Community Organizations

Organization Contact Description
Borderplex Alliance
El Paso, TX

Kassandra Huhn

khuhn@borderplexalliance.org
915-298-1000

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The Borderplex Alliance is an award-winning economic development and policy advocacy organization. We are independent, non-partisan, and private sector led. Our mission is to bring jobs, hope, and opportunity to the Borderplex region.

Borderplex Alliance
Ciudad Juarez, MEX

Denise Avila

gavila@borderplexalliance.org
+52-1-656-636-2183

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The Borderplex Alliance is an award-winning economic development and policy advocacy organization. We are independent, non-partisan, and private sector led. Our mission is to bring jobs, hope, and opportunity to the Borderplex region.

Border Community Alliance

info@bordercommunityalliance.org
520-398-3229

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Border Community Alliance is bridging the border and fostering community through education, collaboration and cultural exchange.

We focus on accomplishing this pursuit in the borderland’s region of Southern Arizona/Sonora, Mexico. We are inspired to share with the public the good news of civil society in the international borderland’s region. Border Community Alliance grew out of relationships with people who wanted to promote binational relationships between non-profit organizations. They sought to encourage a more balanced narrative about Mexico to replace the media’s narrow focus of drugs, violence and immigration.

Border Partnership info@borderpartnership.org
+1 619-814-1388

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The U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership (BPP) is a binational membership organization whose mission is to support a network of organizations that build prosperity through leadership, collaboration, and philanthropy in the U.S.-Mexico Border region. Our member driven agenda strengthens organizations already working actively to address issues of prosperity, equity and opportunity along both sides of the Border. BPP is the only binational group along and across the 2,000-mile border that unites a vibrant network of national, regional, and local leaders and organizations who are making a difference on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.  Become a BPP member and take advantage of the trainings, workshops, information, technical assistance, coaching and other member services afforded to you.  BPP is here to serve you and your organization’s needs.  Share your voice, knowledge, and expertise with like-minded leaders and organizations dedicated to the future success of our communities and bi-national region.

Fundación Comunitaria de la Frontera Norte AC

Luisa Adriana Chavez

hola@fcfn.org
+52-656-625-4064

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Our Foundation is made up of citizens for citizens. We work to promote the improvement of Ciudad Juárez through the sum of philanthropic efforts and resources. We promote social participation and gather and channel resources to support the development of our community, for this, we have developed three programs. An example of these is

Young and Philanthropy which aims to promote the philanthropic spirit of juarense youth through their participation in the design, management and implementation of projects to solve problems of the community with the creation and support of youth councils. We seek to generate a change in attitude and behavior that focuses on finding solutions to problems or challenges that afflict our community. We believe that we are all agents of change regardless of our age, gender, socioeconomic or educational status.

Through this program, we wish to build the conducive environment that stimulates the qualities that characterize young people so that they have the opportunity to manifest them by choosing to work for the common good, carrying out concrete projects that provide them with leadership skills and of change agents. It also wants to build communities where youth and adults come together to create and sustain positive social change.

Youth and Philanthropy was pre-selected among more than 600 practices from 30 Latin American countries, as one of the best practices for young people within the contest “Best Practices in Youth Policies and Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean” organized by the IDB. UNICEF and OAS, among others. The initiative proved to respond to a specific need in the social context; produce tangible results with a positive impact on youth and their communities; involve young people in its design, implementation and evaluation; made in alliances and be sustainable and with the potential to be transferred or replicated.

If you are interested in participating or financially supporting this program, we invite you to contact us at fundacion@fcfn.org or to make your donation by bank transfer, check or paypal. The FCFN has authorization from the SAT to issue deductible receipts for income tax.
New Mexico International Trade Alliance

Tel: 505-231-0677
Fax: 505-768-3280
randy@nmtradealliance.org

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The New Mexico Trade Alliance partners with local, state and federal government to provide export assistance to New Mexico companies. We also work hand-in-hand with economic development leaders to develop new initiatives that will increase New Mexico's global competitiveness and connectivity.

The emergence of a global economy has created a worldwide marketplace for businesses to sell their goods and services.  No matter the size or level of international business experience your company has, the Trade Alliance has tools to help you find opportunities and bring them to fruition.

Empowerment Congress of DAC

Daisy A Maldonado
EC Director

info@empowernm.org

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Empowerment Congress facilitates a community leadership development program for community leaders and youth leaders.

Empowerment Congress supports community leaders’ efforts to create policy changing campaigns, engage in policy advocacy and organize community projects.

Empowerment Congress builds community teams and community projects in collaboration with local leaders and youth.
Dona Ana Communities United

Kari Bachman
Director

dacukari@gmail.com
575-496-4330

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Doña Ana Communities United (DACU) creates welcoming spaces for all people, especially those whose voices and stories go unheard. We build genuine relationships, carry out uplifting projects, and engage with local government.
DACU aspire to a vibrant Doña Ana County where all human beings are valued and everyone works together as equals to realize our full potential for individual and collective wellbeing.

Mesilla Valley Community of Hope

Nicole Martinez
Executive Director

hope@zianet.com
575-523-2219

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The mission of Mesilla Valley Community of Hope is to promote dignity and empowerment among the homeless population by providing shelter services, case management, income support and permanent housing programs in Las Cruces and Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

Among the many services the Mesilla Valley Community of Hope provides homeless people, Camp Hope is perhaps the most visible. In addressing the problem of homelessness, the MVCH is guided by the “housing first” model—that is, the first and primary need is to provide homeless people with safe, affordable, and stable housing. Other essential services, such as alcohol and drug abuse treatment and mental health services, which the MVCH also provides, should follow. Camp Hope, a self-governing transitional living community that provides temporary, transitional shelter in the form of tents, showers, and cooking facilities, is an important first step toward realizing that goal.
Ngage New Mexico

Lori Martinez
Executive Director

info@NgageNM.org
575-521-1957

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Ngage New Mexico is an established 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that focuses on education and nonprofit capacity-building. We embrace collaboration, consensus building, social justice, racial equity, and data-informed solutions for the betterment of our community. Through a partnership with the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Center for Community Analysis, Ngage New Mexico gathered crucial education data within Doña Ana County. After close examination of our shortcomings in education, Ngage wanted to help the community rethink education.

Hope Border Institute

Ilka Vega
Community Engagement and Administrative Specialist

info@hopeborder.org
915-872-8400 ext:200

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HOPE brings together local leaders, communities of faith, advocates and policymakers to create transformational change and build solidarity across borders.

HOPE offers comprehensive formation programs and develops leaders who work for new possibilities for social flourishing grounded in the experience of faith and thirst for justice, connecting a rising generation to the work to build a more just world.

Border Leaders Academy, Formation for Faith Leaders, Immersion Experiences, ​Migrant Academy, and Annual Teach-In.

Increased arrivals and a cruel strategy of deterrence at the border masked an emerging humanitarian crisis that led to the deaths of several migrant children. HOPE was on the ground in Mexico as the first caravans from Central America arrived to assess needs and provide assistance and also worked to ensure essential Know Your Rights presentations were provided to migrants stranded in Mexico. HOPE triaged the response to the refugee crisis created by ICE’s needless release of migrant families in the streets of El Paso in winter weather and also brought together faith leaders and experts from both countries to strategize long-term responses. HOPE was also on the ground in Guatemala, the only border NGO researching the root causes of migration from Central America.

The Cross-Border Institute

(Canada – US Border)

Dr. William Anderson

bander@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 2366

 

Marta Leardi-Anderson

martalea@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3739

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The Cross-Border Institute is dedicated to research, education, and public outreach related to the movement of people, goods, and funds across borders.

We bring together the right mix of people in an environment that leverages expertise from a wide range of perspectives and undertake cutting-edge and purpose-driven research that leads to more efficient and effective borders.  With an entrepreneurial mindset, we are committed to developing a thorough knowledge of the business via multidisciplinary approaches that identify opportunities and solve real problems.

We bring together the right mix of people in an environment that leverages expertise from a wide range of perspectives and undertake cutting-edge and purpose-driven research that leads to more efficient and effective borders.  With an entrepreneurial mindset, we are committed to developing a thorough knowledge of the business via multidisciplinary approaches that identify opportunities and solve real problems.

Updated on November 12, 2020