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We, the residents and voters of the Rio Grande Valley, sign in support of this Agenda of Issues.

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This year, more than ever, “We the People” need our voices to be heard. This agenda will be presented to candidates seeking office, and we are committed to holding elected officials accountable. 

  • Food Assistance & Healthcare - Protect and increase federal and state funding for SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare, mental health services, and affordable healthcare.
  • Workforce Development - Increase federal and state funding for proven workforce programs such as Project VIDA that prepare residents for high-demand careers with family-sustaining wages.
  • Drainage, Water & Infrastructure - Increase federal, state, and local investment in flood protection, drainage, safe drinking water, road repairs, and public transportation in neglected neighborhoods and colonias.
  • Immigration - Reform the immigration system, protect due process, stop family separation and indiscriminate enforcement against long-term residents, and create a pathway to Residency for Dreamers. 

Valley Interfaith is nonpartisan. We do not endorse political parties or candidates; we endorse and organize around our agenda of issues. 

Because we're building a powerful, nonpartisan voter base in the Rio Grande Valley -- across city, county and school district lines -- we ask for your address to confirm your local political districts.  That way, you can receive updates relevant to your neighborhood!

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DEVELOPING LEADERS, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES

Valley Interfaith prepares people to build relational power.

Building on our faith traditions and scripture study, training is conducted at the institutional level (congregation, union or nonprofit) with a core group of people -- including clergy, staff and members -- and expands to state, regional and national training for new and veteran leaders. 

As leaders at institutions talk to each other about their interests and stories, develop an agenda of issues, and take action together, communities are strengthened and ordinary people transform into extraordinary leaders. 

So far this year, through small group conversations and listening sessions, people have expressed concerns about immigration, food assistance, healthcare, DREAMers, and flooding.  We are asking leaders and congregations to learn about these issues and organize together for practical solutions.

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Valley Interfaith & Allies Block $160M Tax Break for Natural Gas Project

March 10, 2026

Once again, Valley Interfaith leaders and allies organized to stop a multi-million dollar tax break for Texas LNG, a billion-dollar company seeking to build a natural gas facility at the Port of Brownsville.  After the company applied for a $160 million tax abatement from...

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Putting Scripture Into Action, Valley Interfaith Transforms Border Colonias

April 09, 2025

[Excerpt] Eddie Anaya, a Catholic lawyer and lifelong resident of a colonia called Las Milpas, got involved as a young man with Valley Interfaith, an affiliate of the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation, because his Mexican immigrant mother, Carmen Anaya, was one of its co-founders....

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Valley Interfaith Shuts Down a Crusher Plant in Brownsville, Texas

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10 months after Valley Interfaith leaders in Brownsville led a community outcry about the impact of clay dust emanating from a Milwhite industrial plant on the South Padre Highway, the company agreed to cease operations in that location. In December of 2023, Valley Interfaith...

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