SYNOPSIS
As the United States continues to build a wall between itself and Mexico, Which Way Home shows the personal side of immigration through the eyes of children who face harrowing dangers with enormous courage and resourcefulness as they endeavor to make it to the United States.
Mexicanos Unidos is a not-for-profit volunteer organization, serving the Mexican and Latino/a community in New York City. Our mission is to provide HIV/AIDS prevention, through education, referrals and advocacy. Mexicanos Unidos uses art, the Mexican culture and traditions and other forms to promote the prevention of HIV/AIDS as well as to encourage solidarity and understanding towards people who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Pase Usted es una organización sin fines de lucro comprometida a difundir ideas y propuestas abiertas a una discusión plural e incluyente entorno a los temas más relevantes de la agenda actual de este país. Esta asociación nace en septiembre 2008 en el marco de las conmemoraciones del bicentenario del movimiento de Independencia de México, como un espacio para la reflexión prospectiva. a Pase Usted ofrece herramientas para incentivar el intercambio de ideas y generar una comunidad comprometida con el desarrollo de su país.
Actualmente estas herramientas incluyen: Pase Usted Foro, Pase Usted Genera, Comunidad Pase Usted, Premio Pase Usted.
The artist gave some pairs away, to immigrants trying to cross from Mexico to the United States. She designed her show with them in mind, since it includes a detailed map of the border area on its inner sole, an attached compass and mini-flashlight, as well as a picture on the heel of a Mexican priest, Toribio Romo, who, in the ’70s was thought to be a “guardian angel” for those crossing the border.
The audience for the shoe isn’t only immigrants. It’s designed to provoke thoughts about the arduous journey of those who cross the border illegally as well as the part they (and all of us) play in the global economy that produces high-end athletic shoes likes these. At this moment, with the debate about immigration at another high point, “Brinco” is a timely object.
