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Posts by: Abraham A. Joven

How I Learned to Hope Again

By Abraham A. Joven

June 14th, 2018

And in order to hope, I have to once more believe—in the midst of unrelenting dark—that light exists even if I cannot see it.

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Tags: Abraham A. Joven, election 2016, fatherhood, fathers, fathers day, grief, hope, immigrants, Jack Gilbert, mourning, parenthood, parenting, Philippines, Racism, Ursula K. Le Guin

Your Patriotism Isn’t Love, It’s Blindness

By Abraham A. Joven

July 31st, 2017

Love of country, some argue. With their boots firmly planted in my chest as I struggle to protest. No, that is not love, but blindness.

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Tags: ableism, Abraham A. Joven, alcoholism, Alien Land Law, American Dream, american south, anti-miscegenation laws, baseball, Chinese Exclusion Act, civil rights, constitution, fatherhood, fathers, fathers and sons, filipino, Filipino American, Freedom Riders, gambling, homophobia, immigrants, immigration, Indigenous, Islamaphobia, japanese internment, los angeles, misogyny, MS St. Louis, Native Americans, obama, patriot, patriotism, Philippines, Racism, reclaiming patriotism 2017, Salem witch trials, slavery, Tagalog, transphobia, white supremacists, xenophobia

Abraham A. Joven is a writer and immigrant rights advocate based in Southern California. Working at the intersection of social justice and faith, he crafts art reflective of his experience. He lives in Southern California with his amazing wife and loves Liverpool Football Club, Hamilton, and anything related to comic books.

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