In Madness Radio’s “Borderlands Acupuncture,” Will Hall joins Crossroads and the Rahrami tribe to explore how local healers in northern Mexico use acupuncture and community care to recover from violence and reclaim mental health.

Cassie McClure and Neighbors Magazine sat down with us to learn more about our clinic in Las Cruces, NM, our acudetox training program and our global Barefoot Acupuncture Movement, which works in addictions, disaster relief, and humanitarian aid and development. The article can be read in the July 2021 issue, and is available to read for free on lascruces.com.

On Jan. 1, 2014, Crossroads will ring in the New Year, close it's clinic as a for-profit, and the new non-profit organization will re-open as Crossroads Community Supported Healthcare, a non­profit, al­lowing them to further their goal of providing affordable health ser­vices to, truly, everyone.

Acupuncture is a portable medicine. In the 1960’s the barefoot doctors in China took Chinese medicine into the countryside. Over the years acupuncturist’s response to natural disasters has show us that acupuncture can be practiced in makeshift shelters or tents. It also has a place in refugee camps, churches of impoverished communities and rural villages. In this conversation acupuncturist and activist Ryan Bemis talks about how acupuncture and liberation theology go together and can help to relieve a lot of suffering.

Whether it’s using acupuncture to relieve pain, seek behavioral health solutions or provide a venue to promote artists, Crossroads Community Supported Healthcare is about serving people.

"A lot of our students migrated from other parts of Mexico to Juarez with their families to work in the maquiladoras, and a lot of the people they help are employed in the factories (or used to be until they got laid off). Our new school is inspired by another migrant and factory worker who is credited as the founder of acupuncture in the West: Miriam Lee. Back in the 70’s, she assisted other factory workers in California after she immigrated from China. It’s fitting that we are teaching her techniques and her spirit of service has caught hold among our students.