ASYLUM Program of Southern Arizona *

710 E. Speedway Tucson, AZ 85719
Ph (520) 623-4555 Fax: (520) 623-4884 Asylum_apsa@yahoo.com
Provides legal assistance for political asylum seekers from 40+ countries.
* RPCVs have served as translators and administrators.

BorderLinks *

620 South 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701
Ph 520-628-8263 or program@borderlinks.org
BorderLinks is a bi-national education and service program based in Tucson and Nogales.

Border PACT

UA campus Tucson
Border PACT is a network of U.S. and Mexican higher education institutions dedicated to building human capacity through education and training. CONAHEC is the sponsoring agency and grants are awarded for capacity building projects. Fellows have received AHEC grants through this organization.

Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology *

Anthropology Building Room 316
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0030
Phone (520) 621-6282 FAX: (520) 621-9608
BARA's strives to place anthropology at the service of society, prepare professional anthropologists, advance knowledge of the human condition, and address pressing community issues. Fellows work on applied research and outreach projects with Drs. Diane Austin, Mamadou Baro, Tim Finan, and Richard Stoffle.

Catholic Relief Services/Mexico *

Fellows are working with CRS/Mexico domestically to find markets in the US for direct distribution of produce and to develop a guest worker program in Yuma.

Derechos Humanos*

Provide intake needs assessment of clients.

Frontera de Cristo Micro-Enterprise Ministry/Cafe Justo

Support for the development of Cafe Justo coffee cooperative markets in the U.S.

Humane Borders *

First Christian Church
740 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 628-7753 humaneborders@gainusa.com
Humane Borders offers humanitarian assistance to those in need through more than 70 emergency water stations on and near the U.S.-Mexican border.

Iskash*taa Refugee Harvesting Network

1406 E. Grant Road, Bldg. 2 Tucson, AZ 85719
Ph (520) 440-0100
Iskash*taa is an inter-generational group of refugees from Africa and Tucsonan volunteers harvesting approximately 20,000 lbs. of fruits and vegetables each year from backyards and local farms for redistribution to refugee families from many countries and other Tucson organizations that assist families in need.

Jewish Family and Children's Service of Southern Arizona *

Refugee Resettlement Services Department assists individuals and families legally admitted into the United States who are fleeing persecution in other countries. They have assisted hundreds of families from the former Soviet Union, Bosnia, Iran, Vietnam and Africa settle locally into the Tucson culture. (Organization disbanded in 2007 and is reformed effective April 2008.)

Lutheran Social Ministry of the Southwest

710 E. Speedway Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: 520-721-4444 (Refugee/Immigration)
Phone: 520-623-4555 (Asylum) Fax: 520-721-4479
Multi-Cultural Program LSMS Refugee Resettlement Program provides comprehensive resettlement and adjustment services to approximately 400-500 refugees annually, within the Phoenix and Tucson
areas.

Samaritans

Volunteer support for providing meals and aid.

Somali-Bantu Association of Tucson *

4500 East Speedway, Suite 7
Tucson, Arizona 85712
Phone: (520) 881-4373

SBAT advocates on behalf of Somali Bantu and other refugees for access to professional and educational resources to assist families in making successful cultural, economic and social transitions to life in the U.S. It also provides services to assist families in becoming economically stable, civically engaged citizens of Tucson. Fellows have developed ESL and computer training modules, and have recruited and trained volunteers to teach ESL classes.

University of Arizona Immigration Law Clinic *

The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
P.O. Box 210176, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0176
Ph (520) 621-1373
This in-house clinic provides students with the opportunity to help people who are undergoing deportation (or "removal") proceedings in Tucson. Interpretation and legal assistance provided to detainees at an INS center 60 miles north of Tucson. A RPCV with legal background served as a court interpreter.