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ATTENTION PIMA COUNTY VOTERS

The JUSTICE FOR ALL initiative needs your help!  Please sign the petition to put this initiative on the November 2022 ballot.  We need all signatures by June 30, 2022.
JUSTICE FOR ALL will provide legal representation to indigent residents in removal and deportation proceedings in accordance with their Constitutional right to an attorney.

​​www.pimacountyjusticeforall.org/

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 Tucson Samaritans Meetings
Tuesdays -   7pm
In person the 1st Tuesday of the month
Virtual meetings via zoom the other Tuesdays
Contact sam.southside@gmail.com for more information



Recovered Human Remains report 
As of April 5, 2022


The Pima County Medical Examiner reports the following numbers for the recovery of human remains from October 2021 -March 2022
October 2021     12
November 2021  15
December 2021    5
January 2022      16
February 2022     10
March 2022          16

The total number recovered in 2021 was 226
For the first 3 months of 2022 the total is 42.

To view the Statistics of Human Remains Recovered by Calendar Year 2006- March 2022, click on this link statistics_of_human_remains_recovered_as_of_4_5_22.pdf

The Pima County Medical Examiner has published the annual report for 2021 which can be viewed on this link pimacountymedicalexaminer-annual-report-2021.pdf

To see all 27 sites mapped online at https://humaneborders.info/latest/. 

​To generate maps and data tables from your own custom queries you can consult our interactive mapping site at: https://humaneborders.info/

Please read this article about the Tucson and Ajo Samaritans work in the desert.


  ​www.globalsistersreport.org/news/ministry/news/frontera-arizona-samaritans-soothe-dire-need-migrant-desert-trails
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Donate supplies: 
Gallon water jugs, socks, food packs, first aid items, gasoline for desert trips, car repairs, all-terrain tires

Samaritan COVID Precautions

Before going on a trip please review and agree to comply with these precautions.
Samaritan COVID Precautions

Volunteer Trainings are currently all virtual. 
To sign up for training email sam.southside@gmail.com for access.
After you complete the training,
Email us again when you have completed them for the next step

Sister Organizations
Ajo Samaritans 
http://www.ajosamaritans.com/  For information about Ajo Samaritans.
Green Valley Samaritans

www.gvs-samaritans.org For information about Green Valley Samaritans.

Casa Alitas  www.casaalitas.org/

Casa De La Esparanza in Sasabe Mexico
 www.salvavision.org/sasabe/