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đź—ľ As federal immigration enforcement continues, a grassroots project is mapping raids, surveillance and stops, revealing patterns while raising questions about safety, transparency and the limits of public tracking tools. Read here.
🎬 El Festival Internacional de Cine de Nogales usa el muro fronterizo como pantalla compartida. Del 13 al 17 de mayo, gratis y abierto al público. Lee en español. The Nogales International Film Festival uses the border wall as a shared movie screen. May 13-17, free and open to the public. Read in English.
🎓 Pima Community College is weighing a shift to mostly eight-week classes — a format supporters say could help the college’s part-time, working students stay enrolled and finish their degrees. Read more.
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Community-built map tracks ICE activity across Tucson
Tucson migrant advocates have designed a new tool to help track immigration-related enforcement in and around the city as arrests surge under President Donald Trump’s mass deportation initiative. Tucson Migra […]
En Ambos Nogales, un festival de cine transforma muro fronterizo en lugar de encuentro
En el lugar donde la frontera entre Ambos Nogales hierve de vida, donde el olor a gasolina de los autos que esperan cruzar hacia Arizona se mezcla con el aroma […]
In Ambos Nogales, a film festival transforms the border fence into a gathering place
At the place where the border between Ambos Nogales hums with life — where the smell of gasoline from cars waiting to cross into Arizona mixes with the aroma of […]
Pima Community College explores majority 8-week class schedule
Eman Mousa took a deep breath, veered toward the second-floor balcony of the Advanced Manufacturing Center building on the Pima Community College Downtown campus and looked west at the Tucson […]
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Members of the Good Neighbor Interfaith Coalition and other community members will gather in Tucson over Mother’s Day weekend for the first in a series of monthly vigils honoring people detained by ICE. The inaugural event will take place May 9 at 9 a.m. at El Super on the city’s south side, where participants will remember impacted families and hear from community members and witnesses.
Donate to Pima County’s hygiene drive as part of Period Products Awareness Month now through May 30. Period and incontinence products, toiletries and hygiene supplies are needed at select library locations. The drive seeks pads or tampons, incontinence liners and underwear. Libraries will also accept travel-sized shampoo and conditioner, bar soap, wet wipes, travel-sized deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss and large Band-Aids.
Take part in the sixth annual Southern Arizona MMIP Awareness 5K Run/Walk from 6-9 a.m. May 9 at the Pima Community College West Campus. Hosted by the University of Arizona’s IndigiWellbeing program, the event will feature guest speakers, honored elders and traditional performances. Register here.
Tucson’s new police chief, Monica Prieto, will talk about leadership and her career path at CEO Roundtable with Tucson Young Professionals on Tuesday, May 12. Free for TYP members, $20 for others. Register.
Primary election season is here.
The race for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction heats up on May 13 when Democratic candidates Brett Newby and Teresa Leyba Ruiz will debate. On May 14 Republicans Kimberly Yee and incumbent Tom Horne face off. All debates are 56 minutes commercial-free and will include a simulcast Spanish translation and ASL interpretation. Watch them on our site at azluminaria.org.
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