What Do Starfish and Artesia, NM Have in Common?
Artesia is a tiny town in Southeastern New Mexico that has been thrown into the national spotlight because the federal training center located there has been turned into a make-shift detention center for women and children fleeing violence in Central America. It’s...
The Heartbreak of Artesia
Driving home from a week in Artesia, New Mexico to Glenwood Springs, Colorado and all the emotions start overwhelming me. I think because the need was so constant and so immediate while I was there with the families and undaunted volunteers I never had time to stop...
Artesia, Day Two (and a half)
Has it really only been two days? I guess technically, it’s three since I’m writing this at 1:30am. I have another long day ahead, but it’s important to get this out and, you know, you can sleep when you’re dead. I feel like I’ve been here for weeks. The intensity of...
Day One in Artesia: Notes from the Front Lines
We drove from Denver to Artesia yesterday, a small town in central New Mexico, about three hours from anywhere. It’s about a nine hour drive down from the last high passes of southern Colorado, through the low scrub of northern New Mexico into the high barren...
America’s Leaders Are Failing the Children
Our country is facing one of its greatest moral challenges in years: how will we treat the migrant children fleeing violence in Central America and seeking refuge within our borders? I know how I want us to treat them. Fairly, humanely, and within the parameters of...
