Understanding the US/Mexico Border through experiential
education Annunciation House has been working in El Paso/Ciudad
Juarez since 1978 operating houses of hospitality for migrants
and refugees. Annunciation House is a Catholic organization that
accompanies the migrant, homeless, and economically vulnerable
peoples of the border region through hospitality, advocacy, and
education. It has an all volunteer staff who place themselves
among these poor so as transform their understanding of what
constitutes more just relationships between peoples, countries,
and economies. In the early 1990s Annunciation House developed
the Border Awareness Experience (BAE). The objective of the BAE
is to facilitate face to face meetings and encounters between
participants and people and groups on both sides of the border.
It intends to raise consciousness about the issues facing the
border such as immigration, economic development, human rights,
and social justice. The BAE also educates North Americans about
our role and respon