THE PHONE CALL
By Jan Olsen Once at the bus station, a father and son were dropped off from the Karnes Detention Center. I could tell immediately that the father was very stressed. He shared…
WENCY
By Mary Grace Ketner and Jo Pendleton In August, Moon Sanchez Brand often found herself as a volunteer on-site manager at the Bungalow Shelter, a short-term, city-sponsored location where migrant families…
OLD VERSE, NEW MEANING
By Katie Myers One day, Sr. Denise brought to the bus station some Spanish Bibles that had been given to her. We offered them up to the families who were…
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WATER CARRIERS
Thank you, Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) team, for helping us move 30 cases of water up three flights of stairs at Travis Park Church.
BACKPACKS! BACKPACKS EVERYWHERE!
Sister Mercedes brought IWC about 100 backpacks one morning. Each one has a blanket, a bag of toiletries, and a notebook/pen — all travel necessities! Often times our asylum-seeking friends…
TO ALL THE IMMIGRANT CHILDREN COMING FROM THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES
I wish I could give you days of joy Bring you pop cycles to cool Your little mouths And water sprinklers To dance in the cool water. I wish I…
Naptime at the Bus Station (Volunteer Poem)
By Cherise Miles Little ones curled up in their mama’s brazos, the safest bed and mas comodo than anything they’ve slept in for the last three months. Even a…
Alone at the Bus Station (Volunteer Poem)
by John Dauer The Greyhound station has people everywhere, noise, luggage of all types, talking, movement, sitting, walking, standing. I look and look and see no one as…
IWC GUEST SPEAKER FOR AUGUST: JESSICA DOVALINA (NEW MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER)
Jessica Dovalina is an assistant director in the San Antonio Department of Human Services. She supervises the new Migrant Resource Center, which opened July 7, 2022. In an interview on KLRN’s On…