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…
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.
CRITICAL VOLUNTEER NEEDS
IWC has a critical need for volunteers to: Move backpacks from El Divino Church to Travis Park Church (Mondays 10AM-12PM) Unload and move food and water to our storage room at…
THANK YOU TO LDS AND TRAVIS PARK CHURCH
LDS Logistics Volunteers move backpacks to IWC storage at Travis Park Church. A big thanks to our Backpack and Logistics volunteers for keeping the Bus Station Program well-supplied with backpacks…
“DIOS ES GRANDE”—A MEMORY FROM OUR EARLY DAYS
Janice Clayton and her dog. Pepys by Janice Clayton One Saturday in the spring of 2015, I received a call for help from Lenna Baxter, IWC director (and great volunteer.)…
IWC WAYBACK WHEN
In 2014, more than 68,000 unaccompanied minors were apprehended at the border, many of whom came to San Antonio. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and San Antonio leaders scrambled to…
DO YOU LIKE TO SEE GROWN MEN CRY?
By Lucretia Burton Do you like to see grown men cry? I must admit that I do. It brings me joy when a man can show his feelings. So I…
UNTOLD STORIES
By Lucretia Burton The traumas “the pilgrims” have gone through (and even after they get to the United States) are so horrible that we do not ask about them.…
MEET OUR INTERNS
Jacqueline Macias (she/her) Jacqueline Macias is a second-generation Mexican American from a farm worker family. She constantly searches for ways to make her parents and grandparents proud of the hard work…