Travel Itinerary

VOLUNTOUR 1951 ITINERARY*

PRE-TRIP:
September 21st – 22nd: traveled to Austin, TX
September 23rd – 25th: attended the Austin City Limits Music Festival
September 26th – October 4th: met with faculty at UT-Austin
October 5th: cycled 85 miles south of Austin past Nixon, TX
October 6th: bike was stolen, caught a ride with a friend back to Austin
October 7th - October 13th: built the "Dudley Docker II" with volunteerws at the Yellow Bike Project

OCTOBER:
October 14th: took a bus to Houston, TX
October 15th: attended the Chicano-Latino Leadership & Unity Conference
*spoke with Dr. Jose Angel Gutierrez, long-time Chicano civil rights leader and social activist
*spoke with Maria Jimenez, seasoned social activist formerly of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and now of Carecen
*spoke with Lorena Lopez, full-time student and mom
October 16th: interviewed by Houston Univision
October 17th: met with Michael Espinonza, co-founder of La Nueva Raza
October 18th – 22nd: cycled to Brownsville
*met with Elizabeth Garcia, local grassroots organizer with the San Felipe de Jesus Social Justice Committee
October 23rd: met with Helga Garza of Calpuli Tlapalcalli
October 24th: met with Carlos Gomez, executive director of the Good Neighbor Settlement House
October 25th: met Brother Albert Phillipp and Sister Phylis Peters of the San Felipe de Jesus Catholic Church
October 26th: went to Matamoros in the evening to speak with families
October 27th: met with Father Mike Siefert of the San Felipe de Jesus Catholic Church and Ericka Weinmann, a nursing student at the University of Texas-Brownsville
October 28th: met with Cristina Balli of The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center (the Chicho)
October 29th: attended the 14th Anniversary Celebration at the Chicho
October 30th: spoke with a trio of self-proclaimed mallrats and a ROTC student at a local marine prep. school
October 31st: spoke again with Fr. Mike Siefert
*spoke with Principal Alzono Barbosa of Porter High School
*met with Edgar Rico, small business owner

NOVEMBER
November 1: spoke with Nathan Selzer of Proyecto Libertad
*celebrated Dia de los Muertos at the Calpulli
November 2: spoke with Rogelio Nunez of Proyecto Libertad and former co-worker Jonathan Jones
*spoke with Gloria Ocampo of the Friendship of Women
November 3: spoke with Enrique Leal, local filmmaker
November 4: spent the day with Rafa Castro, organizer for maquila workers
November 5, 6: spent weekend planning and writing
Noveber 7: went to Matamoros with a San Felipe de Jesus health outreach group
*spoke with Alejandro Fuentes, director of Ozanam (homeless) Center
November 8: spoke with Meredith Linksy, director of South Texas Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR)
*spoke with a pirate at a cake shop
*spoke with Pedro Cruz, attorney with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid (TRLA)
*spoke with Lisa Brodyage, attorney with Refugio del Rio Grande
*spoke with the salesman
*attended a San Benito School Board meeting
*spoke again with Nathan Selzer and his wife, Hortencia Armendariz, an organizer with Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
November 9th: spent the day at the Fun n' Sun trailer park
*spoke with Grace Cabuto, mother of two and certified nurse
November 10th: met with Rey Limas, father to Rackel Limas and owner of Con Carino care facilities
*met with Delia Perez of Llano Grande and program guests Guha Shankar of the Library of Congress and Michelle --- of the University of Texas at Austin folklore program
November 11th: spoke with Delia Perez
November 12th: attended a march with La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and the United Farm Workers (UFW) in San Juan
November 13th: spoke with Ester Salinas, community activist in Mission, Texas
*spoke with members of her Mission community
*met Congressman Lloyd Doggett
November 14th: spoke with Dr. Greg Selber, professor at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA)
November 15th: spoke with Drs. Jose Pagan and Cynthia Brown, professors of economics at UTPA
*spoke with Blandina Cardenas, President of UTPA
November 16th: spoke with Olga Cantarero, organizer with LUPE
*spoke with LUPE members
*spoke with Maggie Jamieson, manage of Tropic Starr winter home
November 17th: spoke with Amancio Chapa, Fine Arts Director with La Joya Independent School District
*spoke with Norma Zamora-Guerra, Director of Community Information with the McAllen Independent School District
November 18th: spoke with Sam Rodriguez, owner of RY Livestock Sales
November 19th: spoke with Dr. Reynato Ramirez, Philathropist President of IBC Bank in Zapata
November 20th: attended a Conjunto/Mariachi/Ballet Folklorico performance at La Joya High School
November 21st: writing day
November 22nd: spoke with Ed Krueger and members of the Comite de Apoyo in Reynosa
*spoke with and was interviewed by Mariano Castillo, border correspondent for the San Antonio News-Express
November 23rd: spoke with more community members in Mission
November 24th - 31st: Mission

DECEMBER-JANUARY: Phoenix, Arizona

AND THE REST OF IT?
three weeks: Laredo/Nuevo Laredo
February: Laredo/Nuevo Laredo, Eagle Pass, Piedras Negras
March: Del Rio, Presidio, Big Bend, Las Cruces
April: El Paso/Juarez
June: south-eastern Arizona
July: southern Arizona
August: southern Arizona
September: southern California
October: San Diego/Tijuana
November: Lower Rio Grande in Texas

*all travel plans are but approximations and good intentions