My name is Martin
Ethington. I was born and raised in the rust-belt city of Akron, Ohio but I now
herald from the borderlands of Nogales, Arizona.
In April of 2013, during a cross-country bicycle expedition, I became familiar with this region through a week long service project at a school for the deaf in Nogales, Sonora. At this time I met with the directors of the Santa Cruz Community Foundation and FESAC: both organizations are cross-border affiliates striving to achieve community development in a period of economic depression. Throughout the course of these meetings I became familiar with the unique circumstances that form the reality of the twin cities, known as Ambos Nogales or Both Nogaleses. It is fair to say that this region is unlike any place on Earth. You may be unaware just as I was and most people are that these sister-cities, brewed in unity and segregation, are in the midst of an international relationship of the utmost significance, not only to Mexico and the United States, but to the world at large.
Since becoming acquainted
with the border region I have been accepted to intern with the SCCF and aid
them in their mission of creating a progressive border community by encouraging
and helping the people of Santa Cruz County invest in themselves and their
neighbors.
The purpose of this blog is to share my
personal experiences as well as the work of the SCCF through text, film and
photography.
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| Myself (left) and fellow borderland intern Oscar Limon (right) |
