The Rio Grande Valley, or el Valle del Rio Bravo, is a collection of small town border communities in Texas. The region is well known to Texans as a citrus center for agriculture, home for the delicious red grapefruit. Lacking a major city center it is also known as...
Below is the text of the poem delivered by Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman at the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden as the 46th President of the United States. When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a...
by Elvia R. Arriola, Executive Director, WOMEN ON THE BORDER (2015) I. Introduction For many years, Women on the Border has participated in cross-border delegations produced by our social justice partners Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera and the Comité Fronterizo de...
Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera Welcome to the new and brighter world of solidarity Over the long-term, ATCF creates and nurtures spaces in which people cross boundaries of language, nationality, history, class and culture to meet each other. People who have not had...
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada –...
Denise “Neecy” Ann Vergez, January 21, 1965 – July 18, 2011 Women on the Border lost a true friend on July 18, 2011 when Denise “Neecy” Ann Vergez ended her eight year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 46 years old. Denise designed and...
