Flood Justice in South Texas
The FLUJOS RGV project has launched! Learn about my experience in the Rio Grande Valley for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
POCO A POCO: POST-FLOOD SURVIVAL IN THE COLONIAS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
This article engages with the consequences of overlapping environmental (in)justice, economic precarity, and informality as it relates to postflood survival in the colonias of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Based on focus groups and interviews, this research reveals the slow and incremental character of adaption by historically disenfranchised communities.
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Community Support and Creativity Are Key to Survival in the Rio Grande Valley
Despite government neglect and environmental challenges, informal communities along the U.S.-Mexico border find innovative ways to build and maintain their neighborhoods.
Flooded: How Natural Disasters Lead to Predatory Lending in the Rio Grande Valley
The devastation that communities in the Rio Grande Valley face is twofold: the initial destruction of the floods and the cycle of debt and poverty as a result of predatory loans.
The Struggle, resistance and resilience of the U.S. Latinx community: A personal journey
While growing up in Texas shaped my Tejano identity, it also laid bare the entrenched systems of racism. My understanding of social inequality and race began as a child. Yet I also saw communities overcoming struggle, mobilizing for better schools, fighting for access to healthy food, and demanding more of a say in the government and policies that shaped their lives. I saw the power of community development.