2013 Social Action Summer Institute
BorderLinks Experiential Trip Registraton
Social Action Summer Institute
Nogales I
Monday, June 17th, 2013
Leaders: 1 BorderLinks staff, 1 HEPAC staff
13 SASI Participants
7:00am Leave UA
8:30am Visit Kino Border Initiative Comedor
10:00am Visit Casa Nazaret shelter
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Visit clinic and Grupos Beta
3:30pm Cross into U.S.
4:00pm Reflection at the border wall (U.S. side)
6:00pm Arrive at UA
*Please note: participants must have a valid passport and/or all necessary documentation for crossing the border in both directions
The Kino Border Initiative is an innovative and cooperative effort between six major Catholic organizations that strive to accompany migrants and communities affected by the consequences of migration. The KBI is strategically located in the twin cities of Ambos Nogales (southern AZ and northern Sonora), which is a major site of entry and deportation for migrants in the southwest.
Casa Nazaret is part of the Kino Border Initiative. The shelter provides safe room and board to unaccompanied women and children who are otherwise extremely vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
Grupos Beta is a federally funded Mexican agency that offers basic services to migrants in Mexico. There are approximately 17 groups scattered along both the northern border with the U.S. and the southern border with Guatemala.
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.