The disappearance of 43 students, apprehended by police while peacefully organizing an “action” in the small Guerrero city of Iguala last month, sent shock waves throughout the world, and heightened the pervasive feelings of both fear and outrage in Mexico. Though a federal investigation is under way to determine what has happened to these young people, who were studying to be teachers in rural schools, the likelihood is that they met a violent end at the hands of narco-traffickers as law …Read More
Support KBI while shopping!
Support KBI while you shop during this holiday season via Amazon.com! [just type Kino Border Initiative as your favorite charity at:] ---> http://smile.amazon.com/ …Read More
Church without Frontiers, Mother to All
In anticipation of the 2015 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis sends a message of peaceful coexistence, inclusion and compassion. ENGLISH: Dear Brothers and Sisters, Jesus is "the evangelizer par excellence and the Gospel in person" (Evangelii Gaudium, 209). His solicitude, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized, invites all of us to care for the frailest and to recognize his suffering countenance, especially in the victims of new forms of poverty and …Read More
The Art of the Camino
By: Roxane Ramos An exhibit the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe explores the migration experience, a cornerstone of human history. The gallery is small, but its name looms large: the Gallery of Conscience. It’s an experimental exhibition space, dedicated to folk art and social change, within Santa Fe’s renowned Museum of International Folk Art (MIFA). The current exhibition, on view through January 17, 2016, is entitled Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on the …Read More
Up Close: The People of the KBI
Armando Borja, KBI Board Member By: Roxane Ramos Armando spends a lot of time on the road. As national director of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, based in Washington, D.C., a big part of his job is looking for new projects to expand the organization’s service, accompaniment and advocacy for the displaced, undocumented and vulnerable among us. “JRS goes where the need is greatest, and helps to create the initial momentum to get things started,” says Armando. Back in 2008, the leadership of …Read More
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