Title: The Valley Reacts to DACA Loss and Resists with Anti-Border Wall City Resolutions | Sierra Club
Headings: The Valley Reacts to DACA Loss and Resists with Anti-Border Wall City Resolutions
The Valley Reacts to DACA Loss and Resists with Anti-Border Wall City Resolutions
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Content: “I wrote a resolution myself and I made sure it included no loopholes that would allow construction companies to build that wall,” said Laura S. Sanchez-Martinez, Edinburg resident and art student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Passing these resolutions was a joint effort with local organizations and residents from across the region: La Union Del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), A Resource in Serving Equality (ARISE), the Lower Rio Grande Valley Sierra Club, Fuerza Del Valle, and the Equal Voice Network. You can read the official press release here. Stand With Us
The federal government is hell-bent on dividing our community with walls, militarization, and mass deportations. No one is coming to save us, not in DC or in the Texas Legislature. That’s not the way it should be, but we have the local knowledge and resources to make a stand, city by city. After all, it has always been up to us to rise up and defend our homes and communities. A sign addressed to US Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan during a Feb. 2017 demonstration outside of a border station in McAllen, TX
As of last Tuesday, the Rio Grande Valley is now up to 12 cities that have passed anti border wall resolutions. Looking to organize your community to make your voices heard in front of your City Council and pass your own?