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REGISTRATION UPDATE
Full registration is closed, but there are still limited spaces for Friday and Saturday workshops and special events. Below are the changes and additions that are available for registration.
NEW Thursday evening at 7 pm: Screening of two documentary films by David Damian Figueroa, “Shura,” and
“They Call Me the Cross Man,” followed by light dessert and coffee. All are invited.
There will be an opportunity for donations to support the work of the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans.
CHANGE Saturday evening with Dolores Huerta has been changed to the movie
“Real Women Have Curves” including a Q&A with the author Josefina Lopez.
REGISTRATION FOR ALL EVENTS can be made by contacting our registrar Maria Wong at maria@commongroundonthehill.org. For all other questions contact Charlene Virts at charlenevirts@gmail.com.
COMMON GROUND EVENTS STILL AVAILABLE
Details of classes are in the Program section of this website
Friday Only Fee $50:
Friday Keynote Lectures and afternoon classes
As of December 27 a few spaces in these classes are still available: Some Solutions for US Border; Old Mexican Sayings; Canciones de Mis Padres; Finding the Border in Your Community
Friday dinner and concert
Saturday Only Fee $50:
Saturday Border Lectures and afternoon classes
(same class availability as Friday above)
Saturday dinner and showing of the film “Real Women Have Curves,” and a Q&A with Josefina López, the author of the play and co-author of the screenplay.
Individual tickets are available at the door for the following:
Thursday evening screening of two documentaries (donations welcomed)
Friday evening concert ($15)
Saturday border lectures ($10)
Saturday evening movie ($15)
COMMON GROUND ON THE BORDER
COMMON GROUND ON THE BORDER
JANUARY 16-18, 2025
THE GOOD SHEPHERD UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
SAHUARITA, ARIZONA
REGISTRATION
IS NOW
CLOSED
This year’s theme is “From Border to Belonging: A celebration of commitment, compassion, and community across the US/Mexico borderlands.”
The United States-Mexico borderlands has always been a beautiful mix of culture, language, cuisine, economies, and people. It has also been a place of struggle, high and low temperatures, a fragile environment, and the push and pull of immigration.
The Borderlands is the perfect place to explore the arts, touch the culture, and have deeper conversations about the complicated issues that collide here. We hope you will come and explore with us all the possibilities.
Thursday is a day of engaging field trips to immerse ourselves in the culture, life, and issues along the US/Mexico border.
On Friday we will have keynote addresses in the morning, classes in the afternoon, and a great dinner followed by an amazing concert.
On Saturday we will have keynote addresses and a festival in the morning, classes in the afternoon and another great dinner followed by an evening with film and theater director Josefina Lopez, writer of the award-winning film “Real Women Have Curves.” There will be a showing of the film and a Q&A with the author.