The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you: they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.
— Wade Davis, anthropologist, author, explorer
 
 
 

Pima Library Foundation

reading: a stranger at my door

Date: February 13, 2020

Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Hacienda del Sol / 5501 N. Hacienda del Sol Road / Tucson, AZ

More information: https://www.pimalibraryfoundation.org/

Tucson Festival of Books

speaker on two panels —
*Chuck Bowden: America's Most Alarming Writer
*Views Through the Looking Glass

Date: March 15, 2020

Time: Chuck Bowden 11:30 - 12:30; Through the Looking Glass 1:00 - 2:00.

Location: The University of Arizona

More information: http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/

 
 
 

Book Reading

a stranger at my door

Music by Shuviel Ma’aravi. Tamales, hot chocolate, and adult beverages. Come celebrate on this day of the Virgen de Guadalupe! Books for sale and signing.

Date: December 12, 2019

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Location: Global Arts Gallery / 315 McKeown Ave / Patagonia, AZ

More information: https://www.globalartsgallery.com/

Book Signing

a stranger at my door

Date: October 30, 2019

Time: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Location: Santa Cruz Chili and Spice Company / 1868 E. Frontage Road / Tumacacori, AZ

More information: https://santacruzchili.com

 
 
 

“The Other Side of the Fence”

Presentation on border issues

Peg Bowden shares stories and information about life in the borderlands. Open to the public.

Date: September 25, 2019

Time: 12 - 1 p.m.

Location: St. Francis In The Valley Episcopal Church, Green Valley AZ

Book Presentation and Reception

A Stranger at my door

Date: October 18, 2019

Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Rock Corral Ranch, Tumacácori

More information: https://bca.z2systems.com/np/clients/bca/eventRegistration.jsp

 
 
 

Art: A Voice for Social Change

Lowe House Project

Three women, all from different artistic persuasions, will speak to their own creative processes as instruments of social change. Peg Bowden, author; Betty LaDuke, artist and faculty emeritus, Southern Oregon University;  Isabella Tibbetts, Oregon water protector, activist for indigenous women. 

Date: April 24, 2019

Time: 5 - 7 p.m.

Location: Lowe House Project, Tubac AZ

Border Immersion Experience

with academy of Holy angels High School, New Jersey

Students and faculty will spend time with asylum seekers in Nogales, Mexico, and participate in a desert search in the Sonoran desert. Coordinated by Peg Bowden and Sister Judy Bourg.

Date: June 14 - 16, 2019

 
 
 

Jose Antonio Elena-Rodriguez Vigil

Monthly memorial/protest

Attended by family and supporters, this monthly event commemorates the death of a 16-year-old young man shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent on the night of October 10, 2012. It’s held on the site of his shooting, where there is a memorial. Open to the public.

Date: June 10, 2019

Time: Evening (7 p.m. summer/ 6 p.m. winter)

Location: Nogales Sonora, Mexico (for more info click here)