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Aug 21, 201310 min read
My experience on a Roots and Realities of Migration delegation to Oaxaca | Mi experiencia en una del
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Jun 18, 20124 min read
Obama’s New Immigration Directive a Positive Step, But Not Enough
By Carlin Christy, WFP Mexico and Tony Macias former WFP Mexico Team Member A new policy move by President Obama and the Department of...
Oct 27, 20114 min read
The Drug War and Migration Collide
By Claudia Rodriguez Witness for Peace’s Mexico-based International Team The biggest news coming out of Mexico is the violence as a...
Oct 24, 20112 min read
Think Globally – Act Locally on Immigration!
By John Clark Pegg Witness for Peace – Upper Midwest Board As we enter into the final phase of our Upper Midwest speaker tour, Nancy...
Oct 17, 20115 min read
The Untold Stories of Female Migrants
By Amanda Tello Witness for Peace Delegations Assistant Every year, thousands of migrants risk their lives on a treacherous journey...
Oct 12, 20112 min read
Faces of Migration: Those Left Behind
By Carlin Christy Witness for Peace International Team – Mexico Petra Juarez has six children living in the US who she hasn’t seen in...
Oct 11, 20112 min read
Lessons from a Canine Immigrant
By Sara Joseph Communications Associate, Witness for Peace During the year-and-a-half that I worked in Nicaragua with Witness for Peace,...
Oct 7, 20112 min read
Fleeing an unsecure world, only to come to one that you still feel unsafe in!
By Emmy Andersson Intern, Witness for Peace Have you ever thought, “I am glad I was born here, I am glad I was born in a family that...
Oct 5, 20111 min read
DOCUMENTARY SERIES: Faces of Migration
Witness for Peace’s Mexico-based International Team partnered with documentarian Kate Fenner to bring you the Faces of Migration series...
Dec 15, 20102 min read
Dreams of “Trabajo Digno” on International Migrants Day
By Amanda Jordan She holds her dreams close. Close like the brown earth that creeps under her fingernails, close like the morning dew...
Aug 12, 20102 min read
A Partial Victory for Immigrants’ Rights
By Beth Baker-Cristales The infamous law SB 1070 took effect in Arizona on July 29th with some key provisions of the law blocked by U.S....
Jul 28, 20103 min read
Seeing migration from the bottom up…
By Sarah Monroe In the United States, the controversy over immigration is heating up. In my own community in rural Washington state,...
Jul 27, 20102 min read
The Senselessness of Hate
by Mark Stevens I recently saw an article on abcnews.com that investigates whether Arizona law SB1070 has sparked or intensified...
Jul 23, 20103 min read
Delegation to Mexico: Learning from the Heart
By Arnie Alpert Don Gregorio was one of the first people our Witness for Peace group met in San Juan Sosola, a small village in the...
Jul 15, 20101 min read
Calling all activists for our annual Roots of Migration campaign!
It is only with your support and activism that we will achieve immigration reform that truly respects immigrants and rectifies the trade...
Jul 9, 20101 min read
Searching for the “American Dream”and falling victim to the “American Nightmare”
He was not successful in making it to the U.S. But his determination to give his children a better future would not allow him to quit. He...
Jul 1, 20101 min read
Mexico Supports Lawsuit Against the SB 1070
Mexico has formally offered its support for the lawsuit being put forth by a wide list of civil rights organizations calling on the...
Jun 30, 20101 min read
Migrating Towards Understanding
Pass this video on to your friends by sending them the quick link: witnessforpeace.org/migrating. Or host a movie night to show the...
Jun 30, 20101 min read
VIDEO: Migrating Towards Understanding
June 30th, 2010 Pass this video on to your friends by sending them the quick link: witnessforpeace.org/migrating. Or host a movie night...
Jun 29, 20101 min read
Obama’s Ratings Down Among Latino Population
This month, polls are showing a decrease in President Obama’s popularity among Latinos in the United States. Some say that the numbers...
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