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Border Studies<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We all have the responsibility to understand the human, environmental, and societal costs to current and historical border enforcement policies.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Border Studies Program (BSP) is a semester-long program based in Tucson, Arizona. The program consists of homestays, internships in grassroots and\/or nonprofit organizations, and excursions \u2013 as well as a community-driven academic curriculum. Immersed in the southern Arizona borderlands, BSP offers students hands-on experience in contemporary justice struggles and an expansive curriculum that valorizes grassroots knowledge and challenges students, staff, and faculty to understand and articulate the context and implications of our own positionalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Themes and Commitments<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

BSP explores urgent contemporary topics in the following tracks:<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Migrant Justice<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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