by jpic | Jul 21, 2021 | News, Reflection
“O human, in what great excellence the Lord God has placed you, because he created you and formed you in the image of his beloved Son according to the body, and in his likeness” (Saint Francis of Assisi, Adm 5) Violence for being from the LGBTI...
by jpic | Jul 12, 2021 | News, Reflection, Reflexión
Violence in the territories of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador continues to be the main motivation of a person or a family nucleus to emigrate. Violence has diversified and institutionalized: gang violence, domestic violence, violence against women (femicides) and...
by jpic | Jun 28, 2021 | News, Reflection
As a candidate Biden promised, and seemed poised early on, to chart a new path toward a more people-centered reform agenda. As president he has taken many hopeful steps, but still leans on deterrence and criminalization to a degree that is concerning. Biden entered...
by jpic | Jun 21, 2021 | News, Reflection
A few days ago I accompanied two migrant victims of kidnapping to file their complaint. One of these victims was a 60-year-old woman who was leaving her country for the first time, and fleeing a situation of extreme poverty and insecurity, after having been deprived...
by jpic | May 17, 2021 | News, Reflection
I will always remember my first time arriving as a “regular” migrant to a different town from the one where I was born. It was at the same time an encounter and a cultural shock, where my mentality, words, gestures, beliefs and practices provoked a sense of dilemma...
by jpic | May 10, 2021 | News, Reflection
Today everyone seeks to be in movement, but there are movements that are not for health, physical well-being, daily work or recreation. I will refer here to a movement that forces you to leave what you love, what you exist for, what you live for. These movements,...
