EPISO/Border Interfaith

[West/Southwest IAF @WXSWIAF]

🎉 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! https://t.co/uMx0B4Utc9

[El Paso Matters @elpasomatters]

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.
https://t.co/OkvZQqZiWW

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

EPISO/BI deputized leaders to register voters this week. We are ready to get out the vote!

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

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/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

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

[NCR @NCRonline]

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. https://t.co/v96zYUlU5u

[Bob Moore @BobMooreNews]

El Paso’s Saint of the Border Negotiates a New Reality | The New Yorker https://t.co/SuvusHPIug

[TxCatholicBishops @TXCatholic]

The Texas bishops express support for @BishopSeitz and ministries that seek to provide humanitarian relief to our migrant brothers and sisters. #txlege
Read more: https://t.co/ufOCwilIcH

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

El Paso showed up for @AHouseElPaso today. @padreivanm

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

EPISO and Border Interfaith join @BishopSeitz and a growing and unified coalition of organizations that stand firmly with Annunciation House. @AHouseElPaso

[Bob Moore @BobMooreNews]

Pointed statement from @BishopSeitz on Ken Paxton’s actions against @AHouseElPaso.

[The Hope Border Institute @HopeBorder]

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:

https://t.co/Dsss3LhtaQ

#SaveAsylum #WelcomeWithDignity

[Emilce Cuda @CudaEmilce]

Building Bridges North-SOUTH Comunidades Organizadas: Industrial Areas Foundation & Hogares de Cristo. @CelamWeb @USCCB

[Surya Kalra @SuryaKalra]

“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

[West/Southwest IAF @WXSWIAF]

“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

https://t.co/BTHO3fBfXM

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

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!

[Surya Kalra @SuryaKalra]

https://t.co/Tnp9G63e4d 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.

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

BREAKING NEWS: Socorro pumps brakes on planned road project amid EPISO leaders objections. Get the story from @BobMooreNews @elpasomatters

[El Paso Matters @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.
https://t.co/cc1LKco9mA

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

@WXSWIAF @c_hwicker @ATXInterfaith @DAI_IAF @tmo_gclc @copsmetro

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

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.

[El Paso Matters @elpasomatters]

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.
https://t.co/W4isctdpEB