2. Border Immersion trip

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WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico | <br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Bennet shared about how she began volunteering to support refugees through Peace Lutheran Church. When hundreds of refugees were dropped off to the town from Border Control, the city banned together and offered an abandoned amory building so that volunteers, like those from relief organizations and churches, could offer food, medical, clothing, travel information, lodging and legal information.
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WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |


Elizabeth Bennet shared about how she began volunteering to support refugees through Peace Lutheran Church. When hundreds of refugees were dropped off to the town from Border Control, the city banned together and offered an abandoned amory building so that volunteers, like those from relief organizations and churches, could offer food, medical, clothing, travel information, lodging and legal information.

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  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico | <br /> <br /> <br /> Crystal Massey, Volunteer Coordinator, Immigration Justice Campaign, American Immigration Council.
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico | <br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Bennet shared about how she began volunteering to support refugees through Peace Lutheran Church. When hundreds of refugees were dropped off to the town from Border Control, the city banned together and offered an abandoned amory building so that volunteers, like those from relief organizations and churches, could offer food, medical, clothing, travel information, lodging and legal information.
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico | <br /> <br /> <br /> Eric volunteers with Border Servant Corps. He offers free hair cuts to residents in the shelter. Sylvia Dorado is the volunteer coordinator, Border Servant Corps.
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico | <br /> <br /> <br /> Elizabeth Bennet, volunteer, Peace Lutheran Church.
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico | <br /> <br /> <br /> Denise Chavez is a Chicana author, speaker and palywrite who runs the Casa Caminon Real bookstore, Las Cruces, N. Mexico, with her husband, Daniel Zolinsky. She also started a book drive for migrant children.
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
  • WELCA/Ammparo Border Immersion trip, February 1-5 2020, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
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