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Pages tagged "El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization"


El Paso IAF Puts "We The People" at the Center of Public Life

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 24, 2017 12:00 PM

Several hundred Border Interfaith and EPISO leaders assembled for an accountability session, one day before early voting began, to challenge candidates for Mayor, City Council and the Board of Trustees for El Paso and Ysleta School Districts around the issues most impacting residents' daily lives.

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EPISO/Border Interfaith Clergy To Immigrants: You Are Not Alone

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · March 03, 2017 12:42 PM

Civic academies put together by the El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization (EPISO) and Border Interfaith are drawing upwards of 50 parishioners per session eager to learn how to use their civil rights to protect family members from deportation.

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Border Interfaith Teaches New Citizens the Mechanics of Voting

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · July 22, 2016 3:52 PM

At St. Joseph's Catholic Catholic Church, Border Interfaith leaders brought in voting machines for a hands-on lesson on the mechanics of voting. Click below for video in Spanish.

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El Paso Times Applauds EPISO, Border Interfaith & Texas IAF

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 29, 2016 4:02 PM

"When the Industrial Areas Foundation first came to Texas four decades ago, the organization was met with derision and hostility in many quarters. That certainly was true with the creation of the El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring organization in 1981.

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EPISO & Border Interfaith Punch Payday Lenders Again with $13 Million Alternative Lending Program

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · March 16, 2015 10:06 AM
For the second time in one year, IAF organizations in El Paso (EPISO and Border Interfaith) dealt a harsh blow to the bottom line of payday lenders.

During last year's fight to restrict how much payday lenders can legally make off the backs of lower-income families, opponents from the lending industry couched their financial predation under the guise of "providing a valuable service" to residents. After winning a significant victory in 2014 limiting payday lending profits, leaders wanted more.

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EPISO Leverages $5 Million for Colonia Park & Road

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · February 05, 2015 3:29 PM
In addition to securing half a million dollars to upgrade the Ruben Estrella Park in the Montana Vista colonia, leaders of EPISO went on to leverage an additional $4.5 Million to begin construction to extend Edgemere Boulevard from the City of El Paso into the unincorporated community. The road will better allow residents from Montana Vista to better access the City of El Paso; Montana Vista is currently accessible by only one road.



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