Migrant Trail Registrations Are Open
You are invited to participate in the Migrant Trail (which will be done remotely this year) to honor and remember the lost lives of immigrants crossing our borderlands.
We are honored that Sarah Jackson, representing Casa de Paz, will be one of the featured speakers for the week.
Please join us for this sacred experience.
Taken from the Migrant Trail's press release:
"For 18 years, a group of committed individuals have gathered to call for an end to migrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border. Every May, hundreds of participants embark on a week-long, 75-mile walk from Sasabe, Sonora, Mexico to Tucson, Arizona to call for an end to migrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border, and to stand in solidarity with migrants across the globe.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to physically unite to remember those migrants who have died, but our commitment to supporting migrants and their families remains unchanged. To continue to raise awareness about migrant deaths and to help raise money for local border justice organizations during the pandemic, we are hosting our second consecutive Alternative Migrant Trail experience to bring people together in a virtual environment. The Alternative Migrant Trail registration fees will be donated to support four projects doing vital work in these dire times to fight for justice and support (im)migrants.
The participants of the Migrant Trail undertake this annual event to bear witness to the injustices migrants face and demand a stop to the tragic and preventable deaths of people attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Since 2004, “The Migrant Trail: We Walk for Life” has grown to be a multinational endeavor of allies who hail from diverse regions, faith backgrounds, ages, and ethnicities, and walk together in solidarity with our (im)migrant friends and their families to demand an end to migrant deaths on the border and the criminalization of (im)migration. People from all over the United States, Mexico, Canada, Latin America, and Europe have participated in the walk.
The Alternative Migrant Trail 2021 will run from May 30-June 6, 2021, and it will feature daily morning reflections, videos, podcasts, and featured speakers, and interactive discussions.
Go here for more information and to register.
Participants and organizers of the Migrant Trail call on all people of conscience to stand in solidarity with our migrant sisters and brothers and call on the U.S. government to end practices and policies that cause migrant deaths, and to act with humanity and compassion to those endangered by the global pandemic of COVID-19."