NOVEMBER 2014 Women on the Border Board Member Donna Blevins opens Austin Tan Cerca’s new Indiegogo Quinceañera Solidarity Campaign with a powerful appeal. She talks about Tan Cerca’s annual commitment to send $6,000 to fund an organizer with the Comité...
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...
What happens when a migrant crosses the border? The idea for the Journey of an Immigrant Delegations emerged from awareness of growing anti-immigrant attitudes reflected in increased legislative efforts all over the U.S. to criminalize the undocumented worker and...
REFLECTION OF PAMELA BROUKER DELEGATION TO THE MEXICAN BORDER, MARCH 12-14, 2010 (REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS –next to McAllen, Texas). My name is Pamela Marie Brouker. I enjoy poetry, nature, art, film and travel. Journaling, writing, drawing and taking pictures are...
Why Go on a Delegation? Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera (ATCF) ATCF organizes quarterly delegations to visit maquiladora workers and communities along the Mexico-U.S. border. The Comité Fronterizo de Obrer@s (CFO: Border Committee of Workers) hosts each group’s...
In its 10th year, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera is taking another delegation to MEXICO, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, May 20-22, 2011 to meet maquiladora workers who share their stories about life under NAFTA. Coordinator Judy Rosenberg has this to say about the...