Modeled after No More Victims, Solidarity Now worked to connect communities with families and individuals whose most basic human rights were being violated on our increasingly militarized southern border.
In 2019, we reorganized under the banner of Solidarity Now to help a Mexican mother, Dalia Perez, reunite with her 14-year-old daughter Ixcell, who at the time was suffering from leukemia. The two were separated at the border in Tijuana and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the Trump administration refused to let Dalia cross to be at Ixcell’s bedside while she was undergoing painful chemotherapy treatments at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
We assembled a coalition to support the Perez family that included physicians, church and civic groups, lawyers, and journalists. While working behind the scenes to help Dalia and Ixcell reunite, we launched a broad media and outreach campaign to tell their story, which went national. Within days of ongoing coverage of their plight, in both domestic and international media—along with a determined letter-writing campaign—Dalia was allowed to cross the border.
REUNITING IXCELL PEREZ WITH HER MOTHER
Solidarity Now was formed to connect communities with families and individuals whose most basic human rights were being violated on our militarized southern border. Solidarity Now was an initiative of No More Victims.
If you’re interested in creating a solidarity project in your community – or if you have questions – we’d love to hear from you.
