Description: In this episode, I interview Diego Lopez who is a program manager at a Casa Alitas, a shelter in Tucson, Arizona. We discuss services available for migrants arriving to the United States.

Action Item(s):

  • Diversifying reading sources
  • Read The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
  • Book recommendations on the Casa Alitas website: https://www.casaalitas.org/resources
  • Encouraging Senators and Representatives to vote on issues that will support shelters like Casa Alitas in funding
  • Vote for policies that will improve migration in the United States
  • Volunteer and work with migrants and refugees in your own communities
  • Read stories of people who have migrated on Casa Alita’s website: https://www.casaalitas.org/stories