We bring the border into focus as a lived place, not a line, and confront how wealth disparity, US demand, and policy choices shape human lives. Gil Gillenwater shows why enlightened self interest, housing with dignity, and education beat walls and fear.

• wealth disparity between $18 an hour and $14 a day
• the border as community, not an abstract boundary
• enlightened self interest as a guiding principle
• youth loneliness, consumerism, and loss of purpose
• how US drugs, guns, and corporations fuel violence
• post 9 11 militarization and the Devil’s Highway
• predation and the cost of crossing
• from charity to reciprocity in service work
• Rancho Feliz housing plus education model
• measurable outcomes and middle class mobility

You do not want to miss it. Join us next week for part two with Gil Gillenwater.

Book: Hope on the Border

Rancho Feliz Charitable Organization

Real Talk with Tina and Ann