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Catholic Bishops Daniel Flores and Greg Kelly Call for Accountability to Prevent Future Failures in the Electrical Grid
February 20, 2021
[Excerpt below] While we desperately need immediate relief, we must also seek long-term systemic change. As faith leaders, we have a responsibility to cry out for the vulnerable and seek the common good, and this means the reform of a utility system that has...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Fights for Expansion of Housing Relief, Hidalgo Starts with $7.5M in Rent and Mortgage Support
May 28, 2020
[Excerpt] Eddie Anaya, a member of Valley Interfaith, asked commissioners during the public comment section of the meeting to consider raising the program’s funding to $25 million. “In just over three months, as of May 18, 2020, the Texas Workforce Commission reported 25,667 residents...
Read MoreIn Wake of Wage Theft, Valley Interfaith Calls for Incentives Reform and Investigations
January 22, 2020
In small group conversations organized through their congregations, Valley Interfaith leaders Elisa Alfaro of Holy Spirit parish and Dayra Campos of San Juan Diego kept hearing the same stories: workers in cold storage facilities earning less than the minimum wage and experiencing rampant labor...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Launches Parish ID Strategy with Catholic Diocese of Brownsville and 3 Police Departments
September 26, 2019
In collaboration with Catholic Bishop Daniel Flores, 500 Valley Interfaith leaders packed a hall in Las Milpas to publicly launch a parish ID strategy for the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Developed in partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande...
Read MoreSr. Christine Stephens, CDP: 1940 - 2019
July 22, 2019
[From the Rio Grande Guardian] Sister Christine Stephens, a key player in the Industrial Areas Foundation, has passed away. She was 78 years old. Stephens served on the National Executive Committee of IAF from 1999 to 2008 when she became one of four National...
Read MoreRevs. Collins & Guevara: Investing Millions of Dollars in Economically Distressed Areas
June 25, 2019
[Excerpt] Valley Interfaith leaders recognize Democratic Senators Eddie Lucio, Jr and Juan Hinojosa, and Republican Senator Charles Perry from Lubbock, for their efforts to generate investment in South Texas’ poorest families. They authored Senate Bill 2452 and Senate Joint Resolution 79, which would...
Read MoreValley Interfaith & Texas IAF Call on State Legislators to Invest in People
April 05, 2019
Hundreds of Texas IAF leaders bused in to the Capitol from El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and West Texas, joining Central Texas Interfaith counterparts to call on state legislators to increase spending on adult and K-12 education. After a short...
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