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Volunteer Stories Archive
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A Migrant’s Story
Posted on July 1, 2011 | No Comments(Note: This story is part of a series of personal accounts by volunteers from the Migrant Resource Center in Agua Prieta, Sonora (MRC). Chayito is a volunteer with many years... -
Religious conversion
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsRandy McGuire reports that at the San Xavier del Bac mission in Tucson, among the little votive offerings pinned to Saint Francis as requests for healing or thanks for healing—metal... -
Borderlands
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsMy mornings in Nogales were spent at a migrant bus station.I have found my place doing deportation impact surveys, which means interviewing folks who have spent a significant amount of... -
Culpable
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 1 CommentI needed to take a few days before I wrote a reflection about my experience en la frontera. After a week of documenting abuses by border patrol, completing long term... -
Insanity on the Border
Posted on March 27, 2011 | 1 CommentMade it back to DC late last night & want to post something today, while the experience is still fresh in my mind & in my heart. How do you... -
Stories
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsCourage. Resiliency. Strength. Hope. Faith. These are the words that come to my mind as I am writing right now. Today I had the opportunity to talk to two amazing... -
Humanity
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsI’d say that one of the hardest parts about being in Nogales is how to fully understand how we (No More Deaths) fit into the chaos that has become the... -
No Words
Posted on March 24, 2011 | 1 CommentI know the coming questions are inevitable. How was your Spring Break? What was it like? What did you learn? But when I search my throat for answers, no words... -
On My Knees
Posted on March 24, 2011 | 1 CommentI have spent a portion of these cool Nogales mornings on my knees. There is something primally satisfying about washing the feet of another, Lenten allusions aside. It is an...