Solidarity Will Transform the World

"This book is not only a great read, it is an inspiring testimony to the human spirit."

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir
Harvard University

• Introduction
• Download a Study Guide Companion for the Book
• Chapter 1: Building Hope and Solidarity on the U.S./Mexico Border
• Chapter 2: Fighting HIV/AIDS in Zambia
• Chapter 3: Organizing Self-Help Groups in India
• Chapter 4: Peacebuilding in Rwanda
• Chapter 5: Coffee Farming in Nicaragua

The Golden Kernel: Building Hope and Solidarity on the U.S./Mexico Border

An interview with Erica Dahl-Bredine

Erica Dahl-Bredine works for Catholic Relief Services' program for Mexico. In this interview, she talks about the crisis on the border between Mexico and the United States.

Isadro Molinar seemed to be contemplating family history as he held the "E"cattle branding iron, a keepsake from the earliest days of the Rancho Santa Elena. For half a minute, the 39-year-old stood transfixed before me, gazing at the tool like he understood all too well that the family legacy rests on his shoulders. Gilberto Molinar, Isadro's 71-year-old father, interrupted, pointing with pride to the two-man tree saw that he first used in 1949 and the crude plow and planter that he and his father once utilized to plant corn and beans. "It's a better life here,"Gilberto said, "if they can earn just a little more."

Meet the Mexicans from the first chapter of Solidarity Will Transform the World — "The Golden Kernel: Building Hope and Solidarity on the U.S./Mexico Border."They have found hope in the possibility of life with dignity inside Mexico through economic development projects along the U.S. border.