Volunteer opportunities, education and advocacy immersion trips, and public actions are all chances of encounter for people to gain awareness, accompany and to stand in solidarity with migrants at the border. For many, these experiences are transformative. Individuals go back to their communities to not only shed light on the issue but to actively work on seeking justice. Alma’s “Bolsas de dignidad” or “Dignity Bags” is one example of this. When Alma Schlor met a migrant woman named Dominga …Read More
Archives for January 2022
Migrant Story: Ana Carolina (excerpt from “Voices of the Border”)
Excerpt from “Voices of the Border” edited by Tobin Hansen and Maria Engracia Robles Robles, ME Purchase your copy today : Voices of the Border | Georgetown University Press Ana Carolina I’m Ana Carolina, from Guatemala City. I’m thirty-nine. I only finished sixth grade. At age fifteen I moved in with a guy, and I had seven kids: three boys, four girls. Except for the ones who have been murdered, it’s the same kids I have with me here. My oldest daughter is twenty and the youngest is …Read More
Bringing the Voices of Asylum Seekers From Nogales to Washington, D.C.
ISN | Daniel Martinez Romero …Read More