Border Community Alliance

06/23/2026

We're thrilled to have our 2026 Borderlands Ambassador interns with us this summer!

Led by our Borderlands Ambassador Program Supervisor, Amy Tice, our ambassadors will live in Nogales, AZ, do service learning projects in Nogales, Sonora with Voices from the Border and and work with our partner organizations such as Fundación del Empresariado Sonorense, A.C. - FESAC.

Thanks to Alma Cota de Yanez, executive director of FESAC for leading this recent social investment tour in Nogales, Sonora with our interns.

Also, special thanks to the Arizona Community Foundation and our amazing donors for their generous support of this program.

06/18/2026

BCA executive director, Celia Bavier, along with supporters and fellow seamstresses from Desert Lutheran Church in Green Valley, AZ and FESAC Nogales, Sonora community foundation director, Alma Cota de Yanez, attended the graduation ceremony for the Guadalupe Sewing Co-op Training Program in Nogales, Sonora yesterday.

This 12-year old cross-border entrepreneurial program provides sewing skills for women who want to start their own at-home sewing business, donations of equipment and fabric, and camaraderie and friendship through bi-weekly classes and sewing workshops.

It was a fun and festive day and the talents of this bi-national group are quite something!

Need a quinciera or bridesmaid dress, costume or favorite outfit made affordably? Just reach out and we will connect you with this group of extraordinary women.

06/11/2026

Our goal is to recruit 10 new monthly donors by the end of June!!

We’ll highlight you in our next newsletter and, more importantly, as a member of our “Borderlands Sustainer” group of donors, you’ll provide a steady predictable stream of income for our work of bridging the border.

Will you join us as a “Borderlands Sustainer”?

We thank all of our supporters for your steadfast and generous support of our work building cross-border communities.

To become a Borderlands Sustainer, go to www.bordercommunityalliance.org to set up your monthly gift or for assistance, please call (520) 398-3229.

06/07/2026

Join us this week for our June Borderlands Literature & Film Circle event with author, Daisy Hernandez

Free online event - all are welcome.

Register at www.bordercommunityalliance.org to get Zoom link.

06/06/2026

06/03/2026

Today BCA staff and board, along with staff from our partners and did a pilot Nogales, Sonora Public Art tour organized by

We saw amazing murals, sculptures, statues, and public art plazas that highlight Nogales history, culture, and activism.

Interested in doing this tour? We’ll be offering it in the fall, along with BCA’s other Nogales, MX tours, our Nogales social investment tour and our Nogales gastronomy tour.

For more info and to sign up soon, subscribe to our newsletter at www.bordercommunityalliance.org

We hope to see you on a tour!

05/21/2026

Join us for our next online Borderlands Literature & Film Circle event discussing the book Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth, with author Daisy Hernandez, on June 10.

Free event - all are welcome.

Register for Zoom link at www.bordercommunityalliance.org

05/04/2026

Join us online for our next Borderlands Literature & Film Circle event!!

We’ll be talking with author Carolyn Niethammer about her new book “A Desert Feast: Celebrating Tucson’s Culinary Heritage”.

All are invited and welcome - free event.

Register at www.bordercommunityalliance.org





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04/27/2026

During April, we are celebrating our fantastic BCA volunteers!!

Without our volunteers, our work would not happen.

We are grateful to all of you. Thank you 🙏🏻

Congratulations to Jerry Leggett and Jim Hoff for being chosen BCA Volunteers of the Year!!
You all are amazing and we appreciate all your hard work for BCA over the years. Thank you.