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Cruces colgando en el muro en Playas de Tijuana
observing san diego-tijuana urban life Friendship Park
Border Wall / Friendship Park / Tijuana Photo of the Day / Tijuana Urban Art
Border Wall / Friendship Park
UPI student journalists report on redesign of Friendship Park
Another terrific article about Friendship Park indicating that we are getting our message out to the media. National security cannot be secured through militarization of the border or some unrealistic and impossible ideal of operational control measured by zero unauthorized crossings. Rather, security can only be achieved through partnership, trust […]
Border Wall / Friendship Park
The Daily Aztec covers Friendship Park
Another nice local story on the border wall in Friendship Park, reaching out to the San Diego State student community. from The Daily Aztec Friendship Park divided by border wall Ana Ceballos, staff writer March 9, 2011 At a time of commotion concerning immigration and a constant battle […]
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Friendship Park in The San Diego Union-Tribune
Another terrific article in the news today about our efforts to negotiate with the Border Patrol for public access to Friendship Park. From SignOnSanDiego.com Border Patrol and Friendship Park advocates compromise on design By ELIZABETH AGUILERA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011 AT 7:04 P.M. Future visitors to Friendship Park […]
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A step forward for Friendship Park
Today in San Diego’s local online newspaper VoiceofSanDiego.org, an article was published that clearly articulates our position and demonstrates that Border Patrol officials have heard and acknowledged our demands. A limited victory, certainly, but a long way from the silencing and refusal to take our plan seriously we have experienced […]
Border Art / Border Wall / Friendship Park
Dividing Line: Border Wall Photography
LAST fall, the Media Arts Center in San Diego’s Teen Producers Project interviewed me and made a video about my project documenting the construction of the border wall. Thanks for your great work, teens! Click here for the video, called DIVIDING LINE
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Brewed Awakening: Serving fair trade coffee, tea and speakers to stir the social conscience
Check out this Wednesday night speaker series sponsored by my friend and colleague Jamie Gates, at Point Loma Nazarene University. Critical analysis of social issues and smart conversation from a faith perspective. Sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University’s Center for Justice and Reconciliation, the Brewed Awakening series gives a platform […]
Border Wall / Friendship Park
Friends of Friendship Park to Unveil Design Celebrating Bi-national Cooperation
WHEN: Wednesday, February 9, 5:30 p.m. WHAT: Press Conference Unveiling of Proposed Design for Friendship Park WHERE: Marina Vista Community Center, 1075 8th St., Imperial Beach CA (MAP: http://mapq.st/hrUxOI) In advance of a Thursday event which will see the First Lady of Mexico inaugurate new developments at Parque del Mar […]
Border Art / Border Wall / Friendship Park
New video on borders & migration: "We Are One"
In July 2009, I met a group of French filmmakers from Marseilles at a border wall event at the Centro Cultural de la Raza. The filmmakers–Romain de l’Ecotais, Maxime Rostan and Guillaume Vidal–had been traveling for weeks through Latin America & Mexico, documenting border walls and migrations in the Americas. […]
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Designing dignity
December 16, 2010 Originally published in San Diego City Beat The second in our series on border art looks at the architect behind the proposed design of Friendship Park by Kinsee Morlan When James Brown was in his 20s, he walked, on a whim, from his house in San Diego […]