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GLCA faculty and students visit the Border
From October 30 to November 2nd, 15 faculty and students from DePauw,
Wabash, Antioch, Earlham, and the GLCA office visited the U.S./Mexico
border. This trip was a combination of the Border Studies Advising Committee
and the Global Partners Collaborative grant on "global citizenship".
During this trip Rodolfo Guzman explored the
border in his own way.
While on the Border the group participated in a Border Studies course,
took a tour of a maquiladora, visited with facutly at the Autonomus University
of Ciudad Juarez, engaged in conversation with students and program staff,
and attended the Border Pilgrimage.
The group visited a maquiladora plant in Ciudad Juárez.
We met with students, faculty and staff of the program
and visited the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez. 
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GLCA group and the Border Studies students and faculty participated
in the Border Pilgrimage, a weekend of workshops focusing on immigration
issues, the economic conditions that cause migration and the challenges
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the plight of migrants. Borders Studies Resident Director Gypsy
Swanger gave a talk on "Free Trade and Forced Migration: Looking
for Exits on a Dead End Road"
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Additional activities in the border included a Scenic View of the two cities, Day of the Dead altars, and a demonstration outside the Mexican consulate.
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Border Studies Program
A program managed by Earlham College
and recognized by the GLCA, Inc.
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