2 hours ago2 minSaturday, April 4, 2020A little update…. Tijuana has virtually been shut down for about a week now. For people seeking asylum, • No new numbers are being given out for at least a m...
Mar 244 minBlog Entry – 23 March, 2020Blog Entry – 23 March, 2020 I’ve put off writing an update on the border because everything was so up in the air and changing constantly. Now I think that is...
Jan 155 minWednesday, Jan 15, 2020It’s been awhile and today I want to catch you up on what’s been going on in Tijuana and at La Casa de Paso. As always, it’s mixed, and as always, while Javi...
Dec 15, 20192 min December 2019It’s almost the end of the year and for many of us it can’t come too soon. For me, it’s hard to hold both all the gratitude I feel for the people I’ve been p...
Nov 3, 20192 minSaturday, Nov. 2This week was jam packed as usual, with many families in the house for periods of time. The week got more interesting with Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos. ...
Oct 15, 20194 minWeek 2 at the BorderWhat an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, exhausting, beautiful week. At El Chaparral this morning there were close to twenty kids coloring and all of them were ...
Oct 3, 20193 minTijuana Week 1: Re-entry and Peanut Butter PancakesThursday, October 3 I arrived back in Tijuana on Tuesday, about two months since I was last here. It is always emotional for me in so many ways. Today we saw...
Sep 15, 20194 min Nesting Dolls as a Metaphor for Multiple Levels of TraumaToday, trauma is on my mind. It is impossible to overstate the traumas that asylum seekers carry with them. The fact that the U.S. government is quite purpos...
Sep 3, 20191 minTHANK YOU!!!!The biggest thank you ever to Sarah Bereiter and Daniel Brown for creating this incredibly beautiful website for La Casa de Paso! If you see them on the stre...
Aug 31, 20192 minBreathing is Good!It’s been an eventful week here, at La Casa, and at the border. Fundraising is ramping up, and several people have scheduled house parties; OCAN generously d...
Aug 29, 20191 minFollow Up The mom and two little girls who stayed with us in La Casa de Paso in Tijuana for the past three days crossed the border this afternoon under special circums...
Aug 29, 20191 minSimple Things Like BreakfastI wish I could have taken a picture of what I saw on WhatsApp when I called Javier this morning in Tijuana. He was cooking breakfast for the family (the mom ...
Aug 28, 20192 minThe Healing Power of Art!When I was at the border in June and July, someone had the brilliant idea to spread out blank paper and crayons on the ground at El Chaparral for kids to draw...