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Short video of Jenny Garcia Mendoza, one of the subject of the Border Narrative Project documenting staff, volunteers and allies of NMILC and their personal stories of immigration.

A conversation between community members Blanca Sierra, Mark Adams, and Geovanny Maybe about trauma within the borderlands.

Reyna Montoya hugs representative Michelle Udall, a co-sponsor of SCR 1044, after it passes in the House of Representatives Gallery. The AZ legislature referred SCR 1044 to the 2022 ballot. SCR 1044 became widely known as Proposition 308, signed into…

DACA recipient Maria León Peña and undocumented student, Zabdi Hernandez, hold up signs to encourage voters to vote yes on Proposition 308 at a polling location in Maricopa County before voting closes. After Proposition 308 passed, Maria returned…

Angel Palazuelos, an undocumented college student, Reyna Montoya, DACA recipient and Aliento CEO, and Denise, who is from a mixed-status family, FaceTime previous Aliento fellows as they wait for updates on voter results. Araceli Lopez, and Ivette…

Sergio Ramirez, a 2023-2024 Arizona's Future Fellow and high school student, and performer at the annual Aliento Gallery. The exhibit titled, A Human Experience: Stories of Migration, Expression, and Community, contained artworks from Aliento…

"Amid the Contradictions of this Place: Invoke a Higher Strategy." A Reclaiming the Border Narrative poster created by Loisse Ledres.

Text of the Reclaiming the Border Narrative Manifesto, a creative final report summarizing our ethnographic findings from the initiative. Written by Dr. Maribel Alvarez and Kimi Eisele, project ethnographers.

"The Border Has Been Spoken For." A Reclaiming the Border Narrative poster created by Loisse Ledres.

"Think Again: Power and Politics Obscure a Complex Beauty Here." A Reclaiming the Border Narrative poster created by Loisse Ledres.

"Note to Self: The Work Must Endure." A Reclaiming the Border Narrative poster created by Loisse Ledres.

A behind the scenes photograph of an interview with Maria Celleri using facial motion capture for the creation of Monumental Interventions.

A film still from a video series of animated statues.

A behind the scenes photograph of tools the artist used to film motion capture interviews via mail.

An installation shot of Monumental Interventions at the San Diego International Airport.

A behind the scenes photograph of Evan Apodaca using facial motion capture for the creation of Monumental Interventions.

A motion graphic animated flyer used to promote the initial launch of Monumental Interventions online.

A video from the Monumental Interventions series showing a toppled animated bust from a military monument that speaks about militarization at the US-Mexico border.

A web archive of a project website for Chavalxs, a collaborative community-based project focused on creating spaces of reflection through photography to confront narratives about young people from rural areas near the Mexico-US border that have been…

Profile of Alisha Vasquez, an educator and community activist that self-identifies as a crip Chicana mama. Recorded in English. Includes American Sign Language interpretation and open captions.