Recently, a team of Hecate Society members have been working with a local, native-led collective on the ground in El Paso, to help build Casa Carmelita, a new community center that is aiming to provide sanctuary for migrants and organize against the local child detention centers. The situation on the US-Mexico Border has been steadily […]

Colectivo de Casas Santuarios is a cooperative of refugee houses that unite on the basis of centering refugee independence & decision-making and working autonomously from the government. The casas work together by sharing donations, resources, knowledge, skills and community events. By working with other grassroots organizers we hope to build a support network for the […]

In light of pride month and those who rioted against the state to light a fire for justice of queer and trans people of color dozens of years ago we are asking you to spread this ask far and wide and please contribute to this urgent request as you can. We were working with these […]

Introduction: This project is a response to the lessons learned from the last 6 months of refugee support in Tijuana. It is a collaboration between members of “Contra Viento y Marea” (“against all odds”), accomplices and the cooperative of artists “El Puente” (“the bridge”–a collaboration between American and Central American artists). In January 2019, “la bodega”, […]

The community garden on the roof top of the Contra Viento y Marea refugee community center is blossoming and will be ready with food and seeds for our seed bank soon.  Sometimes it feels pretty surreal to stand on the roof of Contra Viento y Marea crammed in between a liquor store and auto shop […]

“I hope this fucks up your Pride™ or forces you to think about what the fuck, and for whom, we are fighting for. I hope protests and poetry spill out into the streets like gasoline and burn all of this to the ground, transforming it. My heart feels fucking heavy. I really wish the June gloom would […]

CALLING ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SO-CAL or even if you just live near a college and want to have some fun. The semester is ending and the dumpsters, dorms and curbs of the streets are about to be full of treasure. Seriously, we have found working computers in the dumpsters at the Claremont Colleges before.  […]

We work with LGBTQ+ and vulnerable populations within the refugee community throughout their entire transition, pre, during and post detention processes in hopes that individuals can escape deathly situations and build powerful new movements within refugee communities that will fight against the US-funded pillars of injustice that are creating unlivable situations for millions of people. […]

The US/MX border at Tijuana is practically closed for migrants and refugees. The local political climate has turned aggressively against migrants from the last Central American caravans. Trump’s influence on the Mexican federal government is strongly felt. President Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-refugee policies like the so-called ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy are keeping many migrants and refugees […]