Rio Grande Valley, TX

Rio Grande Valley, TX Latina Advocacy Network

This diverse group of women came together in February 2006 and has been working with local organizations and community leaders to advance women’s issues in the region.  Their organizing is centered on increasing access to reproductive health care for all women and their strategic campaigns have involved marches, health fairs, and meetings with local officials. Campaigns they have tackled include obtaining necessary transportation access in rural communities and most notably, mobilizing around supporting Health Care Reform by collecting thousands of signed letters, and making hundreds of calls, and in district visits to representatives. The TX LAN constantly cultivates and expands their base in the Rio Grande Valley now expanding to 15 colonias. Check out their work here and here.