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Host Maree McHugh  interviews  writer/author Meagan O'Toole Pitts and artist/illustrator  Ashton Kayleigh about the newly published children's book about the 1917 El Paso Bath Riots. entitled "Carmelita". The story tells of the heroic young woman Carmelita Torres  who protested forced disinfection of Mexican people  crossing the Santé Fe bridge to work in El Paso.  The book is written in English and Spanish languages. O'Toole Pitts discusses the political influences and […]

Mellissa delBosque of the Border Chronicle.com  interviews psychotherapist Alejandra Spector. https://www.theborderchronicle.com  June27, 2023  (with permission from Border Chronicle.com) OTHER: Interested in helping with  water drops for migrants in the desert?  email:  migrantterrainsr@gmail.com Comments, suggestions  re Tuesday Morning Beat are welcome.  Email maree@gmcr.org    

Interview with Juan Rascon, General manager of BORDER PARTNERS in Palomas, Mexico. Border Partners  is a 501c3  organization now in its 15th year providing  food, nutrition, education and support for the people of the Palomas area communities. For more information go to https://borderpartners.org/ Contact  your DJ/host Maree McHugh at maree@gmcr.org THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!! Recorded interviews :with Juan Rascon

Interview with FRONTERA AID COLLECTIVE volunteers. Bryce Peterson, Lauren Cruz and Scott Eichling discuss an open letter sent to Customs and Border Patrol Tucson Region concerning the epic volunteer February rescue of a Guatemalan man lost in the Sonoran Desert, and the lack of response from CBP. Peterson, Cruz and Eichling also discuss the process of obtaining death data for migrants found in the New Mexico desert; the ongoing need […]