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This interview is with Francisco Lozada Jr., professor at Brite Divinity School, and director of its Borderlands Institute in Fort Worth, TX. Francisco describes the organizations the Borderlands Institute worked with and the work they did. He shares about his discomfort with the power imbalance that came with distributing humanitarian aid. He also talks about the need for financial literacy in nonprofit and faith-based community organizations.

Project Type: Henry Luce Foundation Covid-19 Emergency Grant
Project Organization: Brite Divinity School; Fort Worth, Texas
Location(s): El Paso, TX; US-Mexico border
Community Partners: Borderlands Rainbow Center, Kino Border Initiative, Good Samaritan Center, Abara/Ciudad Nueva

Interviewer: Elizabeth Melton (she/her)
Videographer: Andrew Davis (he/him)
Interviewee/Narrator: Francisco Lozada Jr. (he/him)
Interview Date: June 1, 2023
Interview City: Kalamazoo, MI
Interview Location: Fetzer Institute
Narrator Affiliation(s): Brite Divinity School; Borderlands Institute

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