Wilmer Valderrama, Gina Rodriguez, Eva Longoria and Roselyn Sanchez are raising awareness in Mexico.
The stars all gathered as part of a delegation on Saturday (March 9) to visit families and children seeking asylum in the United States in Tijuana, Mexico.
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Kerry Washington, America Ferrera, Kendrick Sampson, Ryan Piers Williams, Angela Robinson and Paola Mendoza joined Jess Morales Rocketto, chair of Families Belong Together, Mexico Project director Soraya Vazquez and Ai-Jen Poo, co-chair of Families Belong Together and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance in a delegation organized and hosted by Families Belong Together.
The delegation is part of the ongoing activism efforts of Harness, an organization co-founded by America, Ryan and Wilmer to engage artists in social change.
The day started at a local shelter, the Espacio Migrante family shelter, where artists interacted with over 20 children from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and received a detailed overview of current conditions from shelter leadership and residents. Families from shelters Roca and Camino de salvación also joined.
The delegation also participated in activities with children including distributing Coloring Without Borders coloring books and spoke with women who were participating in female empowerment workshops in honor of International Women’s Day, helping to distribute supply packs provided by Baby2Baby. They also visited a Border Crossing to observe the asylum turn-in process.
The Families Belong Together coalition includes nearly 250 different groups comprising tens of thousands of Americans from all backgrounds who have joined together to fight family separation and promote dignity, unity, and compassion for all children and families.
