{"id":1647,"date":"2026-09-28T11:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uufsc.com\/?post_type=boupdate&p=1647"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:21:17","slug":"border-justice-update-9-23-2026","status":"publish","type":"boupdate","link":"https:\/\/uufsc.com\/index.php\/boupdate\/border-justice-update-9-23-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Justice Update 9\/23\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does this need an explanation???<\/span><\/p>\n

Deb James, in conjunction with our UU Border Justice Project is selling beautiful Blue Wave t-shirts. No words…no dates…just an image we can wear forever!
\nShe has ordered 50. Order yours NOW for $10\/each or purchase one at the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) dance October 10 for $15\/each. More info about the dance in my next email; but save the date!!<\/span> They make great gifts! Proceeds go to our UU Border Justice Project. Text Deb at 505-440-8308<\/span> with name and size(s) desired. The sooner you order it, the longer you can wear it \ud83c\udf0a \ud83d\udc99 \ud83c\udf0a.<\/p>\n

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My last email publicized the film\u00a0The River and The Wall. I hope you were able to attend. The photography and message were both so powerful! But if you missed it or don’t live close to Silver City, you can still find it on Amazon Prime. Definitely worth the watch\u00a0\"\u263a\ufe0f\"<\/p>\n

In keeping with the theme of the movie which emphasized the effect that The Wall has on wildlife, Randy Harkins, a local Silver City poet, wrote this poem about watching Sandhill Cranes.<\/p>\n

Migrants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Somewhere lonely
\nPast the Pyramid Mountains
\nAnd south of the playas
\nAlong the Old Spanish Trail
\nA Border Patrol green and white
\nPulled off on the right
\nUniformed men walk in circles
\nAround a valley of thorns\u2013
\nAt Whitewater Draw
\nMigrants glide
\nDrop from the sky
\nGuided by the bugle calls
\nOf sisters and brothers
\nMarching through
\nMarsh and reeds
\nThe land moves
\nWith slow gray ghosts
\nTwo million years without borders
\nTwo million years on the road\u2013
\nI sit on a splintered bench
\nI\u2019m present\u2013 still as stone
\nListening to sandhills
\nTheir sound as deep as bones
\nEvery migrant had a home
\nEternity is only borrowed time
\nA moment seems so long
\nWhen you can fly
\nTwo million years
\nWithout counting the miles
\nWithout a worry
\nFor crossing lines
\nNow this refuge
\nClose to feed
\nGrows a billboard sign
\nAcross the street
\nThat advertises your life
\nTo shotgun men
\nMigrants\u2013
\nFree to fly
\nForbidden to land<\/p>\n

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And we now have these bumper stickers available at the UU building. Reply to this email if you would like help getting one.\u00a0They will also be for sale at the GOTV dance on October 10th.<\/span>\u00a0Proceeds benefit the work of Battalion Search and Rescue.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for being a part of the resistance and, more importantly, the change we need to sustain our community and ourselves\u00a0\"\ud83d\udc9e\"\u00a0\"\ud83d\ude4f\"\u00a0~Barbara<\/p>\n

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