A required educational field trip to Nogales, Sonora,
Mexico
with the non-profit educational organization BorderLinks will
add
an innovative and exciting dimension to this course. This full-day
excursion
will be tailored to our course topic and may include activities such
as:
orientation in Tucson at BorderLinks; interview with the US Border
Patrol
or Grupo Beta (Mexican Border Patrol); visit to a migrant
shelter/community
center; lunch with families in a colonia squatters' settlement; visit
to
a maquiladora; exercises such as a market basket survey comparing cost
of
living on both sides of the border; discussions with migrants and US
and
Mexican experts and officials about migration issues. The opportunity
for
this trip undoubtedly will enable us to bring home through an immersion
experience
many of the topics studied in the course.
As indicated on the ASUW Course Schedule, a fee of $85.00 per student
is
required
(check or money order made out to "BorderLinks," to be
collected
in
class by Feb. 1). A hired bus will transport us to and from Tucson,
about
$15-25
extra.
Please arrange your schedule and obligations to
enable you to attend this important part of the course!
BorderLinks Trip Schedule
Trip Leaders: Madre Irene, Riley &
Brook
All times are approximate and all visits subject
to
change.
8:30am
Meet at BorderLinks Office in Tucson for a brief
orientation
9:00am Meet
with representatives from the No More Deaths coalition
10:00am Depart for Nogales
11:30am Meet with Grupo Beta
12:30pm Lunch with families in Flores
Magon/Bellavista
2:00pm Maquiladora
visit
3:30pm Market Basket
Survey at a supermarket, a cost of living exercise
5:00pm Light dinner
and discussion with Francisco ÒKikoÓ Trujillo (Borderlinks' director in
Mexico) at La Casa de Misericordia
6:30pm Depart for
Tucson
8:30pm
Bus from Tucson to Phoenix
