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Valley Interfaith Upsets Pharr Election, Community Wins Big
June 04, 2015
Las Milpas, TX - A culture of disrespect towards Las Milpas residents had become so pervasive that when Valley Interfaith leaders sought funding for a local library last year, the Mayor declared: " is not a Whataburger where you pull up and give your orders....use the...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Shakes Up Pharr City Race, Advances Agenda with New Officials
May 18, 2015
As a result of Valley Interfaith's impact on the recent Pharr city comissioners race, the newly constituted city commission has placed six of the organization's top agenda items on the agenda -- all of which are expected to be approved. At an accountability assembly three weeks...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Celebrates in their (Recently Paved) Streets
March 29, 2015
When Valley Interfaith leader Monse Martinez (in photo, upper left) first moved into Las Milpas he noticed the roads were in very bad conditions. Says Martinez: "The potholes were destroying our vehicles. But we started to get organized...talking about it in church, holding house meetings and...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Decries Judge's Injunction, Reminds Immigrants that DACA Remains in Effect
February 26, 2015
The press conference started with the story of teacher in 2001, invited from Mexico to teach in MacAllen in 2001 -- then disinvited when 9/11 attacks led to dramatic changes in the treatment of immigrants. Clergy and leaders of Valley Interfaith convened at St. Mary Catholic...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Fights for Chemical Cleanup, Puts Weight Behind New Hospital District
October 25, 2014
At an assembly with officials of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Valley Interfaith leaders argued that the failure to clean up a 33-acre benzene spill is behind the cancer and other illnesses impacting families living in the area. Leader Frank Pena alerted...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Urges Pharr Officials to Address Concerns of Colonias
July 23, 2014
Valley Interfaith leader Eddie Anaya, organized a forum in Las Milpas to identify the concerns of colonia residents of Pharr. He brought 20 leaders with him to a city-sponsored forum later that week to relay their priorities: a satellite library on the Southside of Pharr, public transportation,...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Examines Benzene Plume Near Church
July 17, 2014
Valley Interfaith is drawing a connection between stories of cancer-related deaths, three gas stations and a benzene plume moving through a neighborhood blocks from St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in McAllen. Leaders are in the midst of a research campaign with the Texas Commission...
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