EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to EPISO-Border Interfaith & Bauman Rd residents for blocking a road project that would've caused displacement and impacted 100+ families!
As leader Lorena Silvestre-Tobias said, their progress is evidence of the power of organizing! vist.ly/3n5j2zq
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
Surya Kalra, lead organizer of EPISO/Border Interfaith in El Paso, shares lessons that El Pasoans learned in a series of meetings with Pope Francis between 2022 and 2024.
elpasomatters.org/2025/04/22…
Last night in El Paso- an animated crowd braved the 109 degree heat to kick off the first in a series examining “The State of El Paso.” First up: Education & Workforce Prep. Great conversation among educators and families with ganas to do more for kids in EP!
EPISO/BI leaders from St Thomas Aquinas will not rest until their streets are safe. Over 100 gathered last night with 2 council members and their commissioner. Leaders asked for immediate action for traffic calming measures and speed bumps. #organizedpeople
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
Since 1974, the Texas Industrial Areas Foundation and its local affiliates have taken on a range of social and political issues. For its members and organizers, the work is perfectly aligned with Catholic teaching. bit.ly/48YmMyU
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
El Paso’s Saint of the Border Negotiates a New Reality | The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
The Texas bishops express support for @BishopSeitz and ministries that seek to provide humanitarian relief to our migrant brothers and sisters. #txlege
Read more: tinyurl.com/y5vysuu6
EPISO and Border Interfaith join @BishopSeitz and a growing and unified coalition of organizations that stand firmly with Annunciation House. @AHouseElPaso
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
Pointed statement from @BishopSeitz on Ken Paxton’s actions against @AHouseElPaso.
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
Read our statement from faith and border communities standing in solidarity with @AHouseElPaso regarding @KenPaxtonTX efforts to criminalize humanitarian assistance.
Link to press release below:
drive.google.com/file/d/1JvD…
#SaveAsylum #WelcomeWithDignity
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
“On the margins, I have discovered so many social movements with roots in parishes or schools that bring people together to make them protagonists of their own histories. I call them social poets.” - Pope Francis
@EPISOBI House Meeting Training
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
“This [$900K in direct cash] is a great model and gives people the dignity to work their own way out of economic strife.
We want to thank the county and the @HuntFamilyFdn for their leadership.”
- Rosa Lujan, @EPISOBI leader
elpasomatters.org/2023/12/21…
EPISO/Border Interfaith leaders celebrate $900K investment in direct cash for families in El Paso, in collaboration with the county, @Move_UpTogether & @HuntFamilyFdn
“We are very encouraged,"
- Rosa Lujan, @EPISOBI leader
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On Sunday, EPISO/BI leaders reignited the practice of delegates assemblies and welcomed new members from St. Luke, Socorro, Ciudad Nueva and Canutillo/Westway. Delegates committed to an organization-wide house meeting campaign in January. Adelante!
EPISO/Border Interfaith retweeted
usccb.org/news/2023/pope-mee… Proud of Fr. Ivan Montelongo who joined @WXSWIAF to represent @EPISOBI and the Diocese of El Paso, sharing with Pope Francis our collaboration on the synod. Fr. Ivan will return to Rome a global synod delegate. History is being made.
BREAKING NEWS: Socorro pumps brakes on planned road project amid EPISO leaders objections. Get the story from @BobMooreNews @elpasomatters
“You are tearing down my entire family,” a woman told Socorro City Council about a proposal to build a major road through a long-standing neighborhood. Socorro city officials say they’re taking another look at options.
elpasomatters.org/2023/09/15…
Great article by @elpasomatters on the @City_of_Socorro plan to build an arterial road. Residents are asking for transparency around decisions, process and timeline, and why their voices are being discounted.
Socorro residents who built their homes with their own hands and fought repeated battles to improve their lives say a planned road project could destroy lifetimes of work.
elpasomatters.org/2023/09/13…
