Monday morning merch shipment going out including some of these new nifty tote bags made by @kinkykontrolhq check out our Bandcamp store for goodies. All proceeds support ¡Listen Up!, new free global music program for migrant youth sponsored by @undocumentedmigrationproject
Our team is here in Mexico City this week for the Encuentro Internacional Sobre Movilidad Humana! Hostile Terrain 94 opened yesterday as one of their spotlight exhibitions at @mnculturasdelmundo .
Nuestro equipo está aquí en la Cuidad de Mexico esta semana para el Encuentro Internacional Sobre Movilidad Humana! El Terreno Hostil 94 abrió ayer como una de sus exposiciones principales en el @mnculturasdelmundo .
UMP Colibri is wrapping up the first half of 2023 with a summer staff retreat to brainstorm ideas of how to best serve the families of missing migrants.
Our entire team was in southern Arizona this week and it was beyond wonderful to meet with some of our partners there. Shout outs to Dora Rodriguez from @salvavisionaz , Alba Jaramillo of @southernborder and @iljnetwork , the @confluencenter , and the Mexican Consulate in Tucson, AZ.
Here are some updates from the first half of the year!
-We’ve helped to identify 11 individuals in 2023 (6 Arizona cases and 5 Texas cases) and are awaiting results for another 20 identification hypotheses.
-We’ve responded to more than 270 new inquiries, taken 107 missing persons reports, and collected 48 family reference samples so far this year.
-The Forensic Border Coalition has begun to compare cases with the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification (UNTCHI) Humanitarian DNA Identification Database, a collaboration years in the making that we hope will provide a measure of closure for numerous families waiting for answers.
Please attend The Undocumented Migration Project: Hostile Terrain 94 exhibit on Thursday, May 25, 4-6 pm at The Fowler courtyard.
This is a participatory art exhibition raising awareness about the humanitarian crisis occurring at the U.S.-Mexico Border. You are invited to honor the lives of migrants that have been lost through this opportunity to build community with live music, food, and a chance to participate in the installation.
There will be a roundtable discussion featuring Jason De León, UCLA Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o and Central American Studies, Enrique Campos, Program Director at the UCLA Undocumented Student Program within the Bruin Resource Center, and Angela Gonzales and Carlos Rouzaud, UCLA students within the Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Anthropology departments.
Please RSVP with the QR code or at bit.ly/HostileTerrain94 for food.
Stop by The Fowler all day tomorrow, Tuesday, May 23 and Wednesday, May 24 if you are interested in helping or learning more!
“These Flowers are for You” This Dia de las Madres we honor the mothers of missing migrants.
We at the UMP+ Colibri stand in solidarity with these mothers in this time of celebration as they navigate their ambiguous loss.
It is these mothers who make up the Colibrí Family Network, in these drawings they share their stories through art expressing a mother’s tirelessly searching for answers about the unknown fate of their missing children.
“Estas flores son para ti”
Este Día de las Madres honramos a las madres de los migrantes desaparecidos.
En UMP+ Colibri nos solidarizamos con estas madres en este momento de celebración mientras navegan por su duelo.
Son estas madres las que integran la Red Familia Colibrí, en estos dibujos comparten sus historias a través del arte expresando la incansable búsqueda de respuestas de una madre sobre el destino desconocido de sus hijos desaparecidos.
We had the pleasure of hosting a family platica and community workshop at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes with folks from our Family Network. Thank you to the Salazar and Escobar family for joining us, and sharing your stories!
Visit La Plaza de Cultura y Artes before July 9, 2023 to check out Hostiler Terrain 94: The Undocumented Migration Project and learn more about the story of Mateo and Rony.
Tuvimos el placer de organizar una taller comunitario y tener platicas en La Plaza de Cultura y Artes con familias de nuestra Red de Familias. Gracias a la familia Salazar y Escobar por acompañarnos y compartir sus historias!
Visita La Plaza de Cultura y Artes antes del 9 de julio de 2023 para conocer Terreno Hostil 94: The Undocumented Migration Project y conocer más sobre la historia de Mateo y Rony.
Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday season from our UMP+Colibri Team!
De parte de nuestro equipo de UMP+Colibrí, les deseamos a todos una feliz temporada Navideña!
Today is Giving Tuesday! Be part of the movement for radical generosity and help us raise money to provide closure for families searching for their lost loved ones along the U.S.-Mexico border. Any amount can make a difference!
Giving link in bio!
#USMexicoBorder #givingtuesday #givingtuesday2022 #migration #socialjustice #USMexicoBorder
Today, on the International Day of the Disappeared, we remember those who lost to the dangerous and deadly policies that endanger migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. In Pima County alone, over 5,100 migrants have died in their journeys since 2000, of whom nearly 1400 remain unidentified. Today we honor those unique and irreplaceable human beings and their families who are forced to live with the uncertainty of not knowing what has happened to their missing loved one.
We must not let the memory of these thousands of irreplaceable lives disappear. Parents, children, cousins, neighbors, classmates, siblings, friends: their lives mattered and continue to matter. We demand justice for families in their tireless search for answers. We call on the immigrant justice community and all people to remember those the border seeks to invisibilize.
Hoy, en el Día Internacional de los Desaparecidos, recordamos a quienes perdieron ante las políticas peligrosas que ponen en peligro a los migrantes en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Desde el año 2000, solo en el condado de Pima, más de 5,100 migrantes han muerto en sus viajes, de los cuales 1,400 permanecen sin identificar. Hoy honramos a esos seres humanos únicos y a sus familias que se ven obligados a vivir con la incertidumbre de no saber qué ha sido de su ser querido desaparecido.
No debemos dejar que desaparezca la memoria de estas miles de vidas insustituibles. Padres, hijos, primos, vecinos, compañeros de clase, hermanos, amigos: sus vidas importaron y siguen importando. Exigimos justicia para las familias en su búsqueda de respuestas. Hacemos un llamado a la comunidad de justicia de inmigrantes y a todas las personas a recordar a aquellos que la frontera busca invisibilizar.
#internationaldayofthedisappeared #migrantrightsarehumanrights #usmexicoborder #socialjustice
