Chicago Border Delegation

Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition goes to Borderland in Arizona, USA.

September 3rd-19th, 2008.
from Chicago to Arizona, reflection, education, and action

The goals of the trip are to:

• Learn about what is happening in Arizona and how we can support their work

• Learn about how the anti-immigrant policies are being played out on the ground level in Phoenix with Sherriff Joe Arpaio.

• Learn about the impact of the anti-immigrant movement in Douglas, AZ and border communities

• Begin the groundwork for strengthening our relationship with Arizona and borderlands to learn how Chicago can be in solidarity with them

• Begin the groundwork for future delegation to the Border region

• Connect with New Sanctuary folks in Arizona and visit Family in Sanctuary in Kansas City

Tentative Itinerary will be:

Sep. 3: Depart Chicago

Sep. 4 Arrive in Albuquerque, NM

Sep. 5: Flagstaff, AZ

Sep. 6: Travel to Tucson, AZ

Sep. 7: Tucson, AZ

Sep. 8-12: No More Deaths Camp in desert

Sep. 13: San Javier Mission on Tohono O'odham Nation

Sep. 14: Travel to Douglas, AZ

Sep. 15: Travel to Phoenix, AZ

Sep. 16: Phoenix, AZ

Sep. 17: Depart from Phoenix, AZ

Sep. 18: Kansas City

Sep. 19: Return to Chicago

Jenny Dale is staff for Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance for the Chicago New Sanctuary Project. She previously was a paralegal at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Pilsen from 2007-2008. Jenny graduated from Grinnell College in 2006 with majors in Sociology and Latin American Studies and made her first trip to the border as a student in 2006.

Karina Wegman is a summer intern with Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition. Karina is a student at University of Washington at Seattle majoring in Latin America studies and Human Rights. She studied at the Central American University in El Salvador during the spring 2008.

Stephanie Dernek is staff at 8^th Day Center for Justice, a faith based Peace and Justice Organization based in Chicago, IL. She focuses her work on issues of globalization, migration and environmental justice. She has participated in the Migrant Trail Walk the past three years and works with the Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition and Immigrant Defense Committee in Chicago. Stephanie has a Masters for Loyola University in Social Justice.