AJO SAMARITANS LIBRARY

BOOKS and RESEARCH PAPERS

Border Militarization: CLICK HERE to read more

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Humanitarian Aid: CLICK HERE to read more

FROM THREAT TO PROMISE : MAPPING DISAPPEARANCE AND THE PRODUCTION OF DETERRENCE IN THE SONORA-ARIZONA BORDERLANDS by Tara Plath

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Liberalism by Gus Breslauer. “Mutual aid is when people get together to meet each other’s basic survival needs with a shared understanding that the systems we live under are not going to meet our needs.”

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No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes: CLICK HERE to read the Disappeared Report Series

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History: CLICK HERE to read more

The Quitobaquito Cemetery and its History

Carceral Colonialism in Arizona Territory

Useful Information

Guiding principles of Humanitarian Aid:

• Principles of Non-Violence
• United Nations Principles of Humanitarian Assistance

Legal information for Humanitarian Aid volunteers:

• Civil Liberties Defense Center: Know Your Rights

Local Land Management and the desert environment:

• Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
• Barry M. Goldwater Bombing Range
• Get or renew your CPNWR and BMGR permit HERE (permits are valid from date of issue until June 30 each year)

DOCUMENTARIES and WEBINARS

Aguilas - The New Yorker Documentary

Border Nation - A film by Jason Jaacks. "The Tohono O’odham people have lived on both sides of the US-Mexico border since long before either country existed. As an increasingly militarized border threatens their way of life, Ofelia Rivas journeys across the border seeking to revitalize her ancestral village."

Deserted - A film by Jason Motlagh and Mark Oltmanns. Deserted explores the peril of this crossing, and the work done by humanitarians to prevent additional deaths.

Divest the Wall, Divest Elbit - The NLG’s Indigenous Peoples Rights Committee and International Committee's first installation of the Divest Border Panel Series, as indigenous peoples and allies discuss the impacts of Integrated Fixed Towers (IFTs) and their impact on Indigenous peoples rights in the United States and globally.

Undeterred - Documentary about community resistance to border militarization in Arivaca, AZ

​State of Fear: The US Legacy in El Salvador - A film by Jason Motlagh explores the world of gangs and violence in El Salvador and the effects of migration and deportation on gang membership.

The Border and its Bodies: The Embodiment of Risk in the US/Mexico Borderlands

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MAPS

Ajo Samaritans Counter Maps
CLICK HERE

Land Manager Maps
​CLICK HERE

This map was created in response to request from families of the disappeared for photos of the landscape in which their loved ones died.

The official visitors map for Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge which includes the Growler Valley.

Where we provide humanitarian aid - O'odham Land CLICK HERE

Contact Us

Ajo Samariatans
Address: PO Box 793, Ajo, Arizona, 85321
Email: theajosamaritans@gmail.com
Facebook: Ajo Samaritans

CLICK HERE to request a presentation from the Ajo Samaritans

CLICK HERE to access a Media Request Form

CLICK HERE to access our Desert Aid Hike Agreement for Media