So much has happened! A popsicle party sewing bee that showed the amazing support and embroidery skills of the Ojai community, a workshop with youth through the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project, and a whirlwind of preparations to leave for Agua Prieta, Mexico, TOMORROW.
Here are some of the peoples who enjoyed unusual pop flavors and the work we got done at the send-off party! Thank you so much for showing up or sending your notes of support.
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| A Popsicle Party Sewing Bee, with many hands sewing and enjoying avocado-lima, pixie tangerine, and ruby grapefruit-strawberry-mint pops. |
I was so grateful to also be able to sit in with the inspiring young leaders that make up the youth group of the Mixtec/Indigena Community Organizing Project in Oxnard. Vanessa Terán, program manager at MICOP and artist/activist extraordinaire, facilitated our meeting as we discussed how the youth can be involved in making quilts from migrants' clothes collected on the border.
And... the donations have come. Thank you so very much if you have lent a hand, a message of support, or the dollars from your wallet to this project. It means the world to us and has allowed us to make some purchases, including...
Three new sewing machines! We will take these down to Agua Prieta and use them to create quilts at Frontera de Cristo's community center, DouglaPrieta Trabaja. The machines will also allow the community center to expand their sewing classes in the future.
All of these efforts have been in preparation for our three week stay down in Agua Prieta, Mexico, during which we will collect clothing from border trails, design and sew quilts with folks who live and work on the border.
In this time of unprecedented numbers of children crossing the border alone, let's come together to re-imagine ways we can meet these difficulties face to face.
Nos vamos!
love,
Juna & friends
