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Valley Interfaith Saves $290K in Funding for VIDA Job Training
September 21, 2015
When Valley Interfaith leaders learned that the Edinburg Economic Development Corp. (EDC) was planning to slash funding for workforce development program VIDA, they immediately set up meetings with municipal elected officials to identify and ensure City funds to make up the gap. While they discovered that the...
Read MoreValley Interfaith Secures Streetlights in Olmito Colonia
July 25, 2015
A crowd of leaders gathered near a newly installed streetlight in the Olmito colonia as Father Hector Cruz of Our Heavenly Father Catholic Church sprinkled it with holy water. Valley Interfaith leaders gathered from across Cameron County to celebrate the installation, which resulted from their intervention. They were...
Read MoreValley 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...
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