Reading and discussion with co-author Norma Price
Over the past ten years, more than 4,000 people have died while crossing the Arizona desert to find jobs, join families, or start new lives. Migrants tell of the corpses they pass—bodies that are never recovered or counted. Crossing With the Virgin collects stories heard from migrants about these treacherous treks—firsthand accounts told to volunteers for the Samaritans, a humanitarian group that seeks to prevent such unnecessary deaths by providing these travelers with medical aid, water, and food. Other books have dealt with border crossing, but this is the first to share stories of immigrant suffering at its worst told by migrants encountered on desert trails.
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Latino Studies, the Center for Social Concerns, and the Department of Sociology