangers, far more than the privileged in the land, who envision the world that makes space for all of us; the only world that can save life on our planet today. Immigrant advocates change systems from the bottom up. From the margins outside of borders. They force rethinking of what “border” means and how it gets used politically, racially and religiously.
When we speak of immigrant advocates, we’re talking about a lot of people. Intelligent people. People who know how to live on very little of Earth’s resources. Our own country can learn a lot from them, but we have to listen instead of exclude. Many immigrants have a spirituality that sustains them through the impossible. When we lock them up in torturous prisons and cages, or send them back to the pain they are fleeing—these actions are to our own detriment, not our benefit. To treat immigrants as human is far more than morally right. It is recognizing their gifts, seeing them as invaluable to our efforts to reverse climate change, correct injustices of white privilege, shape the creation-based economy that works for all, and taking care of one another amid the pandemic. They know the traumatic grief of leaving family, home and country, fleeing under threats from joblessness to torture and death. Where in the world can they be seen for their true value?
Author Lane Van Ham’s resume: http://www.lanevanhamws.com/resume. He currently teaches in the writing and the applied humanities programs at the University of Arizona where he also earned his PhD. He’s written two books on the topic we’re discussing with him plus articles in professional journals.
Fascinating Announcements
- During Advent, the four week period before Christmas, read and use Lee’s new book “The Liberating Birth of Jesus: A Birth Story Able to Reverse the Earth’s Perils.” Read more here. // Hear more here, and at TheOneEarthProject.com/books. Order a copy directly from Jubilee or from various suppliers on the internet.
- Watch for news about an upcoming series of new, short videos from Jubilee OneEarth Economics. They’ll be posted for free on YouTube.
- You can be a promoter of Jubilee living. Watch for information about a new certification course.
- Order a copy of Lane Van Ham’s new book “Composite Nation: A History of Immigrant Advocacy in the United States,” directly from OneEarth Publishing, a service of Jubilee OneEarth Economics.
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Earlier Episodes
Ep. 0820–Leaving Superpower Ways for Earth-Size Living
Invitation to Sign OneEarth Jubilee Covenant for the 2020’s
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Ep. 0720–As This World Ends, the Light at the End…
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Ep. 0620–Pandemic Shows Food System Broken, Opens Door to Better Choices
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Ep. 0520–Life with Covid-19: Heading Toward a More Ecological World
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Ep. 0420::CoronaVirus: A Devastating Nature Disaster with a Message–Live Differently!
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Ep. 0329–Dave Gardner on three major efforts he has developed—all designed to bring change from the present: (1) GrowthBusters, (2) World Population Balance and (3) the One Planet/One Child Campaign.
Colleagues: GrowthBusters (Dave Gardner)–film and podcast; World Population Balance // OverPopulation Podcast; Post-Carbon Institute programs + CrazyTown podcast (SLW! Ep. 109–Richard Heinberg); CASSE: Center for the Advancement of the Steady-State Economy (The Common Good Podcast Ep. 46–Brian Czech); Center for Sustainable Economy; and Population Connection (SLW! Ep. Ep. 72: John Seager of Population Connection, Part 1; Ep. 73, Part 2); Bill Ryerson of the Population Institute and Population Media Center (SLW! Ep. 113: Part 1–Population Crises; TCGP #97: Part 2–Reducing Population Using Methods that Work)
ESSAY: Overconsumption and Overpopulation as the primary drivers of the Climate Crisis
All of our Jubilee Circles are keenly aware that the 2020’s is last decade for major climate action to save life in the sacred creation where we live. May we live in the Spirit who is eager to partner with us all.
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