SAVE THE DATE- Kino Border Initiative invites you to join us on December 16th, for our binational posada. Las Posadas, (which means, “The Inns”), is a religious festival celebrated in Mexico and various Latin American countries. Families dress up as Joseph and Mary to reenact the Holy Family’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe place to give birth to their son, Jesus.
This Posada season takes on a very different tone for people seeking asylum and humanitarian aid groups in Nogales as countless migrants have arrived this year to the U.S.-Mexico border seeking the very refuge that the Holy Family once sought long ago.
As we stand in solidarity with the many families seeking asylum, we remain steadfast to Pope Francis’s vision of a world where people can be free to migrate or not to migrate. He reminds us in His message on World Day of Migrants and Refugees (2023) that the Bible contains “a constant admonition to see in the migrant not simply a brother or sister in difficulty, but Christ himself, who knocks at our door. Consequently, even as we work to ensure that in every case migration is the fruit of a free decision, we are called to show maximum respect for the dignity of each migrant. In whatever place we decide to build our future, in the country of our birth or elsewhere, the important thing is that there always be a community ready to welcome, protect, promote and integrate everyone, without distinctions and without excluding anyone.”
Join us in supporting families seeking asylum in taking action to demand the full restoration of asylum protections.
- When: Saturday, December 16, 2023, 11:00 am MST
- Meeting place in Nogales, Son., Mexico: Plaza Pesqueira, located in front of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry- Calle Internacional Local 5 A Interior B y C between Pesqueira y Juarez, 84030 Nogales, Son., Mexico. Click here for exact coordinates and directions.
Starting place map in Mexico
Walking route map in Mexico
Any questions, please feel free to email us at zmartens@kinoborderinitiative.org
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