KBI in the news: Migrants, advocates gather at border, call on Biden to “save our asylum” Catholic News Service covers KBI and #SaveAsylum Coalition's September 25th bi-national march, Restore Protections for Holy Families: Prophetic Action to #SaveAsylum. Executive Director of Ignatian Solidarity Network, Christopher Kerr, said in his interview with CSN, “President Biden campaigned on how we’d treat asylum-seekers and other immigrants. He’s the first U.S. president to talk about the situation …Read More
Archives for October 2021
September- October Announcements
On October 11, 2021, KBI's executive director, Joanna William's, shared migrant testimonios at the "Prayer Vigil for Migrant Justice" sponsored by the Catholic Coalition for Migrant Justice, in collaboration with the Diocese of Phoenix. The prayer vigil was led by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and Bishop Eduardo Nevaras who reflected on the "Catholic Principles of Migration". Read full article here. On October 18, 2021, KBI's Director of …Read More
Recuérdame, Remember Me: Life, Death and Communion at the border
Anyone who has driven down on I-19 from Tucson to Nogales has seen various white crosses along the side of the highway. Have you ever stopped to wonder what may have happened to that person? To that life? Who were they? What was their family like? Who is choosing to remember them? This tradition, which Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, and Catholic author, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés calls descansos, or resting place, is used to mark a site where a death took place. In her book, Women Who Run With …Read More
Migrant Stories: Lisandro tells members of Congress how Title 42 is a racist policy
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, Lisandro*, one of the migrant organizers for the #SaveAsylum Coalition, spoke to members of congress and reporters on the Hill about the racist implications of Title 42 in a press briefing organized by NETWORK lobby. He spoke on a panel alongside prominent advocates in the field such as: Diana Kearney, Oxfam; Guerline Jozef, Haitian Bridge Alliance; Breanne Palmer, #UndocuBlackNetwork; Kennji Kizuka, Human Rights First; and KBI's Director of Education and Advocacy, …Read More
Operation Streamline Booklet
Marithza Quiroz, an artist in the Bay Area got in contact with Kino through Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales, a professor at USF. She created a short booklet on Operation Streamline using our materials from the shackling testimonies and Professor Negrón-Gonzales' research. Download a copy today: Operation Streamline booklet …Read More