PASSOVER AND IMMIGRATION
By Joan Plotnick For Jews, the link between Passover and immigration is obvious. After thousands of years of slavery, we were finally free to pursue our lives according to our…
PASTORAL MESSAGE ON MASS DETENTION & DEPORATION IN EL PASO
✠ By Mark J. Seitz, Bishop of El Paso Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. (Ephesians 5, 8-9) In this holy season…
FOCUS ON THE HOLY SEASON
We have just completed what is the holiest time of the year for millions of people all over the world. Christians commemorated the sacred days leading to Easter, beginning with…
IN MEMORIUM
BARBARA EDENS (1953-2026) Barbara Carl Edens, longtime head of the IWC airport program, passed away in February. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Interfaith…
FOCUS ON CHILDREN IN DETENTION
MARCH FOR PEACE AND JUST LAWS Faith and community leaders join the March for Peace and Just Laws for Our Immigrant Community Faith and community leaders participated in a four-day…
UNITERIAN CHURCH DONATES $1,156 TO IWC
IWC thanks the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio for raising $1,156 for IWC at its January “Share the Plate” event.
MUSIC VIDEOS INSPIRED BY MIGRATION
“Choucoune” – By Wency the Violinist – This song came from Haiti. It was embraced in the states in a song called “Yellow Bird” recorded by artists such as Lawrence Welk,…
VISUAL ART INSPIRED BY MIGRATION
CHILDREN OF THE WEILL PUBLIC SCHOOL SHOWN IN A FLAG PLEDGE CEREMONY Dorothea Lange, April 1942, printed c. 1965, gelatin silver print, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, 2016.191.17 After…
VALENTINE’S CARD WRITING PARTY
About 260 Valentine’s Day cards were hand-delivered by Sr. Denise LaRock to the chaplains at Dilley and Pearsall for distribution.to those in detention. Most of them were written at a card writing event…
RECAP – IWC HAPPENINGS IN 2025
In 2025, IWC worked with 89 volunteers who donated 2,329 hours, which is equivalent to $82,431. These figures are likely undercounted as people are still submitting hours for 2025. THE HOSPITALITY…