Author Karen Gonzalez – Beyond Welcome

Author Karen Gonzalez – Beyond Welcome
on January 12, 2025 from 6 to 8 pm
 
(Leominster, MA) December 10, 2024 –Please join Habitat for Humanity NCM and the First Parish of Bolton for the Third Annual Author Event from 6 to 8 p.m. on January 12th at First Parish in Bolton, 673 Main Street, Bolton, MA.
 
Author Karen Gonzalez will lead a discussion how many American Christians have good intentions, working hard to welcome immigrants with hospitality and solidarity. But how can we do that in a way that empowers our immigrant neighbors rather than pushing them to the fringes of white-dominant culture and keeping them as outsiders? That's exactly the question Karen González explores in Beyond Welcome. "A top-notch Christian look at immigration, humane and full of heart."--Publishers Weekly. There will be time for questions after the talk.  Light appetizers and desserts will be served.
 
This event is FREE to the public but please email diana@ncmhabitat.org to reserve your spot
 
For more information or to sign up visit ncmhabitat.org
 
The proceeds from the event will support Habitat NCM’s work, including two homes being built in Ayer and Leominster as well at Critical Home Repairs in the 30 towns we serve.
 
About Karen Gonzalez
Karen González is seeking to see and love her neighbors as God does. She is a speaker, writer, public theologian, and immigrant advocate, who herself immigrated from Guatemala as a child. Karen is a former public-school teacher and attended Fuller Theological Seminary, where she studied theology and missiology.
For the last 15 years, she has been a non-profit professional, currently working for an organization that serves asylum seekers.
 
About Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts 
Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts offers a hand up, not a hand out, to hard-working, low-income central Massachusetts families seeking affordable home ownership. Habitat NCM builds and repairs simple, decent houses with people in need, serving 30 towns and cities in North Central Massachusetts.  Habitat NCM also operates the Leominster ReStore, 637 Lancaster Street (Route 117), which raises funds through the sale of discounted and recycled materials and furniture.