March 19, 2023: Salton City + Brawley

 

  • Migrant workers from Mexico (mostly men) stay in motels for about 8 months during the agricultural season 

  • Lack of community input in the implementation of the vegetation restoration project with hay bales on the shore of the Salton Sea

  • Residents are concerned about the mold underneath the top layer of the shore as well as the mold that comes from the hay bales

  •  Elvira Barragan spoke about Líderes Campesinas and stories about sexual assault and rape by male border patrol agents 

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April 11, 2023 - 4:48pm

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Katie Vo, "March 19, 2023: Salton City + Brawley", contributed by Katie Vo, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 11 April 2023, accessed 2 December 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/march-19-2023-salton-city-brawley