Tag: La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE)
LUPE holds community rally in support of DACA recipients in downtown Brownsville
La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) held a community rally with current and former Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients Monday morning in downtown Brownsville.
Valley residents prepare for first and only gubernatorial debate
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta stumps for Beto O’Rourke in McAllen and Brownsville
Photo Gallery: Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta stumps for Beto O’Rourke in Brownsville
Immigration activists call for stronger protections as DACA’s future remains uncertain
SAN JUAN — As the legality of an Obama-era program that protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children from deportation was argued before a federal appeals court Wednesday, advocates and benificiaries of the program say it’s not enough.
Activists push Edinburg to consider raising minimum wage for employees, contractors
EDINBURG — The council will have to consider whether to raise the minimum wage to $15 for city employees and the contractors it hires after a progressive organization submitted a petition with enough signatures to get their attention.
Roundtable: Pandemic underscored systemic inequity
Through his work with residents of underserved colonias as a director of organizing for La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), Daniel Diaz already knew health equity was an issue in the Rio Grande Valley.
Unity brings strength
Maria Gomez was hunched over onion furrows when she heard about the strike.
