a notebook that i began one summer in ysleta, tejas, ept. it continues east, following the course of el río grande~bravo to El Valle and into the gulf of méxico...
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
No Border Wall events Dec. 11-13
...you can tell the Border Patrol what you think about a border wall at one of their public "open houses." This may be our last chance to express our opposition--construction is set to begin in the spring of 2008!
Tuesday, December 11
4:30-8:00 pm
McAllen Convention Center
(956) 681-3800
Wednesday, December 12
4:30-8:00 pm
Brownsville Events Center
(956) 554-0700
Thursday, December 13
4:30-8:00 pm
VFW Post No. 08526
Rio Grande City
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is accepting public comments about the Rio Grande Valley “Tactical Infrastructure” Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). (Guide to the EIS is below.)
Submit your comments by December 31, 2007 in one of the following ways:
a) Electronically through the website at http://www.borderfencenepa.com/
b) By email to: RGVcomments@BorderFence.com
c) By mail to: Rio Grande Valley Tactical Infrastructure EIS, c/o e²M, 2751 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 200, Fairfax, Virginia 22031
d) By fax to: (757) 282-7697
**Be sure to include your name and address**
What is an Environmental Impact Statement?
It is crucial that everyone with these and other concerns about the border wall submit them in writing. The Department of Homeland Security will interpret silence as a lack of interest. The deadline for comments is December 31, 2007.
No Border Wall Blog
No Border Wall website
Tuesday, December 11
4:30-8:00 pm
McAllen Convention Center
(956) 681-3800
Wednesday, December 12
4:30-8:00 pm
Brownsville Events Center
(956) 554-0700
Thursday, December 13
4:30-8:00 pm
VFW Post No. 08526
Rio Grande City
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is accepting public comments about the Rio Grande Valley “Tactical Infrastructure” Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). (Guide to the EIS is below.)
Submit your comments by December 31, 2007 in one of the following ways:
a) Electronically through the website at http://www.borderfencenepa.com/
b) By email to: RGVcomments@BorderFence.com
c) By mail to: Rio Grande Valley Tactical Infrastructure EIS, c/o e²M, 2751 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 200, Fairfax, Virginia 22031
d) By fax to: (757) 282-7697
**Be sure to include your name and address**
What is an Environmental Impact Statement?
It is crucial that everyone with these and other concerns about the border wall submit them in writing. The Department of Homeland Security will interpret silence as a lack of interest. The deadline for comments is December 31, 2007.
No Border Wall Blog
No Border Wall website
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Journey Across Our America blog - El Paso stop
"My time in El Paso was short but intense at multiple levels. It was made particularly productive and easy by the presence of friends and family. I spent Friday evening and part of Saturday as guest of UTEP Chicana historian Yolanda Chavez Leyva and her artist- photographer friend Lucia. Over a wonderful home-cooked breakfast on Saturday morning I interviewed Yolanda about her work with Paso del Sur, an emergent organization founded to resist the urban renewal plans crafted by the city’s political and business elites who crafted a redevelopment plan for the downtown area and the historical segundo barrio adjacent that sits adjacent to it. The plan was developed and subsequently adopted by the city council without input from residents and has proven to be quite controversial because it involves the displacement of numerous people and re-design of the neighborhood that would destroy the barrio’s structural and historical integrity." - by Louis Mendoza (click link to read on, see pics, watch videos with carlos marentes of the farm workers' center, and more).
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