https://www.marykelsey.com/publications daily 0.75 2026-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682454181300-OHSYVY28WJRW85FV5NQD/GuateCalendar+B+%28Add+2+more%29+copy+2.jpg Selected Publications Calendar published by CARE Guatemala, 1993-4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682454181300-OHSYVY28WJRW85FV5NQD/GuateCalendar+B+%28Add+2+more%29+copy+2.jpg Selected Publications Calendar published by CARE Guatemala, 1993-4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682454255988-OXJ777L2R8TZGGLA88RM/Yabal+Raya-+k+copy.jpg Selected Publications - Yabal Raya, Honduras, 1994 Children just beginning school in La Mosquitia were leaving after only a year or two, largely because they weren’t making the transition to learning in Spanish. To remedy that, teachers wrote stories for a primer that would introduce children to reading, beginning in their own Miskito language. The stories needed illustrations that children could identify with, so I visited parts of the Mosquitia where those stories would take place, and consulted with the lead teacher about details of the images. I also worked with a young Miskito artist, who contributed several illustrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682454279520-ND3DEQTKV9NXUOJLWGVR/Yabal+Raya-+Krupi+1+copy.jpg Selected Publications - Yabal Raya, Honduras, 1994 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1683063452773-5PIEILCFXVHHHEH9DXP5/El-Choco%CC%81-Map-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Selected Publications In: Majestuoso Atrato: Relatos bioculturales del río, Calendar for 2019 celebrating the Atrato river gaining legal status, text by Sterlin Londoño Palacios, Diocese of Quibdó, Colombia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1642528964577-MDCG3TSCD8BO5CG4M4MM/Mary-Kelsey-Watershed-Map.jpg Selected Publications - Northeast Ohio Watersheds Poster published by Ecocity Cleveland, 24” x 30” https://www.marykelsey.com/ice-prison daily 0.75 2026-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682612691591-IFLCIGUD4EDJB0A57LOW/Lumpkin-Allen-Alroy-Alon-Mary-Kelsey.jpg ICE Prison - Attorney intern and inmate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1674754190465-N2WAMN1EDUYYZZA4V0Z0/Lumpkin-5-Hector+Javier+Mendoza+copy.jpg ICE Prison - Volunteer attorney and interpreter Talking with a young immigrant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682612691591-IFLCIGUD4EDJB0A57LOW/Lumpkin-Allen-Alroy-Alon-Mary-Kelsey.jpg ICE Prison - Attorney intern and inmate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682612693890-2DHL251CJ65JZNN5Y7Z6/Lumpkin-Mumps-Mary-Kelsey.jpg ICE Prison - Mumps A mumps outbreak resulted in limited space for interviewing detainees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1710791431282-3QPATFW8RBUGIOT36VM8/Lumpkin-Hector-Javier-Mendoza-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg ICE Prison - Senior attorney and interpreter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682612709102-0CH2T4EO5UM2AYKS24UG/Lumpkin-Fereny-Rami%CC%81rez-Mary-Kelsey.jpg ICE Prison - Talking Attorney and detainee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682612699353-KSINZDO3HTPE04GDRYV9/Lumpkin-Master-Calendar+Hearing-Nicaraguan-Mary-Kelsey.jpg ICE Prison - A hearing Detainees were furnished off-site interpreters, using earphones, for their hearings. Most men had little or no access to legal help. Conditions in the prison were such that some wanted only to be deported. One young man placed in solitary confinement committed suicide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682612715406-JLAF93XCM4JEK06NHS8H/Lumpkin-Fernando-Cha%CC%81vez-Cardona-Mary-Kelsey.jpg ICE Prison - Attorney and client This man wanted only to be remanded to prison in Colombia, his home country, rather than remain in ICE custody for the drug charges of which he was guilty. His daughter lived in the US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682612717417-UR5KW0TNVI5HOLQRFEDJ/Lumpkin-Leandro-Bacilo-Pelegrino-Pe%CC%81rez-Mary-Kelsey.jpg ICE Prison - Detainee and attorneys Detainee with senior and junior attorneys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682612686062-SRA2QNXJJ0AS5989IE6A/Lumpkin-Parking-Lot-Mary-Kelsey+.jpg ICE Prison - Waiting for released inmates Detainees who achieved parole or (rarely) asylum were released late at night. Those who had no family or friends waiting for them boarded a bus that drove an hour to the nearest city and left them outside the bus station, by then closed for the night. They would wait outside until the station reopened in the morning. https://www.marykelsey.com/las-toldas daily 0.75 2026-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1674754680469-2TJVRIXNQNGV4ZSXB8G4/LT+15+tambo+x+hi-res.jpg Las Toldas - Reunión en el tambo / Meeting at the tambo Women gather in the circular tambo, a traditional structure, for meetings and festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1674754680469-2TJVRIXNQNGV4ZSXB8G4/LT+15+tambo+x+hi-res.jpg Las Toldas - Reunión en el tambo / Meeting at the tambo Women gather in the circular tambo, a traditional structure, for meetings and festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1674754722312-NF9V2PJENRAFOX8T2OEB/LT+%E2%80%949-+Cocina.jpg Las Toldas - Preparando comida Preparing a meal Women cook on fires laid in the kitchen wing of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603704428-MZOUHQW0T9XUA2EBNKCO/Cucina-B-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Las Toldas - Tejando herramienta para la cucina / Weaving a kitchen tool ≈ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1674754655449-I904YW3JM4ISMYSESIDR/LT+14+%E2%80%94+lavando+10.jpg Las Toldas - Lavando en la quebrada / Washing at a stream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603702462-SEVEOQOLGMLU1V0JS0B5/Preparando-berequeo-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Las Toldas - Bateando / Panning for gold https://www.marykelsey.com/bebarama daily 0.75 2026-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603773830-1OC20L2AWVYVIQAD8SPP/Mary-Kelsey%2332-small.jpg Bebaramá - Pesca / Fishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603773830-1OC20L2AWVYVIQAD8SPP/Mary-Kelsey%2332-small.jpg Bebaramá - Pesca / Fishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603773738-JH07NEN6S51Q1RSLJP9F/Bosque-2-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Bebaramá - Bosque / Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603776232-K1YX0NJ6DQE9ZL05EZQQ/Llano-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Bebaramá - Casa / House in the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603776244-QBZLLWKZY93GP42OYN4D/Atrilladora-de-Arroz-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Bebaramá - Despulpadora de arroz / Rice hulling machine https://www.marykelsey.com/dona-josefa daily 0.75 2026-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603818301-F02MLUYH35PURVEHW19I/Canales-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Doña Josefa - Canales grabados para batear / Channels dug to pan for gold Dug parallel to a stream, these channels enable easier panning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603818301-F02MLUYH35PURVEHW19I/Canales-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Doña Josefa - Canales grabados para batear / Channels dug to pan for gold Dug parallel to a stream, these channels enable easier panning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603816739-45V6VPOTNIEXIY8CSQ0Z/Mujer-arreglando-canal-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Doña Josefa - Abuela quebrando piedras / A grandmother breaking rocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603816983-2X4GV2Q6ZHR1CXNR03B2/Excavando-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Doña Josefa - Preparando un canal / Digging a channel "Yes it's hard work, but with what we earn we are sending our children to school.” https://www.marykelsey.com/quibdo daily 0.75 2026-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603855035-YKYE2TRK1M2BI1N7OUOO/Taller-Cosiendo-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Quibdó - Cosiendo / Sewing Women’s collective making banners for the annual commemoration of those killed by the violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603855035-YKYE2TRK1M2BI1N7OUOO/Taller-Cosiendo-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Quibdó - Cosiendo / Sewing Women’s collective making banners for the annual commemoration of those killed by the violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603909418-O2P9OLEF6SACX6IXEUUZ/Taller-Choiba%CC%81-C-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Quibdó - Miembro del colectivo / A member of the sewing collective https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1683037150511-I7278T4HVZCQWLFPNTNH/Taller-Choiba%CC%81-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Quibdó - Fabricando muñecas / Making dolls to sell https://www.marykelsey.com/rio-juan daily 0.75 2026-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603944521-P5XWWYPNWQBS93JMZZXB/Mineri%CC%81a-Rio-Juan-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Rio Juan - Caminando al sitio de la bomba familiar. Woman carrying her baby for a day of work at the family panning site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603944521-P5XWWYPNWQBS93JMZZXB/Mineri%CC%81a-Rio-Juan-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Rio Juan - Caminando al sitio de la bomba familiar. Woman carrying her baby for a day of work at the family panning site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603944795-HYSODWF2OM76RBGAZX5Q/Parcela-Cultivada-Mary-Kelsey-small.jpg Rio Juan - Un agricultor que prefiere cultivar al batear This farmer preferred to continue cultivating his fields, rather than devote himself to panning for gold. https://www.marykelsey.com/rio-quito daily 0.75 2026-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603976398-7QYVZW9FWJ5GDJVXMCHF/Mary-Kelsey%2391-small.jpg Rio Quito - Cultivo de plátano / Cultivating plantain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603976398-7QYVZW9FWJ5GDJVXMCHF/Mary-Kelsey%2391-small.jpg Rio Quito - Cultivo de plátano / Cultivating plantain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603980352-9MP4WDVYZEXGGPWIPLMK/Mary-Kelsey%23104-small.jpg Rio Quito - Al embarcadero / At the wharf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603978237-8B4U827AIGUORGKHBDFN/Mary-Kelsey%23111-small.jpg Rio Quito - Iglesia / Church Visiting priest conducting a service in a small hamlet far up the river. Several children were baptized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603972512-8ONH3JWM46LP8UYRSLF8/Mary-Kelsey%2393-small.jpg Rio Quito - Reparando un cayuco / Repairing a canoe Working by night, this man repairs a dugout canoe. Despite a logging accident that left him unable to walk, he was able to support his family through his woodworking skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e33001c5eb655d9140f3ac/1682603972328-8BDGEQSYIH1PRDGK989C/Mary-Kelsey%2392-small.jpg Rio Quito - Reparando un red / Mending net Just across the wide river from Quibdó, this man lived in a tiny hamlet of a few families, sustaining themselves through fishing or day labor. 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