The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

by Francisco Cantú

GET INVOLVED The organizations listed below have robust advocacy programs in the borderlands and are set up to receive tax-deductible donations. Many of them also offer volunteer opportunities. For more information about advocacy organizations, visit https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555764/the-line-becomes-a-river-by-francisco-cantu/9780735217713/readers-guide/. The Colibri Center for Human Rights (http://www.colibricenter.org) is dedicated to the idea that no human being should lose their life crossing a border and no family should experience the pain of searching for them. By partnering with families and forensic scientists, they help to identify people who have lost their lives in the desert. Border Angels (https://www.borderangels.org) is an all-volunteer non-profit that seeks to promote human rights, social justice, and humane immigration reform. Volunteer opportunities include outreach to day laborers and monitoring water stations along the California border. No More Deaths (http://forms.nomoredeaths.org/about-no-more-deaths/) is a humanitarian organization located in southern Arizona that works to end migrant death and suffering in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. They offer a variety of field-based volunteer programs in the desert of Arizona.