Friends, already your fundraiser contributions are producing results! In light of our upcoming trek to the rural pockets of Mexico, I’ve been making preparations with my good friend, Guillermo Ramirez, who will serve as my guide and research assistant down there. We’ve been speaking to the municipios of various communities and just today he called to tell me we found the family of yet one more passenger! Now that we have enough funds to actually make the trek we’re mapping out our plan, which so far includes visiting the hometowns of seven different passengers. We’ll also be able to purchase some much needed equipment to properly document this journey. I’m feeling very optimistic!
Watercolor by Dan Vera, poet/ artist. 2014
“It’s the little acts, the small mostly unnoticeable actions of people,
that in the end will make all the difference.”
—Pete Seeger, Musician
This is what Pete Seeger said to me during our interview a few months before his passing. It was proven during the fundraising of the memorial headstone last year. And once again it’s been proven. Because of all your contributions, small and large, I will be able to finish this final push of my research, which in turn, will help me see the book to completion. In the end, the effort raised a total of $5086! A little more than 75% funded. Thank you to everyone who helped spread the word. I am especially indebted to the following 66 supporters who made this possible:
- Lonnie Hendren
- Nancy Aide Gonzalez
- Anna Canoni
- Milton Rosenberg
- Lynn McEniry
- Sarah Browning
- Laura Selleck
- James P. McGuire
- Melissa Shannon- Anonymous
- Indira Ganeson
- Laurie Ann Guerrero
- Jenne Lorraine Vargas
- Annie Ross
- Juan Garcia
- Nora Guthrie
- Joel & Lauren Rafael
- Robert V. Hansmann
- Robert Roth
- Lucia Vasquez
- Juan Luis Guzman
- William Nericcio
- Moses Ayoub
- Robin Wheeler
- Brian Paul
- Lydia & Felix Hernandez
- Jan Webb
- Deborah Kanter
- John and Julie Auer
- Esther Garcia
- Diane & Bill Vigeant
- Gloria Zuniga
- Sylvia Ross
- Armida & Will Galaviz-Moreno
- Wendy Lynn IP
- Gracie Madrid Rios
- Anthony Cody
- Crystal Contreras
- Jeremy Lee
- Ofelia Trevino
- Elizabeth Witte
- Joanne Day
- Miriam Pawel
- Linda Cano
- LaTasha Diggs
- Diadre Metzler
- Michael Plumpton
- Lupe Mendez
- June Leigh Austin
- Barbara Sorenson
- Walter Dominguez
- Shelly Catterson
- Rolf Potts
- RT Wright
- Lee Herrick
- Elaine Corbeil
- Barry Ollman
- Mike & Nori Naylor
- Jaime Ramirez
- Darren De Leon
- Jane Oriel
- Paul Aponte
- Chris Schneider
- Erin Alvarez
- Bill & Deanna McCloud
- Johnson
- Tim Justice
