Ithaca College Border Encuentro Team 2018

In November 2018, seven students from Ithaca College traveled to Nogales, Arizona/Sonora, México where they participated in the School of the Americas Watch 2018 Border Encuentro. During this time, they lead a roundtable discussion and workshop called “Youth Organizing Against Border Imperialism and For Liberation.” Throughout the week, they also participated in organized protests on both sides of the United States/México surrounding border imperialism and the long historical violence along the borderlands.

Upon returning to campus, the student team presented their findings and shared the experiences to the Ithaca College community at their event, “IC Student Report Back from Border Encuentro 2018” on December 4, 2018.

Participants included: Daniela Rivero, a sophomore Social Movements, Indigenous Philosophy, and Latin American Liberation major, Laura Waxman, a senior Environmental Studies major and International Politics minor, Diana Castillo, a junior Journalism major and Latino Studies minor, Kat Walsh, a senior Film, Photo, and Visual Arts major and International Politics minor, Julissa Martinez, a senior Sociology major and Latino Studies minor, Joe Cruz, a senior Communication Management & Design Major and Latin American Studies and International Business minors, and Akshan Shah, a sophomore Politics and Sociology major.   
Watch this video and follow them on their journey at the border (Created by Joe Cruz): icborderencuentro.wordpress.com