Join The Movement: Mural Project Spotlights Stories Of Deportation And Resilience
Muralist and Professor, Dr. Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, is visiting El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico as she invites volunteers to help her install a mural under El Punto Negro in Juarez, a 5-10 minute walk from the Santa Fe Bridge.
"As Dr. De La Cruz Santana crosses the border, she and a group of nonprofit advocacy organizations will be carrying 13 mural-style portraits of people with profound stories about life forever changed by deportation. Together, the portraits form El Paso del Norte, a mural that will be installed at the historic Ciudad Juárez bridge area, El Puente Negro. The mural installation will begin at 7 AM. A press conference will accompany the mural unveiling scheduled for 11 AM.
This art installation transcends traditional storytelling by integrating QR codes that link viewers to intensive multimedia narratives. Each subject—whether a deported migrant or someone affected by deportation—uses their own words to share powerful stories of displacement and resilience. These stories cast a stark light on the widespread deportation crisis that has impacted diverse landscapes, both rural and urban, across North, South, and Central America over recent decades."
Hear More About Dr. Santana On Iris & Grizz In The Morning
Iris & Grizz will have Dr. Santana on at 8:30AM, Wednesday May 1st, the day before the mural installation. Listen to the morning show then to learn a bit more about the project and how you can be a volunteer to help install the mural!
"Dra. Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana is an Assistant Professor in Chicanx Studies in the Department of Black and Latino Studies at The City University of New York’s Bernard M. Baruch College. She is a cultural worker and interdisciplinary qualitative Latinx public scholar who studies contemporary processes of migration. Her current research project focuses on childhood arrival migrants to the United States.
De La Cruz Santana’s academic crat centers Indigenous and feminist pedagogies and methodologies to acknowledge different forms of accessible, reciprocal knowledge-making responsive to community needs. Her research focuses include digital storytelling, testimonial literature, diaspora studies, and 20th and 21st Century Mexican, Mexican-American, and Chicano/a Literature and Culture.
De La Cruz Santana earned her B.A. and M.A. in Spanish Latin American Literatures and Cultures from California State University Fresno, and she received her Ph.D. in Spanish Latin American Literatures and Cultures from the University of California Davis."
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