Colonia at night (left) compared to city neighborhood (right). Public lighting can make a big difference for neighborhood health and safety.
Around 200,000 residents–a population roughly twice the size of College Station, TX–goes without streetlights every night in the Rio Grande Valley.
The Texas News Service picked up the story, which ran right before Mother's Day:
AUSTIN, Texas – As families across Texas gather to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, for thousands of moms in the Rio Grande Valley, the best gift would be a little light.
In Cameron and Hidalgo counties, there are more than 200,000 people living in colonias, or unincorporated neighborhoods without basic infrastructure.
That includes a lack of public lighting and the security that lighting can provide, says Yvette Salinas, a community organizer with La Union del Pueblo Entero.
“Everybody deserves to live, you know, with dignity and respect and providing light for these families and supporting this issue would be a great positive change for a lot of mothers and children,” she says.
Read the story in its entirety on the Texas News Service website.
AUSTIN, Texas – As families across Texas gather to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, for thousands of moms in the Rio Grande Valley, the best gift would be a little light.In Cameron and Hidalgo counties, there are more than 200,000 people living in colonias, or unincorporated neighborhoods without basic infrastructure.That includes a lack of public lighting and the security that lighting can provide, says Yvette Salinas, a community organizer with La Union del Pueblo Entero. – See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-05-09/immigrant-issues/helping-texas-moms-put-some-light-in-their-lives/a39233-1#sthash.reyvzAGG.oYRuCVcU.dpuf
AUSTIN, Texas – As families across Texas gather to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, for thousands of moms in the Rio Grande Valley, the best gift would be a little light.In Cameron and Hidalgo counties, there are more than 200,000 people living in colonias, or unincorporated neighborhoods without basic infrastructure.That includes a lack of public lighting and the security that lighting can provide, says Yvette Salinas, a community organizer with La Union del Pueblo Entero. – See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-05-09/immigrant-issues/helping-texas-moms-put-some-light-in-their-lives/a39233-1#sthash.reyvzAGG.oYRuCVcU.dpuf
AUSTIN, Texas – As families across Texas gather to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, for thousands of moms in the Rio Grande Valley, the best gift would be a little light.In Cameron and Hidalgo counties, there are more than 200,000 people living in colonias, or unincorporated neighborhoods without basic infrastructure.That includes a lack of public lighting and the security that lighting can provide, says Yvette Salinas, a community organizer with La Union del Pueblo Entero. – See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-05-09/immigrant-issues/helping-texas-moms-put-some-light-in-their-lives/a39233-1#sthash.reyvzAGG.oYRuCVcU.dpuf
La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) is a community organization based in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.
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