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Voices at the Common Ground on the Border Conference
In January, Voices from the Border was honored to attend the annual Common Ground on the Border Conference at The Good Shepherd United...
Voices from the Border
Feb 236 min read
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Updates from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Pancho helping the Michoacan family, who self-deported because they feared deportation and separation. Two days before the inauguration,...
Voices from the Border
Feb 214 min read
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Helping Vulnerable Individuals and Families in Your Community
"Know your rights" red card in Spanish When Donald Trump was elected and mass deportation became imminent, one of our colleagues started...
Voices from the Border
Jan 141 min read
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2024 Has Been a Very Big Year
On the threshold of what will undoubtedly be a challenging and eventful new year, we invite you to look back at some of our 2024...
Voices from the Border
Dec 29, 20246 min read
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Plans May Change, But Dreams Can Still Come True
What an honor to get to know the families sheltering in our apartments. The women are strong, good-natured, resourceful, and resilient. A...
Voices from the Border
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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Riding the Line: Compassion + Bikes at the American Border
Picture a quiet morning, the road ahead stretching like a blank page. This film chronicles a bike ride from Tucson to the U.S.-Mexico...
Voices from the Border
Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Our Commitment To You On This Giving Tuesday
According to GivingTuesday.org , this day of giving was founded in 2012 by New York’s 92nd Street Y in partnership with the United...
Voices from the Border
Dec 2, 20243 min read
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It's been said, “The only way around it is through it”…
Several of our co-founders leading the Keep Families Together March in Nogales, AZ, in 2018 Like you, we are horrified by the election...
Voices from the Border
Nov 10, 20244 min read
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Migrant Services Update - Late Autumn
It's been a busy summer and fall. Our apartments continue to be full with mostly moms, their children, and single women. A couple from...
Voices from the Border
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Peek Behind the Curtain Launches The Border Before Project
September 7th was our third annual "Peek Behind the Curtain" event, which was held at the beautiful Wittner Museum in Nogales, Arizona....
Voices from the Border
Oct 27, 20242 min read
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A Heart-Centered Response for the Haitian Community in Springfield, OH
A Heart-Centered Response for the Haitian Community in Springfield, OH
Voices from the Border
Oct 15, 20243 min read
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Exciting New Project and a Reprise of A Peek Behind the Curtain
In partnership with Sierra Club Borderlands, The Patagonia Museum, Pimeria Alta Museum, La Linea and We Love Nogales, we are excited to...
Voices from the Border
Aug 26, 20242 min read
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July 2024 update - Nogales apartments, news from Kalispell, MT, Welcome Quilts hitting the road!
This summer we're housing some families with dads, as well as moms and kids. We do our best to accommodate the needs at the moment, and...
Voices from the Border
Aug 21, 20241 min read
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This Election Year’s Top Three False Border and Immigration Narratives: A Q&A with David Bier
A photo from our archives - helping newly arrived asylum seekers at the wall, July 2019 The Border Chronicle's June 13th edition... Last...
Voices from the Border
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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"So I did a thing – a really big thing. As it turned out, it was probably the best day of my life."
It involved a young indigenous woman who had been sheltering at the apartments that Voices provides for migrant women and children in...
Voices from the Border
Apr 23, 20241 min read
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Welcome Quilts: Migration, Art, and Hope exhibit currently at Tucson's Arizona History Museum (through April 27th).
In our December newsletter, we briefly introduced you to the Welcome Quilts: Migration, Art, and Hope exhibit currently at Tucson's...
Voices from the Border
Apr 4, 20242 min read
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Volunteers are the Lifeblood of Voices
This photo was taken during our Valentine’s Day lesson. We played Valentine's Bingo using the terms that are on Valentine's candies. We...
Voices from the Border
Mar 14, 20241 min read
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How the Rio Grande Ran through our Lives
Those of us who pay attention to what’s happening on our border with Mexico have seen the news reports and read the stories of people...
Voices from the Border
Jan 27, 20241 min read
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Raising Awareness with Special Events and Creative Activism in 2023
As you may know, Voices from the Border has a two-fold mission. On the Mexican side of the border, we provide free temporary housing,...
Voices from the Border
Jan 3, 20242 min read
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The end of detention and the beginning of a new chapter.
Many of you have been following the story of Veronica, one of the Venezuelan asylum seekers staying in our apartments this past summer....
Voices from the Border
Dec 28, 20231 min read
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