2013 Social Action Summer Institute
BorderLinks Experiential Trip Registration
June 17, 2013
Sonoran Desert
Social Action Summer Institute
Sonoran Desert
Monday, June 17th, 2013
Leader: 1 BorderLinks staff
14 SASI participants
7:00am Leave UA
8:00am Desert walk with John Fife
10:30am Reflection at the border wall (U.S. side)
11:00am Legal Immigration Simulation
12:30pm Lunch in the park
1:30pm Return to Tucson
2:30pm Visit the Restoration Project
4:00pm Visit with the Sierra Club Borderlands Campaign
5:30pm Return to UA
**Please note: Participants must wear long pants, sturdy walking shoes, sunscreen, and preferably a hat and loose long-sleeved shirt. No participants will be allowed to participate without a water bottle.
*Please note: any participants whose country of citizenship is NOT the U.S. must bring a visa, LPR card, or other documentation as identification, as we will pass through a Border Patrol checkpoint
John Fife is a former pastor of Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson and one of the founding members of the Sanctuary Movement. His activism has spanned several decades—from fighting for civil rights with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to safe-housing Central American refugees in the U.S. He can speak to the local issues regarding the border as well as global movements and how we can be a part of building a more just future.
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.
The Restoration Project is a community organization whose goal is to create a network of advocacy for immigrant detainees and hospitality for individuals recently released from immigration detention centers.
The Sierra Club BorderLands Campaign works to raise awareness about the ecological impacts of the border wall and militarization in the border region. The campaign seeks to affect federal policies by educating the public.