DIRECT MIGRANT SERVICES
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Medical
Nurse/EMT, Pancho, along with our Migrant Services Team, coordinates and provides free medical care which includes paying for doctor visits and emergency dental appointments, medications, lab work and necessary diagnostic testing and procedures. We provide medical equipment when needed (i.e. wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, etc) as well as transportation to and from medical appointments.
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Support
We provide safe, comfortable housing in apartments, as well as food, clothing, and daily necessities to migrating families in Nogales, Sonora. Some of our guests had hoped to request asylum in the US, and are now stuck in limbo, and others are recently deported.
Our apartments can accommodate up to 24 people and are often at capacity, so we help others pay for rent and utilities in rentals across the city.
Volunteers visit our apartment guests to provide ESL classes, arts & crafts, and emotional support.
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Resources
We help recently deported people who decide to stay in Nogales, and who are not Mexican Nationals, navigate the government requirements to try to apply for asylum in Mexico. We help all our guests enroll their children in school, as well as work directly with each family to make sure they have the resources they need to start their new lives.
We also help with transportation costs for those who decide to return home or relocate to other areas of Mexico.
CREATIVE ACTIVISM
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Awareness
In the second branch of our mission on the US side of the border, we strive to change the narrative about migration by building awareness and deepening understanding through shared stories from "our families" in Nogales, Sonora, providing accurate information and credibly-sourced journalism.
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Artistic Events
Using the arts as a vehicle for creative activism, we organize events that create a more holistic and empathic understanding about the lived experience of migration and the effects of immigration policies on human lives. See our portfolio here.
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Online Platforms
Using our social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, we seek to reach a wider US audience and create a more compassionate and informed society. We also publish monthly newsletters that provide updates about our work in Nogales, Sonora as well as our creative activism on the US side of the border. Sign up for our newsletter here.