John Fanestil
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Opinión: Reimaginemos las posibilidades de nuestra frontera compartida
Líderes comunitarios de Laredo, Texas, y Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México, han formado un Grupo de Trabajo Binacional

Opinion: Let’s reimagine the possibilities of our shared border
San Diegans continue to suffer from federal inaction in the face of unprecedented cross-border sewage flows that are devastating public access to the beaches of Imperial Beach and Coronado, and...

The migrants I have met in Tijuana display a powerful sense of purpose and drive
Fanestil works for Via International, a San Diego nonprofit that runs a migrant-focused program in Tijuana called "Via Migrante." He lives in La Mesa.All across Mexico today, at shelters large and small,...

I just went to D.C. to lobby Joe Biden to save Friendship Park. If only he’d listen.
Fanestil is the convener of the community-based Friends of Friendship Park coalition, a project fiscally sponsored by Via International, a San Diego nonprofit. He lives in La Mesa.The Biden istration...

Let’s not give up on Friendship Park and live up to all our talk of ‘binationality’
Fanestil is executive director of Via International, a San Diego nonprofit that serves as the fiscal sponsor of the community-based Friends of Friendship Park coalition. He lives in La Mesa.Many...

Border Field State Park is profoundly inaccessible. This wouldn’t happen at Torrey Pines.
Rev. Fanestil, Ph.D., is executive director of Via International, fiscal sponsor of the Friends of Friendship Park, and lives in La Mesa. On a recent Saturday morning, I visited Torrey...

Biden stopped border wall construction. Now Friendship Park needs his attention.
Fanestil is executive director of the San Diego-based nonprofit Via International and lives in La Mesa.Donald Trump’s determination to build a “big, beautiful” wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has always...