June 2, 2026
Field Update: The COIL Books Are Here
Graduate students at Montclair State and CIDE in Mexico City co-wrote bilingual books for children in the encampments — and this week we put them in their hands.
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Notes from the field.
Every post from the field, in one place — newest first.
April 25, 2026
From a Seattle Classroom to Mexico City Shelters
How one school community turned a quiet conversation into five new libraries in Mexico City encampments. By Kim Perkins.
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April 20, 2026
Stories Without Borders: Expanding Access to Reading Across the Migration Trail
Our virtual library, in partnership with Télécoms Sans Frontières, now lights up 25 screens in migrant centers across Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico.
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February 6, 2026
Changing Demographics on the Migrant Trail
Notes from a recent Mexico City visit — we are increasingly meeting children whose families have been deported from the United States.
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September 7, 2025
There is no "Back to School" for Migrant Children Living in Encampments
Children in migrant encampments and shelters across Mexico face profound barriers to one of their most basic rights: education.
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June 7, 2025
Alone on the Journey: The Growing Crisis of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
The number of unaccompanied minors entering Mexico has nearly doubled since 2019 — and separation puts children at grave risk.
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August 14, 2024
Old Tires Make New Libraries
Reclaimed tires become colorful, weather-resistant seating for our pop-up libraries — good for budgets, and for the planet.
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June 7, 2024
"All we are looking for is a better life." (An article by MSF)
We share this Doctors Without Borders report on migration across the Americas.
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April 14, 2024
Power In Partnership! Interviews With Our Partners and Volunteers
We could never do this alone — hear from the CIDE graduate students and volunteers behind this winter’s pop-up library in Mexico City.
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April 14, 2024
Taking It To The Streets: Bringing Books to Encampments in Mexico City
A pop-up library for Haitian migrants in the Juárez district — books in Creole, Spanish, and English, and a lot of curious kids.
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April 14, 2023
Meet Charles
Charles, a resident of the Senda refugee camp, shares what the new library in Reynosa means to him and his community.
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Meet Melissa and Daniela
Graduate students in speech pathology share their service-learning project and the link between literacy and healthy emotional development.
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Solidarity Engineering Breaking Ground on the New Reynosa Library
The first step in making a safe space for children and families to access books and read together.
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November 15, 2022
Our Amazing Partners: Solidarity Engineering
Meet the founders of Solidarity Engineering, who met at the US–Mexico border and turned a shared podcast into a mission of their own.
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Newsletters & reports
Newsletter — January 2026
What your support made possible this winter, in photos and short letters from the field.
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A full account of the year: our partners, our library clubs, and what comes next.
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