This book explores the harrowing journeys of those who risk everything to escape death, poverty, and danger. Through powerful stories, you'll gain insight the resilience and courage of human spirit. Join us on this profound journey of survival and hope.
Phyllis Dodd brings
a profesisonal and personal
perspective to an important
issue in our nation, going
beyond the
headlines to tell the stories
of refugees and immigrants
from the inside. It's a
throught provoking resource
for people of faith and
people everywhere.
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Walt Wiltchek, Pastor,
Church of the Brehtren and
At-Larsge Editor,
Messenger Magazine
This is a marvelous account of how a professional social worker combines the ethics of a professional with the spiritual underpinnings of love, respect, and compassion for everyone.
The book provides critical lessons for the understanding the human needs that are the same for everyone within the contexts of cultural and social justice.
Every social work program should designate Love Has No Borders as required reading for every social work student.
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Marlene A. Saunders, DSW, LMSW
This is my story---or should I say, the story of people of different lands, who I see as all children of God and our 'neighbors'. Phyllis' words here sum up this very egaging pliece of writing from a person whose life has embodied an expansive view of who is included under the term "neighbor"---a perspective needed as much today as it ever has been.
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David Radcliff
Director, New Comunity Project.
MY PERSONAL JOURNEY
Phyllis "Yvonne" Dodd is a bilingual (English/Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked in the social work field for almost fifty years. In order to learn the Spanish language, which was dear to her heart, she attended the University of Barcelona, Spain, and later entered the Peace Corps in the rural areas of Ecuador, South America. She has worked in several agencies serving Spanish speaking individuals and has extensive experience as a trauma therapist working with children and families who have faced incredible struggle to find safety and peace in their lives by immigrating to the Unit3ed States. She has worked with Cubans who entered in 1980, the Spanish Speaking Community in Takoma Park, Maryland, Refugee Services Program in Montgomery County, Maryland, as well as clinics and domestic violence shelters throughout the DC metropolitan area. She has focused on immigrants from Cuba, Central American and Mexico, as well as other countries worldwide, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, and Ethiopia. She graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in 1996. She lives in small town, Greensboro, Maryland where she holds plays bluegrass in her spare time. She hopes to use this platform for understanding the plight of the refugee and reasons to help the foreigner and those who are voiceless.
Services
REAL STORIES
Hear the desperation of many who have crossed the border, risking their lives to traverse a desert or river into the United States to escape death in their homeland. Now, they fear being separated from their children or spouse, bringing anguish and a sense of hopelessness.
IN THE NEWS
Discover what’s going on in the world without actually watching the news. Short clips capture daily events and the chaos unfolding, impacting the lives of families and children.
Trauma, domestic violence,
& PTSD therapy-- Spanish/English
Offering counseling, therapy, and mental health services, along with documentation support for immigration cases and helpful resources for those who feel lost in the system and unsure where to turn.
302-855-0558
Yvonne Dodd, LCSW-C