April 14th: KBI gathers migrant community for foot washing ceremony during Holy Week KBI staff and volunteers offered two sessions of foot washing for migrants during Holy Week. Father Max Landman gave Mass and welcomed migrants to have their feet ceremonially cleansed as a symbol of love, humility, solidarity and service. April 21st: KBI and Ignatian Solidarity Network host a webinar entitled, Witness from the Border- Title 42, to inform audiences of the new changes to Title 42 KBI’s …Read More
Archives for May 2022
April-May Media Report
KBI in the news: Migrants wait at the border while U.S.battles over lifting COVID-19 ban on processing asylum applications KBI in the news: Biden lays out his authority to end “Remain in Mexico” policy KBI in the news: Op-ed: Young Adults seeks a just world through faith/ Faith Matters KBI in the news: Op-ed: What does it mean to love my neighbor as myself? A visit to the border KBI in the news: Op-ed: Palm Sunday: Holy Frustration, on the Memory of a Riot …Read More
“We are people who want to be safe, we want a better life.” Zaida urges President Biden to lift Title 42 once and for all.
Watch Video This interview was featured in KBI and Ignatian Solidarity Network's "Witness from the Border" webinar on Title 42 premiered on April 21st, 2022. Transcript Interviewer: Can you introduce yourself? Zaida: I'm Zaida. Interviewer: Where do you come from and why did you leave your town? Zaida: I come from Guerrero and I left because of persecution. Persecution that just leads to death. These are things that the cartels do. We are forced to go out to save our lives, since …Read More
Comadres: Co-mothering and Communal Care at the Shelter
Comadre (noun): a close friend, a co-mother Many migrant mothers are single mothers not by choice. Partners fall victims to violence inflicted by organized crime, leaving the women widowed and the children without a father. Other times, the partners abandon their families to migrate to the United States to provide for them. Sometimes partners simply leave because they choose to. The women are forced to make complicated and imperfect decisions for the well being of their family; including …Read More