IN MEMORIUM: IWC VOLUNTEER EMILY LEECH
Emily was one of our longest-term volunteers, having been around from the beginning days of IWC. At that time, she could often be found at “the Casa,” our first overnight…
MAKE ONE LAST CALL TO YOUR TEXAS STATE SENATOR TODAY: VOTE NO ON HB 7!
Thanks to all of you who responded to our action alerts by making phone calls to Texas state elected officials opposing anti-immigrant legislation. You let us know that you made…
IWC’S GENERAL MEETING – MAY 2023
Our speakers for May were be Benjamin Deuel and Cindy Andrade Johnson from La Posada Providencia in San Benito, TX, a shelter serving immigrants and asylum-seekers in the lower Rio Grande…
SA’S NEW POET LAUREATE NOT NEW TO IWC
In 2019, around 100 IWC volunteers went to Laredo to join our collaborators there for Bold Border Action, a daylong event that included a Riverside memorial service for those who…
RARE AND URGENT NEED
Need: Isolated housing (guest house, B&B, etc) for a Venezuelan mother and her 4-year-old son for approximately 1 month. Food will be delivered. Situation: When the family arrived in the…
IWC SEEKS HELP WITH COMMUNICATIONS
Photo Credit: Wikicommons Do you have a background in communications? Do you enjoy writing, editing, photography, graphic design, or social media? If so, join our communications committee. Have fun while…
IWC SERVED OVER 1,309 PEOPLE IN FEBRUARY
In February 2023 IWC served 495 individuals at the airport, and 814 individuals at the bus station for a total of 1,309 people. As of the end of February, IWC…
CONNECT, RECONNECT, AND BUILD COMMUNITY: IWC FIRST FRIDAY PLATICAS
Building community is important, and after the pandemic, we all need opportunities to connect and reconnect. For the months of April—June, IWC will host a First Friday Platica at the SA…
Have you commented yet on the proposed asylum ban?
photo cc. by jasleen_kaur In our last newsletter, we asked you to comment on the Biden administration’s proposed plan that would ban many refugees from asylum protection in the United States based…