Articles

“Bordering Insecurity: How Systematic Violence Affects the Lives of Central American Youth Migrants.” Presented at the annual congress of the Latin American Studies Association on May 7 2022, 4:00-5:30pm in San Francisco, California, on the Violence, Precarity, and Forced Migration panel. Denis Rey – University of Tampa, Steven Mayers – City College of San Francisco, Jonathan Freedman – Journalist and Author

“Human Security and Youth Migration through Mexico: The Case of Anderson Gonzalez.” National Social Science Association Journal. International Borders Issue. Spring 2022. Denis Rey – University of Tampa, Steven Mayers – City College of San Francisco, Jonathan Freedman – Journalist and Author

“On Translating Pedro Uc Be’s Poems.” Steven Mayers and Steven Ray. Forum Magazine. vol 11. no. 2. City College of San Francisco. December 2019, pp. 65-67. 

“On Representing the Other.” Steven Mayers. Medium. August 13, 2019.

“Grizél Betanco: I Need to Break the Cycle.” Steven Mayers. Medium. August 13, 2019.

“Madre de Los Migrantes: An interview with Guadalupe Serrano of Casa de la Caridad in San Luis Potosí.” Steven Mayers. Medium. July 30, 2019.

“The Practice Contradicts the Discourse: Heriberto Vega Villasñor on Mexican immigration policy, casas migrants, and Central America migrants in Mexico.” Steven Mayers. Medium. July 30, 2019.

“Extract from Solito, Solita: Rosa Cuevas” An excerpt of Rosa Cuevas’ story in Alborada, July 6, 2019.

“10 Actions to Support Refugees from Central America.” Voice of Witness. May 20, 2019.

“La lunga notte di Adrian.” Excerpt Adrian Cruz’s chapter in Solito, Solita in Il Sole 24 Ore, Sunday, May 19, 2019.

“I Left El Salvador to Protect My Family. It Didn’t Work.” New York Times, April 15, 2019. This is an edited excerpt of Josué Nieves’ chapter in Solito, Solita.

January 24, 2019. “Border security debate: seeking asylum is not a crime.” Jonathan Freedman and Steven Mayers. San Diego Union Tribune.

November 2018. “From Solito to Solidarity.” Voice of Witness. Steven Mayers and Jonathan Freedman.

July 2018. “Nowhere to Turn: Hundreds of refugees stuck in Tijuana with no clear path forward.” Voice of Witness. Steven Mayers.

June 2017. “Nothing Else.” Co-edited and translated by Steven Mayers and Jonathan Freedman. Versal Journal, Volume 12, Amsterdam, NL. This is an excerpt of an interview with a young Honduran refugee we met at a shelter in Guadalajara, Mexico.