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We work with many community organizations based in the Rio Grande Valley region: Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas http://www.carrizocomecrudonation.com/ Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative https://anothergulf.com/ Nuestra Delta Magica https://www.nansiguevara.com/nuestra-delta-magica Trucha https://truchargv.com/ Entre Film Center https://www.entrefilmcenter.org/ and many others!

Climate Change has spurred disaster season to be year-round, not just hurricane season. STEJN found a need for their Just-Recovery Kits through their community organizing efforts in the county’s colonias and through disaster relief workshops aimed at colonia families. The Just Recovery Kits are the centerpiece of STEJN’s rapid response/mutual aid work. The kits serveContinueContinue reading “Just Recovery”

Brownsville environmental activist Bekah Hinojosa was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned for 26 hours. On the morning of Wednesday, February 16, 2022, two cars of Brownsville police broke into the home of local environmental activist Bekah Hinojosa. Without allowing her to properly dress and without providing a warrant, they arrested her, took away her prescription eyeglasses,ContinueContinue reading “Free RGV Bekah”

STEJN works in solidarity with the original people of the land and other Indigenous peoples and allies who resist the current cycle of ongoing colonization and genocide. Together we resist the scourge of the oil and gas industry at the Port of Brownsville that wants to poison our land, air, and water. We challenge andContinueContinue reading “Protecting Sacred Lands & Sacred Sites”

For about ten years, the Rio Grande Valley community and the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas have resisted three proposed LNG projects, including Rio Grande LNG, Texas LNG, and the Rio Bravo Pipeline, from being built on the South Texas Coastline. Below are some details about the proposed projects and some of the work SOTXEJNContinueContinue reading “Stopping LNG in the RGV”

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES: May 27, 2024 Contact: Bekah Hinojosa, 956-975-6634, bekahbot@gmail.com ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Press Conference Urging the Cameron County Commissioners to Deny Tax Abatements for LNG Terminals BROWNSVILLE, TX — On Wednesday, May 29, a coalition of Rio Grande Valley organizations and Cameron County residents will gather outside the County courthouse building in Brownsville withContinueContinue reading “Press Advisory: Stop LNG tax abatements press conference/rally”