![]() SBCC Director Vicki Gaubeca, AZVicki B. Gaubeca currently serves as the Director for the Southern Border Communities Coalition. Prior to this role, Vicki served as the Director of the ACLU-NM Regional Center for Border Rights, based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where she helped develop and implement its mission of addressing civil and human rights violations that stem from border-specific immigration policy. Originally from Mexico City, Vicki has lived in different parts of the U.S.-Mexico border for more than 30 years and currently resides in Tucson, Arizona. |
![]() SBCC Co-Chair Lilian Serrano, CALilian Serrano is a member 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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SBCC Co-Chair Alba Jaramillo, AZAlba Jaramillo serves as the Executive Director of Arizona Justice For Our Neighbors, a non-profit organization that provides low-cost and pro-bono legal services to low-income immigrants and that engages in advocacy efforts for a just immigration system. Alba is also an immigrant and a community organizer in Tucson.
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Jennifer Johnson, D.C.Jennifer Johnson is the Border Policy Advisor for Southern Border Communities Coalition and Church World Service. |
![]() 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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![]() Adriana Jasso, CAAdriana Jasso is the Program Coordinator for the U.S.-Mexico Border Program of the American Friends Service Committee in San Diego.
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![]() 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 since 2003.
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![]() Erin Grassi, CAErin serves as the Human Rights Policy Advisor for SBCC.
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![]() Dulce Garcia, CADulce is the Executive Director of Border Angels, and Chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium. |
![]() Ian Seruelo, CAIan is a member of the Asia Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) and Labor Representative of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium. |
![]() Javier Hernandez, CAJavier Hernandez is an immigrant and queer leader fighting for immigrant rights in the Inland Empire (IE). Javier has been the Director of the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice (IC4IJ), a coalition of over 50 diverse organizations that convene to collectively advocate for immigrant justice in the Inland Empire. |
![]() Gabriela Rodriguez Clark, AZGabriela is the Network Organizer of the Southern Arizona Groups.
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![]() 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. |
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![]() Nia Rucker, NMNia Rucker is the Policy Counsel and Regional Manager of the ACLU of New Mexico.
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![]() Johana Bencomo, NMJohana Bencomo is the Executive Director 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. |
![]() Viviana Arciniega, NMViviana is a community organizer with NM Comunidades en Accion y de Fe (CAFé). |
![]() Nayomi Valdez, NMNayomi is the Policy Director with ACLU of New Mexico. |
![]() Uriel Rosales, NMUriel Rosales was born at Estado De Mexico, Mexico. In 2007, being 9 years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States and arrived in Anthony, New Mexico. In 2010 he moved to Chaparral, New Mexico where he ended up graduating from high school. By being an eligible DACA recipient he was able to obtain a work permit in 2016. He then graduated from New Mexico State University in spring of 2020 with a bachelors in Electronics and Computing Engineering Technology. Uriel currently works as a Field organizer for the NM Dream Team in Las Cruces and southern communities of New Mexico. As an organizer, Uriel works to give the immigrant community the tools to live fearlessly in Southern New Mexico. |
Perla Aguilar Alvarado, NMPerla Aguilar Alvarado is a member of Catholic Charities of Southern New Mexico. |
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![]() Bekah Hinojosa, TXBekah Hinojosa is a Gulf Coast Campaign Representative at the Sierra Club and a member of Another Gulf is Possible. |
![]() Josue Ramirez, TXJosue is an author at Trucha RGV. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Lorena Soto, TXLorena is a Field Coordinator for the ACLU of Texas Border Rights Center and a guest of the Southern Border Communities Coalition. |
![]() Stuart Inahuazo, Northern Border CoalitionStuart is an immigrant rights organizer with Michigan United and a guest of the Southern Border Communities Coalition. |