Curious about what happens on a UUBorders Journey? Here’s a reflection from Rose Harris, a member of the Summit UU Fellowship in Santee, CA. My trip to the Tijuana border was both informative and inspiring. I had no idea what burden the people of Tijuana are bearing for those seeking asylum in the U.S. I was shown shelters that are […]
As immigrant and refugee communities face escalating attacks from the Trump administration, California remains a beacon for progressive policies, leading the nation by introducing bold legislative proposals that affirm the dignity and humanity of everyone in our state. Through CIPC (California Immigrant Policy Center)’s campaigns and legislative priorities, which include Health4All, CalEITC, and defending the California Values Act, we continue […]
Are you ready to learn more about U.S. immigration policy from those directly impacted? Are you open to growing spiritually? UUBorders is an experiential justice journey to the U.S.-Mexico Border sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California in collaboration with Garymar Academy. Register for our July 19-22, 2019 UU Borders Trip! Register for our November 22-25, 2019 UU […]
As I have done on a number of occasions through my work with the Immigrant Justice Action Team of the UU Justice Ministry of California, this past weekend I took an incredible group of travelers on a Justice Journey to Tijuana as part of our UUBorders program to learn firsthand the injustices of the US immigration laws. The six UU […]
From their June 2018 uuBorders trip, four U.S. teens created portraits of people they met there – an activist, two deported mothers and a U.S. veteran. A film by Carter Beardmore, India Brittenham, Jake Grode and Sam Slye created during HW Go!: A Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Harvard-Westlake School and Peace Works Travel. Executive producers Cheri Gaulke, Jackson […]
