Friendship Park

>California Local and State Elected Leaders Call on Obama Transition Team to Save Friendship Park
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>California Local and State Elected Leaders Call on Obama Transition Team to Save Friendship Park

>November 14, 2008 – By Jill Holslin San Diego, CA | Nine political leaders in San Diego city, state and federal government are calling upon the President-Elect Barack Obama Transition Team to intervene to save Friendship Park. Following efforts in other states like Texas, where a coalition of local and […]

Border Wall / Friendship Park

>A Memo to the Obama Transition Team: Please Save Friendship Park

>Friendship Park garners National and International Media Attention
Border Wall / Friendship Park

>Friendship Park garners National and International Media Attention

> By Jill Holslin San Diego, CA | Friendship Park, a small and unassuming spot near a beach in San Diego-Tijuana, is suddenly getting national and international media attention. This half-acre plaza overlooking the beautiful shores of the Pacific ocean at the southmost corner of the continental United States is […]

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Detention and Its Discontents
Border Wall / Friendship Park

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Detention and Its Discontents

Are We Being Fair to the Border Patrol? by Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA | On Thursday, Sept 18, 2008 Border Meetup Director Dan Watman was detained by the Border Patrol in Friendship Park, a small concrete plaza and public park located along the border fence in Border Field State Park, […]

OPINION: Expanding the border fence in the San Diego sector–San Diego Union-Tribune Op-Ed, Aug 16, 2006
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OPINION: Expanding the border fence in the San Diego sector–San Diego Union-Tribune Op-Ed, Aug 16, 2006

From the SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE August 16, 2008 NO: It will destroy a relationship symbolized by Friendship Park By John Fanestil The Department of Homeland Security will erect a secondary fence across Friendship Park, eliminating public access to a historic place where for generations people from San Diego and […]

June 1 Border Vigil From Friendship to Hope–Gathering for the Future of the US-Mexico Border: Border Log 2
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June 1 Border Vigil From Friendship to Hope–Gathering for the Future of the US-Mexico Border: Border Log 2

> By Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA, 1 June 2008- The presence of border patrol surveillance, a force clearly intended to intimidate, couldn’t suppress our delight with the sparkling Pacific waves, sunny skies and fresh breezes in Border Field State Park. Nor could the aggressive militarization of the border that we […]