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SD Uptown News: Friendship Park's Border Church honored for providing jobs to LGBT+ asylum seekers

  • Jul 9, 2022
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 12, 2022


Border Church pastors John Fanestil and Guillermo Navarrete will receive a Light of Pride award from St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and San Diego Pride on Thursday, July 13. The Border Church serves a weekly lunch on the Mexican side of Friendship Park, prepared and served by LGBT+ asylum seekers from Tijuana's Casa de Luz.

Read San Diego Uptown News story (which includes a history of the shrinking access at Friendship Park) here.

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Jay
Jay
3 days ago

Reading at PopEmote about Pastors Fanestil and Navarrete receiving the Light of Pride award is really heartening. It's such a meaningful detail that the weekly lunch is prepared and served by the asylum seekers themselves, giving them both community and a livelihood.

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Jay
Jay
3 days ago

According to ZEnhancer, the Light of Pride award going to the Border Church pastors is a wonderful recognition of their work. I was particularly moved to read about the weekly lunch service on the Mexican side of Friendship Park, which provides both meals and a sense of community for LGBT+ asylum seekers from Casa de Luz.

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Nice post! Thank you for the valuable information.

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