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Abstract or Description

The 2025–2026 Border Fellows Report documents six community-led projects carried out across the Tijuana–San Diego region under the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice's Border Fellows Program. Working in academia, civil society, and the public sector, the fellows addressed distinct challenges shaped by a common context: firearms trafficking and armed violence against women and LGBTQIA+ people; youth violence and suicide risk in a public middle school; discrimination in a federal preparatory school serving more than 4,300 students; the organizational capacity and language rights of Indigenous communities in Baja California; academic accompaniment for Haitian adolescents excluded from formal schooling; and intercultural education for people in situations of mobility. The report presents each project's methodology, results, and unresolved questions, alongside reflections from the fellows on what the border demands of those who work within it.

Publication Date

8-2026

Document Type

Report

Keywords

U.S.–Mexico border, Tijuana, Baja California, peacebuilding, firearms trafficking, armed violence, gender-based violence, LGBTQIA+ rights, Indigenous language, Indigenous rights, migration, intercultural education, school climate, youth violence prevention, suicide prevention, binational collaboration

Disciplines

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Community-Based Research | Indigenous Studies | Inequality and Stratification | Migration Studies | Peace and Conflict Studies | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Justice | Sociology

Comments

Also available in Spanish.

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Cross-Border Initiatives Border Fellow Report 2025-2026

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