The Institute for Border Crit Theory: Social Justice Education and Research

02/21/2024

Doctora Maldonado’s book chapter on immigrant childhoods was published in the edited series “Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood: Home in Early Childhood Care and Education.”

Super proud and grateful for the opportunity to continue to spread Border Crit Theory as an important framework for contextualizing the lived experiences of immigrant families in the borderlands. Here’s a glimpse of the chapter.

02/20/2024

Since October 2023, thousands of Palestineans have been displaced from their homelands. Our elected officials and government must call for an immediate ceasefire.

02/13/2024

The Phoenix community has the right to see the FULL investigation report from the DOJ. Sign the petition asking the city of Phoenix to listen to the community and stop hiding the corruption of Phoenix PD! ✊🏽

02/09/2024

Congratulations to our co-founder .maldonado on being named an Impact Producer for the along with and 🔥✨👏🏽🎬


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We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Angeles Maldonado, Belén Sisa, and Alejandra Pablos will be joining our film team as Impact Producers. They will bring their record of activism and advocacy on immigrant rights to advance the message of the film.

Dr. Angeles Maldonado is a human rights scholar, activist, and author, born and brought up in Salvatierra, Mexico, now living in Arizona. Dr. Maldonado’s experiences as an immigrant child inspired her to become an advocate for social justice and migrant rights. She is the CEO of Ybarra Maldonado Law Group and the Founder and Executive Director of The Border Crit Institute, foregrounding the voices and experiences of BIPOC communities living in the borderlands.

Belén Sisa is a DACAmented immigrant rights and progressive political activist, communications professional, and creator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is the former National Latino Press Secretary for Bernie 2020 and most recently, the Regional Field Director for Democracy Initiative, co-leading the AZ Coalition to End the Filibuster in the fight to defend and expand our democracy. In 2023, Belén launched the Pretty Serious podcast, where she discusses topics from politics and tv/film to pop cultural events and her thoughts on important issues currently impacting our world.

Alejandra Pablos is an Arizona-based reproductive justice community organizer, abolitionist cultural worker, and storyteller, who has been actively fighting against her own deportation order for over a decade. In 2018, her story received national attention when singled out by ICE after participating in an act of civil disobedience and subsequently detained for 43 days. The campaign was born out of that crisis. Through organizing she creates insightful critiques on reproductive justice, incarceration, migrant justice discourse, and anti-Black racism.

02/06/2024

Here are a few of our favorite books to add to your home or classroom library. 📚✨

02/01/2024

It’s Black History Month! Today, we recognize the leadership of Civil Rights leaders of the past, present, and future. Invest, support, and follow Black leadership. “The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.” - Maya Angelou 🖤✨

11/08/2023

🌟 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞! Ybarra Maldonado Law Group and The Border Crit Institute invite you to 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝗪𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐨; 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰. 𝘠𝘔𝘓𝘎 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭: 𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬. YMLG stands firmly committed to human rights advocacy amidst these challenging and atrocious times. This powerful film invites us to question the validity of borders and highlights the universality of the desire for home and hope.⁣
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🗓️ Thursday, November 16th ⁣
⏰ 5:00 PM (Arizona Time) ⁣
📍 Phoenix Center of the Arts.⁣
🎬 Get Tickets in bio. 🎟⁣
Tabling opportunities available! ⁣
👀 Pssst use the code YMLG for a 50% OFF on your purchase 👀

10/21/2023

Tomorrow!!

10/18/2023

Repost On 17th October, the 11th day of Israel’s bombardments on the besieged Gaza Strip, Israel bombed the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza, killing more than 500 people including patients, doctors & those seeking refuge.

Gaza is home to 2.3 million Palestinians (1.1 million children) and is one of the world’s most densely populated places. Israel has held it under siege for 17 years. In the last 11 days Israel has dropped thousands of bombs on the imprisoned population, estimated to be the equivalent force of a quarter of a nuclear bomb. Human rights experts have also confirmed the use of the internationally-banned weapon, white phosphorus.

On 15 October 2023, over 800 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies and genocide studies signed a public statement warning of the possibility of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Signatories include prominent Holocaust and genocide studies scholars.

“As scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies and genocide studies, we are compelled to sound the alarm about the possibility of the crime of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. We do not do so lightly, recognising the weight of this crime, but the gravity of the current situation demands it.”

to prevent further death and destruction NOW.

LINK IN MY BIO

10/18/2023

10/18/2023