CHAPTER TWO: THE BLINDING LIGHT
Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth… Genesis 4:13
East of Eden (2017-present) is a saga set in the California Central Valley, exploring themes of displacement, migration, resilience, faith and family in the migrant community whose labor feeds the United States. It embarks from the source, fleeing extreme violence and corruption birthed in Latin America by the U.S. lead war on drugs. East of Eden seeks home in the fertile and harsh lands between Fresno and Bakersfield and was only possible thanks to the kindness and sharing of the communities who wander and toil there.
Migrants labor in adverse working conditions and face a multitude of challenges when
they arrive in the United States.
Supporting Publishers
National Geographic
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
El Pais Magazine
Christianity Today Magazine
Supporting Organizations
For Freedoms
The Cesar Chavez Foundation
The United Farmworkers Union
Fresno Building Healthy Communities
Cultiva La Salud
The Binational Center for the Development of Oaxacan Indigenous Communities
they arrive in the United States.
Supporting Publishers
National Geographic
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
El Pais Magazine
Christianity Today Magazine
Supporting Organizations
For Freedoms
The Cesar Chavez Foundation
The United Farmworkers Union
Fresno Building Healthy Communities
Cultiva La Salud
The Binational Center for the Development of Oaxacan Indigenous Communities
The world was swallowed by celestial inferno which scorched the very air and forced shadow into retreat.
Threads of smoke braided across the endless sky and yet they toil on in the unending rows, eyes squinting until their focus is lost in the vastness of the sea…
Threads of smoke braided across the endless sky and yet they toil on in the unending rows, eyes squinting until their focus is lost in the vastness of the sea…