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CANCELED April 4, 2024 Cross Border Tour- Nogales, Sonora

04/04/2024 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM MT
CANCELED April 4, 8:30-5:00: Nogales, Sonora tour. Visit our partner nonprofit organizations in Nogales, eat lunch at Burrito Hass, learn about the city of Nogales, Sonora and have coffee & dessert at La Roca. Tour fee: $95/ members; $105/ non-members

April 7-8, 2024: Tour of Douglas, AZ & Agua Prieta, Mexico

04/07/2024 09:30 AM - 04/08/2024 06:00 PM MT
Visit Douglas/Agua Prieta! This tour offers an intimate look at the twin border towns of Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta (affectionately known as “A.P.”), Mexico. Tour fee: Member $375/NonMember $450 includes four meals, transportation, overnight lodging, guide services, and entry fees. You’ll want to bring some cash for snacks and souvenirs.
PASSPORT REQUIRED

April 9, 2024: "True Grit: The Improbable Story of La Malinche and the Conquest of Mexico"

04/09/2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM MT
La Malinche was born around 1500 in a region now known as Veracruz, Mexico. She became a slave to the Mayan lords in Tabasco. In 1519, Hernán Cortés received her as a gift from the Mayans, along with 19 other enslaved women. La Malinche went on to become a translator and advisor to Cortés and the mother of his son, Martin. Without the help of La Malinche, Cortés invasion of the Aztec empire would probably have failed. Your presenter is former BCA board member and long-time BCA member, Russ Carpenter, who has been doing research and collecting multi-media materials on La Malinche for ten years.
Location: BCA office, 8 Burruel Street, Tubac. Free event - donations welcome.

April 10, 2024: BLFC "Our Migrant Souls..." with Hector Tobar

04/10/2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM MT
In "Our Migrant Souls," Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Héctor Tobar delivers a definitive and personal exploration of what it means to be Latino in the United States right now. “Latino” is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States, and also one of the most rapidly growing. Composed as a direct address to the young people who identify or have been classified as “Latino,” Our Migrant Souls is the first account of the historical and social forces that define Latino identity.
Via Zoom - register for link.
FREE EVENT - Suggested Donation: $10/drop in or $100/year

April 16, 11am: BCA Tour of the Welcome Quilts: Migration, Art & Hope Exhibit

04/16/2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT
April 16, 11am: BCA Tour of the Welcome Quilts: Migration, Art & Hope Exhibit . This unique exhibit highlights a series of quilts that were stitched together as messages of hope. These beautiful quilts include drawings created by migrants, local students in Patagonia, and children and adults in Arizona and across the United States. Location: Arizona History Museum, 949 East 2nd Street, Tucson. Tour fee: $10 (includes admission to the entire museum, private tour of quilts exhibit, and making of an individual quilt square for the exhibit.)

April 18, 2024: From Ranching to Vineyards Day Tour

04/18/2024 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM MT
In the arid Southwest, ranching has dominated agriculture with historically large ranches and a vibrant cowboy culture. More recently, vineyards have taken a strong position in the local economy. This tour begins with a visit to the Santa Fe Ranch north of Nogales, and an introduction to the challenges of ranching by Dean Fish, Ranch Foreman & Ph.D Cowboy. Then we'll venture eastward to Sonoita-Elgin to enjoy a Catered Ranchero Lunch at Sonoita Vineyards, then onto to tour one of the area's vineyards, getting an insider's perspective on Arizona viticulture and wine making.
$95/BCA Members
$105/Non-members
Tour price includes roundtrip van transportation from Tubac, Catered Ranchero Lunch at Sonoita Vineyards, and BCA tour guide. Wine tasting available at extra cost.
Cancellation Policy: More than 10 days notice-refund minus $25 cancellation fee.

April 23, 2024 Cross Border Tour- Nogales, Sonora

04/23/2024 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM MT
April 23, 8:30-5:00: Nogales, Sonora tour. Visit our partner nonprofit organizations in Nogales, eat lunch at Burrito Hass, learn about the city of Nogales, Sonora and have coffee & dessert at La Roca. Tour fee: $95/ members; $105/ non-members

April 25-26: Tour of Tohono O'odham Cultural Center & Ajo, AZ

04/25/2024 08:00 AM - 04/26/2024 05:00 AM MT
Join us for an overnight tour of the town of Ajo, AZ. On the way there enjoy a private docent-led tour of Himdag Ki, the Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum. We will also have a picnic lunch there. After that, we'll head to Ajo, a cultural, historical, and humanitarian aid hub. We'll stay at the lovely Sonoran Desert Inn. During our visit, we'll take a tour of the town, including its murals, artist housing complex, beautiful town center and square, and other historic sites. We'll make a stop at the Ajo Humanitarian Aid office to hear about the near-constant migrant activity nearby.
Tour fee: Member $375/NonMember $450 includes transportation, BCA tour guide and local guides.
Meet in Tubac Presidio Parking Lot at 8:00am. Bring picnic lunch for the van ride.
CANCELLATION POLICY FOR OVERNIGHT TOURS: A full refund if cancelled at least 21 days prior to tour. If cancelled less that 21 days prior, a refund will be issued minus a cancellation fee of $100.

May 2, 2024: Borderlands Forum with Atascosa Borderlands

05/02/2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM MT
May 2, 6pm, Borderlands Forum with Atascosa Borderlands.  Atascosa Borderlands is a long-term visual storytelling project by Luke Swenson (Documentary Photographer) and Jack Dash (Naturalist and Writer). Since 2017, they have been working to better understand the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands alongside ecologists, cattle ranchers, humanitarian aid workers, migrants, hunters, ex-border patrol agents, and indigenous community members. The project brings together hundreds of original film photographs, oral history interviews, botanical specimens, historical images, and found objects; creating a living archive dedicated to this remote 42-mile section of the US-Mexico border. Join Luke and Jack as they tell us about the origins of their project, and their personal experiences working along the Arizona-Sonora border. Together, this collaborative duo will share photographs and stories from this biologically and culturally diverse region. Giving us insight into what there is to lose in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands if action is not taken to heal the ecological and cultural rifts which threaten these communities and landscapes.

Location: BCA Office, 8 Burruel Street, Tubac. Free event - donations welcome. Sponsored in part by a grant from the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area.

May 23, 2024: Hummingbirds of the Borderlands with Jeff Babson

05/23/2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM MT
May 23, 10am, “Hummingbirds of the Borderlands" with Jeff Babson. During this session will hear about the fascinating world of hummingbirds, which are found only in the Americas, from above the Arctic Circle to the southern tip of South America. Jeff owns Sky Island Tours, an environmental education and eco-tour company. Jeff is also the Wildlife Viewing Program Specialist for the Pima County Department of Natural Resources, Parks, and Recreation, where he offers a range of walks and programs on a wide range of topics on the natural world. Free Event, $10 Suggested Donation. On Zoom. Sponsored in part by a grant from the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area.
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