What’s Happening at the U.S./Mexico Border and How to Help

<p>Yonathan Moya grew up on the U.S./Mexico border and sought out a way to tell the stories of the people living there. Following a nine-day photographic journey in 2017, he launched an organization supporting families along the border. Border Perspective leads service-learning trips along the south Texas border to provide opportunities to support local immigrant ministries and to better understand the complexity of immigration.</p> <p>In this episode, Yonathan and Branden discuss what’s currently happening at the U.S./Mexico border, the nuanced and complex historical and political contexts of immigration, and opportunities to create solutions.<br> <br> <br> Guest: Yonathan Moya, executive director of Border Perspective<br> Learn more about Border Perspective’s work <a href="https://www.borderperspective.org/"><u>on their website</u></a>, follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/borderperspective/"><u>@borderperspective</u></a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yonathanmoya/"><u>@yonathanmoya</u></a> on Instagram, and <a href="http://iglesiamisioneracristovive.com/memorial-fund"><u>donate to Yonathan’s father’s memorial fund</u></a><u><br> <br> <br> </u><strong>Show your support:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Buy something from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/147M4J0O6C2N8?ref_=wl_share&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=1758lh-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=180a72a6a78d0fc15fcdc55c82fd027d&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325"><u>Border Perspective's Amazon Wish List</u></a> to provide humanitarian relief to migrant families at the border.</li> <li>Volunteer with <a href="https://www.borderperspective.org/crisisresponse"><u>Border Perspective</u></a> to support shelters that are overwhelmed by vulnerable migrant families navigating a lawful immigration process.</li> <li>Volunteer with <a href="https://ccaosa.org/migrant-youth-support/"><u>Catholic Charities</u></a> to care for unaccompanied minors in San Antonio.</li> <li>Take action through <a href="https://www.raicestexas.org/take-action/"><u>RAICES</u></a