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Federal Study Recognizes VIDA for Moving Low-Income Out of Poverty
March 21, 2018
One of nine workforce development programs evaluated under the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE), the was selected as one of the most effective programs as measured by retention, graduation and employment. Findings from the study were revealed at South Texas College's Pecan Campus...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Fights for DACA, Sends 10,000 Cards to Congress
February 21, 2018
Wielding 10,000 signed postcards to Congressional Representatives and scriptural passages on the subject, Valley Interfaith leaders and Catholic Bishop Daniel E. Flores forcefully called on Congress to protect DREAMers as they decide the future of DACA. "The Bible is clear," declared Msgr. Heriberto Diaz of St....
Read MoreValley Interfaith Leverages Candidate Pledges on Indigent Health, Job Training and Colonia Infrastructure
February 20, 2018
250 leaders with Valley Interfaith assembled at Holy Family Church in Edinburg to challenge candidates for Hidalgo County Judge to commit to working with them on health, job training and colonia infrastructure. Specifically, leaders challenged candidates to commit to raising the income eligibility to qualify for the County's...
Read MoreBishop, Valley Interfaith Celebrate Opening of Las Milpas Library
January 15, 2018
In the largest celebration of multiple events, Bishop Daniel E. Flores blessed the opening of a new library in Las Milpas, surrounded by Valley Interfaith leaders, children from Carmen Anaya Elementary School and other community supporters. An assembly chronicled the community-driven effort that went...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Credited with Transforming Las Milpas
December 18, 2017
"Years back, when we went with 40 or 50 people and packed the city commission, Carmen Lopez, other leaders, and our youth, spoke before the commission," Anaya said. "Carmen was reminded she had three minutes to speak. When she was speaking, very eloquently in...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Priest Concerned That SB4 Can Empower Cartels
February 07, 2017
Following a press conference in which leaders of the Texas IAF Network of Organizations joined the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops to oppose the anti-sanctuary cities bill, SB4, Fr. Kevin Collins of St. Eugene's de Mazenod Catholic Church and Valley Interfaith in Brownsville had...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Gets Out The Vote for Health District
October 24, 2016
Valley Interfaith leaders are changing hearts and minds about the creation of a health district by knocking on doors and telling their healthcare stories. Catholics and Methodists are uniting, with reverends and veterans, all to make reality a community healthcare system for the Rio Grande...
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