SBCC DirectorVicki Gaubeca serves as the Director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition from Tucson, AZ and also serves as the Policy and Communications Strategist for Alliance San Diego. |
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SBCC Co-ChairJohana Bencomo is the Director of Organizing for NM Comunidades en Accion y de Fe (CAFé), a faith-based grassroots organization working to empower immigrant and other marginalized communities through organizing so that we can shape and redefine policies and narratives that promote opportunity for all. |
Mark Adams, AZMark Adams serves as the US coordinator for Frontera de Cristo, a Presbyterian Border Ministry centered in Agua Prieta, Mexico and Douglas, AZ. |
Kevin Bixby, NMKevin Bixby is the executive director and founder of the Southwest Environmental Center in Las Cruces, NM. Kevin is also currently serving on the Dona Ana Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors. Kevin founded KTAL-LP, a community radio station. Kevin currently serves on the board of the radio station, and cohosts Earth Matters, a weekly show about conservation issues. |
Ricky Garza, TXRicky Garza is a Staff Attorney at the Texas Civil Rights Project based in McAllen, TX in the Rio Grande Valley, where he focuses on advancing border justice by challenging border militarization, the criminalization of migration, and continued family separations. |
Andrea Guerrero, CAAndrea Guerrero serves as the Executive Director of Alliance San Diego, which serves as a community empowerment organization that builds coalitions to promote justice and social change. |
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Jennifer Johnson, D.C.Jennifer Johnson is the Border Policy Advisor for Southern Border Communities Coalition and Church World Service. |
Randy Mayer, AZRandy Mayer was deeply influenced by his time studying and living in Latin America, he and his family moved to the Borderlands 18 years ago so he could serve as Senior Minister of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona—35 miles from the US/Mexico border. |
Amanda Munro, NMAmanda Munro is the field organizer and communications director for Southwest Environmental Center, a conservation organization based in Las Cruces, NM that protects wildlife and their habitats in the Southwest. |
Pedro Rios, CAPedro Rios serves as the director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program and has been on staff with AFSC for 13 years. |
Nia Rucker, NMNia Rucker is the Policy Counsel and Regional Manager of the ACLU of New Mexico.
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Rosa Sanluis, TXRosa Sanluis is a community organizer with Fuerza Del Valle Workers' Center in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
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Michael Seifert, TXMichael Seifert is the Border Advocacy Strategist with the ACLU of Texas. |
Lillian Serrano, CALillian Serrano is the chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium. Lilian is dedicated to promoting social justice all around her and strongly believes that every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect." |
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Joanna Williams, AZJoanna Williams is the Director of Education and Advocacy at the Kino Border Initiative. |
Erin Grassi, CAErin serves as the Human Rights Policy Advisor for SBCC. |
Stephanie Zamora, AZStephanie Zamora is the Advocacy Director at the Colibrí Center for Human Rights, a non-governmental non-profit with the mission to end disappearance and uphold human dignity along the U.S.-Mexico border. As a new American, Stephanie is committed to fighting for equity and justice for all (im)migrants.
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SBCC Co-Chair
Hiram Soto, CA