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Tag: Rio Grande Valley

Podcast Episode 26: Don’t eat the toxic fish

A Little Louder, Local issues•by •Posted March 6, 2020

For decades, federal, state and local officials knew that the fish in Donna Lake in the Rio Grande Valley carried…

Tags: ARISE, Donna Lake, Environmental justice, Environmental racism, EPA, Rio Grande Valley

Cleanup of Donna Lake to officially commence in March, due to pressure from ARISE, LUPE, and local allies

Local issues, State issues•by Michael Depland•Posted February 19, 2020

Texas Housers has worked for years in the Rio Grande Valley, partnering with motivated organizations like LUPE and ARISE, to…

Tags: Donna Lake, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley

Podcast episode 15: Sonido del Agua Part 2

A Little Louder, Local issues•by •Posted August 30, 2019

If you want to change law and policy, you have to change people’s minds. And to change people’s minds, you…

Tags: ARISE, bcWorkshop, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Podcast Episode 14: El Sonido del Agua Part I

A Little Louder, Local issues•by •Posted August 19, 2019

Season 2 of our podcast is live, and it starts with a deep dive into a multi-year drainage campaign in…

Tags: A Little Louder, ARISE, Colonias, drainage, LUCHA, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Colonia residents of Hidalgo County celebrate their language justice victory

Local issues•by •Posted April 24, 2019

Yesterday, Texas Housers joined community leaders in the Rio Grande Valley at a press conference to celebrate a major victory…

Tags: ARISE, Hidalgo County, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

After years of resident advocacy, Hidalgo County adopts higher standards for drainage and streetlight infrastructure for new model subdivisions

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted October 17, 2018

Colonia residents in Hidalgo County have experienced far too much flooding and darkness, the dangerous symptoms of poorly-planned subdivisions where…

Tags: Flooding, Infrastructure, Lighting, Model Subdivision Rules, Rio Grande Valley

Disaster relief rolls out in the Rio Grande Valley; residents hope for just and fair process

Local issues•by •Posted August 1, 2018

(Home in Indian Hills colonia that experienced flooding after the June storms. Photo taken a week after the storms hit.)…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Disaster relief, drainage, Rio Grande Valley

EPA unveils plan to address decades of poison and toxic fish in Donna Lake; public input accepted through June 5

Activities, Local issues•by •Posted May 22, 2018

This article originally ran on Neta, a bilingual multimedia platform based in the Rio Grande Valley where I am a staff content creator,…

Tags: City of Alamo, city of donna, Donna Lake, Environmental justice, EPA, Rio Grande Valley, superfund site

Raymondville Drain project means more more water capacity. But will all communities benefit?

Local issues•by •Posted October 11, 2017

State and County officials broke ground last week marking the start of construction on the long-awaited Raymondville Drain Project —…

Tags: drainage, Hidalgo County, Rio Grande Valley

Rio Grande Valley youth one step closer in their campaign to “stop the smell”

Local issues•by •Posted September 22, 2017

Above: Leaders of the South Tower Power campaign at the City of Alamo Wastewater Treatment Plant. A Rio Grande Valley…

Tags: City of Alamo, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley, South Tower Power

Fair housing assessment in Rio Grande Valley offers chance for residents to fight segregated conditions

Local issues•by •Posted August 18, 2017

Discrimination is not always obvious in the Rio Grande Valley. But now Hidalgo County residents have a chance to weigh in on…

Tags: AFFH, Colonias, Fair housing, HUD, Rio Grande Valley

Governor’s cut of colonia oversight program will cost state and endanger residents

State issues•by •Posted June 26, 2017

This piece originally ran as a column in The Monitor on June 25. For decades the State of Texas looked the…

Tags: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley, Texas Legislature

One hundred years of poison: Why toxic fish still threaten Rio Grande Valley residents

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 17, 2017

This article originally ran on Neta, a bilingual multimedia platform based in the Rio Grande Valley where I am a…

Tags: Colonias, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley

Rollback of colonia regulations at issue in two bills on border land sales

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted March 29, 2017

As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.…

Tags: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley

Sign the petition to demand an end to chronic flooding in Hidalgo County colonias

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 21, 2017

I have the privilege of working alongside community members and grassroots leaders with A Resource In Serving Equality (ARISE) and La Unión…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Grassroots leaders train to stop flooding in border colonias

Uncategorized•by •Posted February 23, 2017

The Land Use Colonia Housing Action (LUCHA) initiative has made some big strides in the past year. At Texas Housers…

Tags: Colonias, drainage, LUCHA, Rio Grande Valley

Colonia residents launch drainage campaign in Hidalgo County

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 10, 2017

Colonia leaders organized with La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and A Resource In Serving Equality (ARISE), and proudly supported…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

After first local Zika transmission, state and local officials must act to protect Rio Grande Valley

Local issues•by •Posted November 29, 2016

The first local transmission of the Zika virus in the state of Texas, and just the second in the country,…

Tags: Colonias, drainage, Flooding, Rio Grande Valley, Zika

Smithsonian design museum opens exhibit featuring innovative Texas disaster recovery program

Uncategorized•by •Posted October 3, 2016

The title of the new exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City sums up the…

Tags: Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Rio Grande Valley

Lack of drainage in Rio Grande Valley colonias creates breeding ground for Zika virus

Uncategorized•by •Posted September 12, 2016

This piece originally ran as a column in the McAllen newspaper, The Monitor, on September 12, 2016. Pictured above: Lot flooding after a regular…

Tags: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley, Zika

First-ever colonia disaster recovery conference prepares residents for emergencies

Uncategorized•by •Posted August 30, 2016

Natural disasters hit low income households the hardest, especially in the colonias of the Rio Grande Valley. Learning to prepare…

Tags: Colonias, Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Rio Grande Valley

Hands-on training for colonia leaders emphasizes role of government in solving problems

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted July 28, 2016

Cris Rocha, a community organizer with La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), welcomed the group and Norma Aldape, a LUPE member and…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Inequality, LUCHA, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Video: Community discussion on history of inequality and injustice in the Rio Grande Valley

Uncategorized•by •Posted July 21, 2016

Inequality is stark in the Rio Grande Valley, but for many, its causes remain hidden. In order to overcome the consequences…

Tags: Colonias, Platica, Rio Grande Valley

A call to confront segregation in colonias: Addressing development and civil rights

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 23, 2016

[The following remarks were delivered on June 22, 2016 at a conference, Southwest Border Colonias: Housing and Sustainable Development in…

Tags: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley

State to hold public hearing on colonia environmental injustice thanks to youth leaders

Local issues•by •Posted June 14, 2016

Youth activists in the Rio Grande Valley have already won increased resources and attention to address the odor nuisance caused…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley, South Tower Power

Years of organizing lead to vital stormwater drainage project for Rio Grande Valley colonias

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 20, 2016

Inequality is most starkly manifested in the differences between rich and poor neighborhoods. And nowhere is inequality greater than in the…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Disaster recovery, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley, Zika

Colonia youth take charge to protect neighbors from contamination

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 4, 2016

As discussed in our staff conversation last week, there has been a shameful lack of government oversight around the toxic contamination of…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Donna Lake, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley

Listen: Shining a light on environmental injustice in the colonias

Local issues•by •Posted April 29, 2016

TxLIHIS staff members work on a wide range of issues across the state. To highlight some of that work, I’ll…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley

Our recommendations to Texas Senate committee considering disaster recovery improvements

State issues•by •Posted February 3, 2016

On February 3, the Texas Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) held a public hearing in Brownsville on one of their…

Tags: Disaster recovery, IGR, Rio Grande Valley, Texas Legislature

Street light installation finally begins as colonia residents celebrate victory

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted January 19, 2016

Above: Residents of Colonia Goolie Meadows enjoy the illumination provided by their new street lights. Last week marked another milestone in…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley, street lights

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