(Itinerary subject to change)
Child Leader Project
February 13-17, 2013
Wednesday, February 13th
Evening Group
arrives
Dinner
Orientation/game
What
does the border mean to you? Art Project
Overnight at BorderLinks Dorms
Thursday, February 14th
7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Leave
for Nogales, Sonora MX
9:00 am Desert
Walk in Green Valley with Shura
1:00 pm Lunch
with a family in Nogales, MX
3:00 pm Talk
with Jeannette Pazos, director of HEPAC
5:30 pm Dinner
at Hoger de Esperanza y Paz (Dinner at HEPAC)
6:30 pm Activity
with Youth of HEPAC
8:00 pm Reflection
Overnight at HEPAC
Friday,
February 15th
8:00 am Breakfast
at HEPAC
8:30 am KINO
and West Cosgrove
9:00 am Border
wall observation
10:00 am Leave
for Tucson
12:00 pm Lunch
at BorderLinks
1:00 pm Talk
with a ICE agent
3:30 pm Meet
with Scholarships A-Z
5:30 pm Dinner
at BorderLinks
6:30 pm Reflection
Saturday, February 16th
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am
UNIDOS meeting about ethnic studies
12:00 pm
Lunch with Marco
1:00 pm
Chat with Marco about detention
3:00 pm
Legal Immigration Simulation with Mo Goldman
5:30pm Dinner
6:30pm Reflection
Sunday, February 17th
Final Reflection and Action Planning
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Desert Walk
offers the opportunity to experience the harsh nature of the desert by
following some of the same trails that migrants use. Our guide is a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, who
believe that providing aid to another human being in
distress is a fundamental human value, and that there should be no more deaths
in our desert. The Samaritan Patrol (a.k.a. Samaritans) is made up of people of faith
and conscience who are responding directly, practically and passionately to the
crisis at the US-Mexico border. They patrol the desert on a daily basis
during the hot months continuing the ancient Southwest tradition of hospitality
to travelers. At least one member of each patrol is a fluent Spanish speaker,
and one is, ideally, a medical professional. Patrols carry water, food,
emergency medical supplies, communication equipment, maps and individual
traveler-packs containing items necessary to survive in the desert
El Hogar de
Esperanza y Paz, Associación Civil (HEPAC), is
BorderLinks’ partner in Nogales, Sonora.
HEPAC (The Home of Hope and Peace) is a community center that offers
adult education classes, a food security program for children, family education
on nutrition and gardening, and is the home base for a Women’s Cooperative
business venture. Former
BorderLinks participants may know El Hogar by its former name, Casa de la
Misericordia.
Kino Border Initiative is a collaborative effort of 6 Catholic organizations
on the border that includes programs such as the Comedor and Women’s Shelter.
The Comedor is an aid station near the Mariposa border entry. Founded by the Catholic sisters
Misioneras de la Eucaristia (Missionaries of the Eucharist) and neighborhood
volunteers, the aid station provides meals for deported migrants.
Construction of the border
wall in Nogales began in 1994 with Operation Safeguard, part of an effort
to seal the areas around urban ports of entry by increasing security features
such as physical barriers, technological surveillance, and Border Patrol and
military staffing. The 14-foot wall is built out of reused landing strip
materials from the Gulf War and has become a site for public art and less
formal personal expression.
ICE - Immigration
and Customs Enforcement is the principal investigative arm of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency
in the federal government. Created in 2003 through a merger of the
investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and
the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ICE now has more than 20,000
employees in offices in all 50 states and 48 foreign countries
Scholarships A-Z is an organization founded by college
students and advisors that connects students and families to educational
scholarships and resources regardless of immigration status. They also offer community education
about federal and state legislation around immigration and education.
U.N.I.D.O.S “is a new youth coalition of students from local Tucson
high schools, alumni and community members, demanding our educational human
rights. UNIDOS was created in response to H.B. 2281, the ban on Ethnic Studies
throughout the state of Arizona, and the growing attacks on our education.
UNIDOS seeks to protect and expand Ethnic Studies ad promote the values and
diversity, justice and equity in our education”.
The Legal Immigration
Simulation
is an interactive activity that allows participants to understand various
challenges encountered by would-be immigrants as they attempt to apply for a
legal path to US citizenship. Mo Goldman, an immigration attorney, explains the
different parts of legal immigration as it relates to the simulation.
Marco Galdino
was detained for over six years and talks about his experiences and cooks for
the group.
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