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…
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 SERVED ALMOST 6,000 PEOPLE SO FAR IN 2023
With the help of our industrial team of volunteers, IWC served 558 individuals at the airport and 1,012 individuals at the bus station in March 2023: a total of 1570 people.…
AN IWC FOUNDER HONORED IN FILM BY IWC VOLUNTEER
(Left) Rebecca Flores answers questions from the crowd. (Right) Laura Varela introduces the film with clip of Rebecca Flores on the screen. An IWC founder and labor leader Rebecca Flores…
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…
OUR NEXT MEETING: Martha Mercado, Director of Welcome Center at Good Neighbor Settlement House
Our guest speaker for March 9 is Martha Mercado, Director of the Welcome Center at the Good Neighbor Settlement House in Brownsville and Facilitator for the Rio Grande Valley Welcoming…
BACKPACK DRIVE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
If your group wants to join us in raising awareness and donations for this campaign, please contact Backpack Program Coordinator Linda Lowman at llowman@satx.rr.com.
IWC BUS & AIRPORT VOLUNTEERS SERVE ALMOST 93,000 PEOPLE IN 2022
In December 2022 alone, IWC served 10,087 individuals; and almost 93,000 individuals in 2022. As asylum seekers continue their journey to family members and sponsors, IWC will serve them with…
¡ALABARÉ! (I WILL PRAISE HIM)
By Terry and Lucretia Burton In the bus station one day, I sang “Alabare” (“I Will Praise Him”) with one of the young immigrant men who had just been released…