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...]
“Así como la Sagrada Familia estaba buscando posada, igual queremos posada.” “Just like the Holy Family searched for refuge, we want refuge as well.”
On Saturday, December 18th, 2021, also known as International Day of the Migrant, Bishop Edward Joseph Weisenburger of Tucson accompanied migrant families in Nogales who peacefully reenacted the Holy Family’s journey to seek refuge. Asylum seekers waiting in Nogales, accompanied by dozens of faith leaders and advocates, walked in procession from the downtown port of entry to the Kino Border Initiative while praying, singing, sharing testimonies and inviting public officials to take action to … [Read more...]
2021 Opus Prize Acceptance Speech, Joanna Williams
Thank you Loyola University for your incredible hospitality. And thank you to the Opus Prize Foundation for your generosity. I want to share with you tonight an image from last week at our aid center. I came into the main area of the center. The area that you saw where the last supper mural is located in the video. I saw a little four year old girl who was coloring a Mickey Mouse in a coloring book. As I approached her and sat down and spoke with her parents, I learned that she is a big … [Read more...]
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...]
Reading the Signs of the Times: Prophetic Action to Save Asylum
My hope of supporting all this that we are organizing is precisely to obtain asylum, not only for myself, but for all the people who are here waiting. We all have a reason. For myself, my hope is to be able to live safely. More than anything, it is having the security and the tranquility of not having to think that at any moment they can come and harm us. That is my hope. For my son to continue his studies like all young people. For my son to have a future, where he does not have to hide from … [Read more...]
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