Nonviolent Migration

John Moore

John Moore has resided on the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas where he taught English at Raul A. Besteiro Middle School as a part of Teach for America and Americorps, and in El Paso, Texas where he was a soldier in the United States Army.  He now studies law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

While serving in the military, John became friends with several people living under fear of deportation and was also deployed on four tours of duty to the Middle East where he learned of the worldwide problem of separate classifications for people based on their place of birth.

Guest Contributors:

Matthew Webster

Matthew Webster studies law at the University of Minnesota Law School where he serves as the co-director of the Asylum Law Clinic.  Matthew also writes an excellent blog at http://smartborders.wordpress.com.  Matthew taught high school at Simon Rivera High School in Brownsville, Texas for two years with the Teach for America program and Americorps.

Kiel Harell

Kiel Harell is an English teacher in China through the Rural China Education Foundation, which helps to educate children in rural Shanxi Province. Immigration plays a major role in the lives of the people Kiel teaches. Many rural people must travel to cities in order to find work, leaving their children behind in villages. These are the children that Kiel teaches. Prior to teaching in China, Kiel was a special education teacher at Raul Besteiro Middle School in Brownsville, Texas through the Teach for America program and Americorps.

Matthew, Kiel, and John all lived together as housemates during their final year in Brownsville.