Upcoming Tours & Programs
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Monday, July 27, 3-4pm
Borderlands Ambassador Internship Program
Final Presentations of Our 2026 Borderlands Ambassador Interns
Join us as we hear from this year’s Borderlands Ambassadors! This event is online and in-person at the United Methodist Church of Green Valley.
Friday, July 31, 4-5:30pm
Borderlands Ambassador Internship Program
Reception & Final Presentations of Our 2026 Borderlands Ambassador Interns
Join us at the Tubac Center of the Arts as we hear from this year’s Borderlands Ambassadors!
Wednesday, August 12, 10-11:30AM
Borderlands Literature & Film Circle
Katherine Gaia Barbaree, Borderlands Restoration Network
Join us for our monthly BLFC on Zoom. Katherine will discuss articles and videos of vital environmental work being done to restore desert ecosystems and support binational wildlife corridors.
Tuesday, August 25, 2-3:30pm
Borderlands Forum
Land of the Jaguar: Regenerating Nature & Community in Sonora, Mexico
Join us for this forum with Allison Kreis, Co-Director of the Sonoran conservation group La Tierra del Jaguar. Learn about their efforts to restore wildlife habitat and empower communities to partner with nature and build resilience for land, wildlife, and people alike.
Wednesday, September 9, 10-11:30am
Borderlands Literature & Film Circle
Álvaro Enrigue, Now I Surrender
Join us for our monthly BLFC on Zoom. Álvaro Enrigue will discuss his bold, visionary novel that reimagines the history of the Apache Wars and the surrender of Geronimo. Both historical and fictional, this work radically recasts the story of how the West was “won.”
Tuesday, October 6, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tour
Social Investment Tour of Nogales, Sonora
On this tour we will visit two of our partner nonprofit organizations, learn about the value of “social investment” in cultivating community, enjoy Sonoran burritos, get to know the neighborhoods, and finish with coffee and flan at La Roca. Our guide is Alma Cota de Yanez, director of FESAC, a Sonoran community foundation.
Monday, October 12, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tour
Public Art Tour of Nogales, Sonora
Travel by van to view no less than 10 art installations throughout the city of Nogales, Sonora. We will get out of the van at most of the sites to walk around and take in the art and the city. Our guide, Guadalupe Serrano is a prominent visual artist and sculptor based in Nogales, Sonora, and the director of the Museo de Arte de Nogales.
Wednesday, October 14, 10-11:30am
Borderlands Literature & Film Circle
Lydia Otero, Storied Property: María Cordova's Casa
Join us for our monthly BLFC on Zoom. Lydia Otero will discuss this powerful look at the intersection of urban renewal and the erasure of Mexican American history. Centered on a historic home in Tucson’s center, the book highlights themes of displacement and investigates how history is written and who gets remembered.
Thursday, October 15, 5-6:30pm
Borderlands Forum
1st Annual Dan Anderson Memorial Borderlands Lecture featuring Dora Rodriguez
Dan Anderson was a founding board member of BCA. We have created an annual lecture series to honor his memory through highlighting fellow writers and those who advocate for those underrepresented in our borderland communities. This year’s speaker, Dora Rodriguez, is an immigration advocate and author of a new memoir.
Wednesday, October 28 - Monday, November 2
Multi-Day Tour
Río Sonora, Mexico Tour
Join us for six days, including Día de los Muertos, in the region that was once the capitol of New Spain. We will be immersed in the landscape, history, culture and foods of the Río Sonora valley through daily field trips, lectures, and conversations with the people of the area. This tour is now full. Click below to join the waitlist.
Tuesday, November 10, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tour
Social Investment Tour of Nogales, Sonora
On this tour we will visit two of our partner nonprofit organizations, learn about the value of “social investment” in cultivating community, enjoy Sonoran burritos, get to know the neighborhoods, and finish with coffee and flan at La Roca. Our guide is Alma Cota de Yanez, director of FESAC, a Sonoran community foundation.
Wednesday, November 11, 10-11:30am
Borderlands Literature & Film Circle
Alberto Ríos, Every Sound Is Not a Wolf
Join us for our monthly BLFC on Zoom. Arizona’s inaugural Poet Laureate shares a collection that finds the extraordinary in the everyday, weaving together memory and the borderlands of the Sonoran desert.
Tuesday, November 17, 8:30am-1pm
Cross-Border Tour
Maquiladora Tour of Nogales, Sonora
In the mid-1960s, the Mexican government created the maquiladora program as an incentive to increase foreign direct investment. Nogales, Sonora, hosts over 100 maquiladoras (foreign-owned assembly plants) spread across 13 industrial parks. Our guide, Antonio Valenzuela, is the plant manager at PENCOM. Come see and learn how this critical component of our economy works.
Monday, December 7, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tour
Public Art Tour of Nogales, Sonora
Travel by van to view no less than 10 art installations throughout the city of Nogales, Sonora. We will get out of the van at most of the sites to walk around and take in the art and the city. Our guide, Guadalupe Serrano is a prominent visual artist and sculptor based in Nogales, Sonora, and the director of the Museo de Arte de Nogales.
Wednesday, December 9, 10-11:30am
Borderlands Literature & Film Circle
Carrie Gibson, El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America
Join us for our monthly BLFC on Zoom. Carrie Gibson will discuss her sweeping historical account that chronicles the Hispanic influence on the North American continent from the Spanish arrival to today.
Tuesday, January 5, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tour
Social Investment Tour of Nogales, Sonora
On this tour we will visit two of our partner nonprofit organizations, learn about the value of “social investment” in cultivating community, enjoy Sonoran burritos, get to know the neighborhoods, and finish with coffee and flan at La Roca. Our guide is Alma Cota de Yanez, director of FESAC, a Sonoran community foundation.
Tuesday, January 19, 8:30am-1pm
Cross-Border Tour
Maquiladora Tour of Nogales, Sonora
In the mid-1960s, the Mexican government created the maquiladora program as an incentive to increase foreign direct investment. Nogales, Sonora, hosts over 100 maquiladoras (foreign-owned assembly plants) spread across 13 industrial parks. Our guide, Antonio Valenzuela, is the plant manager at PENCOM. Come see and learn how this critical component of our economy works.
Tuesday, February 2, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tour
Social Investment Tour of Nogales, Sonora
On this tour we will visit two of our partner nonprofit organizations, learn about the value of “social investment” in cultivating community, enjoy Sonoran burritos, get to know the neighborhoods, and finish with coffee and flan at La Roca. Our guide is Alma Cota de Yanez, director of FESAC, a Sonoran community foundation.
Monday, February 22, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tour
Public Art Tour of Nogales, Sonora
Travel by van to view no less than 10 art installations throughout the city of Nogales, Sonora. We will get out of the van at most of the sites to walk around and take in the art and the city. Our guide, Guadalupe Serrano is a prominent visual artist and sculptor based in Nogales, Sonora, and the director of the Museo de Arte de Nogales.
Tuesday, March 2, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tours
Social Investment Tour of Nogales, Sonora
On this tour we will visit two of our partner nonprofit organizations, learn about the value of “social investment” in cultivating community, enjoy Sonoran burritos, get to know the neighborhoods, and finish with coffee and flan at La Roca. Our guide is Alma Cota de Yanez, director of FESAC, a Sonoran community foundation.
Monday, March 8 - Tuesday, March 16
Multi-Day Tour
Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico Tour
Travel with us to see the majestic beauty of one of the world’s most unique destinations: Chihuahua, Mexico's Copper Canyon. The largest canyon complex in North America, it is a destination unlike any other! For those who love the unusual, seek adventure and want to learn about different cultures, this is a dynamic opportunity. This tour is now full. Click to join the waitlist.
Tuesday, March 18, 8:30am-1pm
Cross-Border Tour
Maquiladora Tour of Nogales, Sonora
In the mid-1960s, the Mexican government created the maquiladora program as an incentive to increase foreign direct investment. Nogales, Sonora, hosts over 100 maquiladoras (foreign-owned assembly plants) spread across 13 industrial parks. Our guide, Antonio Valenzuela, is the plant manager at PENCOM. Come see and learn how this critical component of our economy works.
Tuesday, April 6, 8:30am-4:30pm
Cross-Border Tours
Social Investment Tour of Nogales, Sonora
On this tour we will visit two of our partner nonprofit organizations, learn about the value of “social investment” in cultivating community, enjoy Sonoran burritos, get to know the neighborhoods, and finish with coffee and flan at La Roca. Our guide is Alma Cota de Yanez, director of FESAC, a Sonoran community foundation.
Friday, April 9 - Monday, April 13
Multi-Day Tour
Kino Bay, Mexico Tour
Located on the edge of the Sonoran Desert and shores of the Gulf of California, Kino Bay contains incredibly rich and diverse desert, marine, and island ecosystems. In partnership with Prescott College Kino Bay Center for Cultural & Ecological Studies, this tour is an experiential education opportunity focuses on indigenous knowledge, bio-cultural history, and an emphais on "birding" in the Sea of Cortez.
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