Voices from mapa Summit 2025

Hear directly from the changemakers shaping U.S.–Mexico cooperation. These exclusive interviews spotlight the elected officials, nonprofit leaders, and advocates driving bold conversations around trade, equity, education, health, and diplomacy.Each voice reflects MAPA’s mission: to elevate regional leadership, bridge borders through policy, and spark lasting impact across communities on both sides of the border.

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LISTENING SESSIONS

MAPA’s National Listening Tour

As a result of a successful inaugural MAPA Summit in Mexico City in September of 2025, many key findings emerged, one in particular was the need to embark on a series of listening sessions that would be used to refine & strengthen MAPA’s mission and vision, and feed a robust strategic plan. Participants to these listening sessions include state & local elected officials, as well as nonprofit, labor and private sector leaders whose experience and knowledge will help MAPA weave together a strategic plan that will serve as the foundational guide for our work to strengthen the relationship between the United States and Mexico.

Listening sessions

california-mexico day inauguration dinner

california-mexico day inauguration dinner

may 21, 2025

Sacramento, CA

Thank you to everyone who joined MAPA on May 21, 2025, at The Firehouse in Sacramento for our California–México Day Inauguration Dinner. After our Capitol reception, we came together with top California and Mexican officials to celebrate—and strengthen—the partnerships that drive our shared prosperity.

Your engagement and insights made the evening truly memorable. We look forward to building on this momentum and continuing our work across the border. Stay tuned for photos and highlights from the night!

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Key Statements

  • “This space represents a historic opportunity—a meeting grounded in solidarity, mutual respect, and mutual support. It invites us to explore new values beyond those established through free trade agreements or traditional political and diplomatic relations, in order to reconnect with the essence of our communities.” 


    Jesus Ramirez Cuevas
    Chair of Advisors,
    Office of the President of Mexico

  • “We are here with a purpose. We are policymakers, decision makers, elected officials, activists, and business leaders — all united by a shared goal: to find better ways to integrate and strengthen the relationship between our two countries.”


    Assemblymember David Alvarez,
    California State

  • “In an increasingly interconnected world, where borders are no longer just lines that divide, but bridges that connect, the USMCA and Plan Mexico emerge as contemporary expressions of a shared vision: a more integrated, dynamic, and forward-looking North America.”


    Laura Itzel Castillo Juarez,
    President of the Mexican Federal Senate

  • "I stand with my colleagues in the legislature, united by a shared vision to advance policies that promote deeper bilateral integration, keep families together, foster economic collaboration, and solidify the enduring socio-cultural bond between California and Mexico.   MAPA’s work will be an integral ally in our work to reach our collective vision."


    Assemblymember Juan Carrillo,
    Vice Chair of the California Legislative Caucus

  • "If we act as adversaries, neither of us will thrive. Cooperation, not rivalry, is the path forward."


    Marcelo Ebrand, Secretary of Economy,
    former Secretary of Foreign Relations

  • “It is more imperative than ever to make sure that we are at all levels of government working together, not in silos, to make sure our people not only are protected, but that they see themselves in us. That they see voices that are speaking out and speaking up for them not only for now but for future generations… It is so important that we make sure that relationships in government also cross borders, not just from state to state but from our country, the US to Mexico.”


    Senator Omar Aquino
    Illinois State

  • "This visit reinforces the deep bonds between California and Mexico. By building bridges across borders, were not only creating opportunities for Latino communities today but also laying the groundwork for shared prosperity in the years to come."


    Representative Lorena Austin,
    Arizona State

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