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Spring Break 2011—Sign Up Now! |
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Sunday, 21 November 2010 19:27 |
According to the Arizona Daily Star more bodies of undocumented people have been found this summer than have ever been recorded before. The recent elections have put increasingly hateful legislation on the table that jeopardizes the lives of many people living in the United States. No More Deaths needs you now more than ever to join us in our mission to end death and suffering.
If you would like to participate, please place a request as soon as possible.
We have redesigned our spring break program in order to more efficiently work towards our mission. Please read carefully to understand the many different projects you can work on.
CORE EXPERIENCES—Every spring break volunteer will have the opportunity to:
- Participate in an intensive training (which includes sessions that equip you to work on specific projects as well and features speakers from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to gain a better understanding of the crisis on the border)
- Experience of the migrant trails (walk the trails or participate in a site clean up)
- See the militarization of the border (surveillance towers, the border wall, and many levels of law enforcement)
- Visit Nogales and learn about the various aid stations set up there
- Bear witness at a Streamline Hearing in Tucson
PROJECTS—In addition to these CORE EXPERIENCES, volunteers will sign up as a group or an individual to work on the following projects. We have organized the projects based on location, but it is possible to work on multiple projects in a given location.
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Desert Project
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Tucson Project (Freedom Spring)
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Nogales
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| Cooler days make for longer hikes allowing us to focus on mapping, exploring, servicing supply drops, and, of course, offering direct aid to our compañeros y compañeras. |
The atrocities that occur in the desert are becoming increasingly part of our legal system. Racist laws such as SB 1070 and hateful agendas such as altering the 14th Amendment are dangerous threats to democracy. Please join us in grass roots organizing in Tucson against legislation like this.
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We will be working directly with deported migrants in Nogales, addressing their practical needs on a basis of solidarity and justice. We have three essential roles to play: a medical role (first aid, advice and referrals), a resource role (property recovery, information/orientation, phone calls to family), and a rights role (abuse documentation, complaints and legal referrals).
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Links to more information and experiences of previous volunteers will be available shortly
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Links to more information and experiences of previous volunteers will be available shortly
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Links to more information and experiences of previous volunteers will be available shortly
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PROGRAM DATES: All projects begin on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and end the following Friday at 10:00 p.m.
Week 1—March 5-11
Week 2—March 12-18
Week 3—March 19-25
REQUEST: We encourage you to place a request as soon as possible. These requests are non-binding, but we would like as much information now as possible so we can better evaluate our capacity. If you place a request by January 31, we will respond by February 15 with an invitation to fill out a more complete application. At that date, we will know the concrete specifics and capacities of our program. It will cost $200 per student to work with us. Please see the spring break planning packet for more information about getting funding from your institution. |
