Developing a Tucson Borderland Course

Awardees: Drs. Matt Ignacio & Michael Shafer, SSW Award: $1,100 Grant awarded to provide speaker honorariums and pay for the cost of field immersion activities

To learn more about this program, reach out to Drs. Ignacio and Shafer at mignacio@asu.edu and msshafer@asu.edu

“We mean business… We want to compensate the speakers. We want to bring the most relevant speakers to the students because that is enhancing their knowledge from the ground up.” – Matt Ignacio, Ph.D.

School of Social Work

1New Course

Anew course was developed in the School of Social Work to engage students on borderland issues.

8Expert Speakers

From migrant advocacy, service organizations and representatives from tribal-based community advocacy groups:

Catholic Social Services ofTucson, CasaAlitas

Kino Border Initiative

Humane Borders

No More Deaths/No Los Muertos

Justice for Our Neighbors

Tohono O’odham Community College

Tucson Samaritans/Los Samartanos

Coalicion de Derechos Hermanos