News

March 23, 2023

[Excerpt] In the attached audio interview, Rosalie Tristan and Joe Hinojosa, both organizers with Valley Interfaith, Joe Higgs from IAF, and Bob Fleming, an organizer with The Metropolitan Organization of Houston, say tax breaks for large corporations should not be paid for with monies...

March 15, 2023

[Excerpt] The Network of Texas IAF Organizations, a labor and faith coalition that has staunchly opposed using school property tax breaks for incentives... railed against the Texas Jobs and Security Act. "It looks like it was written on the back of a napkin," stated...

March 09, 2023

Over 300 leaders, clergy, religious, and bishops from 20 organizations gathered last week in San Antonio to celebrate five years of Recognizing the Stranger, a West/Southwest IAF training, leadership formation, and parish organizing strategy.  The Convocation was highlighted by a video message from Pope...

February 22, 2023

Tributes Pour In for Valley Interfaith Clergy Leader Fr. Alfonso Guevara, Rio Grande Guardian  

February 22, 2023

VIDA is a long-term workforce development strategy established with the political power of Valley Interfaith and leaders like Fr. Alfonso Guevara. 

February 13, 2023

Fr. Alfonso Guevara, a long-time clergy leader with Valley Interfaith, passed away on February 10. He was worked for many years to help ordinary men and women develop their confidence and skills people so they could do extraordinary things in the parishes and communities....

February 08, 2023

[Excerpt] "In December, legislators killed a controversial tax abatement program known as Chapter 313, but its effects will last decades.... “There’s no accountability at the statewide level; nobody administers it,” said Bob Fleming, an organizer with [T]he Metropolitan Organization of Houston who campaigned against...