Surya Kalra

Organizer with the SW Industrial Areas Foundation. Building universities of public life since 2011.

[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

[Surya Kalra @SuryaKalra]

Thank you for sharing @EPISOBI and @WXSWIAF leaders’ reflections on what their visits with Pope Francis meant to them. @padreivanm

[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!

[Together Louisiana @Tog4LA]

TLA's Community Lighthouse strategy got a real-life test today. 3 mins before the start of the River Parish Disaster Prep annual mtg @NewWineLaplace, Entergy's grid went down.

There were 45 faith & community leaders, St John's Parish Pres, FEMA. It was getting hot. Fast. 🧵

[West/Southwest IAF @WXSWIAF]

Days before International Worker's Day, @COCommonGood celebrated a step forward in addressing wage theft in Denver. With labor allies -- like El Centro de los Trabajadores, @SEIU105 & @JeffcoESPA -- CCG won subpoena powers for the City Auditor!

https://t.co/v4VnNF6i9s

[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

[West/Southwest IAF @WXSWIAF]

Great piece by @cassroseklein includes stories by lay Catholics in Los Angeles, including Ortencia Ramirez & @robertghoo!

https://t.co/6MCV6gpniy

[EPISO/Border Interfaith @EPISOBI]

El Paso showed up for @AHouseElPaso today. @padreivanm

[El Paso Matters @elpasomatters]

“We will vigorously defend the freedom of people of faith and goodwill to put deeply held religious convictions into practice,” @BishopSeitz says in response to @KenPaxtonTX targeting @AHouseElPaso
https://t.co/QESbFyqDoO

[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

[Rich Raho @RichRaho]

New Vatican Vatican: “As Buddhists and Christians, we see the Buddha and Jesus as Great Healers….On many levels, Jesus and the Buddha proposed love and compassion as medicine to drive out the darkness in the human heart and the world.” https://t.co/2nnnKAGn5t

[West/Southwest IAF @WXSWIAF]

We're thrilled as well!

@SilValleyIAF @bayareaiaf @NVforCommonGood @DioceseSanJose @PovertyUSA_CCHD

[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]

@padreivanm

[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

[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.

[Surya Kalra @SuryaKalra]

“Where sometimes we let political divisions divide us as a church, coming together under the same tent can only be healing.” https://t.co/AcFz4eLjke
Another great profile of @padreivanm as he heads to global synod. Congratulations!