Category: Press Releases

COUNTY COMMISSIONER VERONICA ESCOBAR TO RECEIVE HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD The Border Network for Human Rights’ Third Annual Award Dinner is Friday El Paso, TX – The Border Network for Human Rights, a 12-year-old community...

StoryCorps Historias is a project that records Latinos’ stories around the United States. The recordings are archived at the Library of Congress as cultural and historical documents and exerpts can be heard on National...

Contact: Louie Gilot, Policy Director, Border Network for Human Rights, (915) 274-0541, lgilot@bnhr.org August 12, 2010 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PROTEST BORDER SECURITY CONFERENCE ‘Security Without Community is Not Security’ El Paso, TX –Fifty community members...

You can read the media coverage of the Border Network for Human Rights press conferences about the border security poll at the following links: American Chronicle Blue Virginia Change.org Daily Kos El Diario de...

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release                              Contact:  Katherine Vargas (National), (202) 641-5198 August 10, 2010                                                                      Louie Gilot (Texas), (915) 274-0541 NEW POLL SHOWS BORDER RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE El Paso Group...

PRESS ADVISORY For Planning Purposes Only                                      Contact: Katherine Vargas (National) Friday, August 6th, 2010                                                           (202) 641-5198 Louie Gilot (Texas) (915) 274-0541 **TELEPHONIC PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY 8/10 AT 1:30 P.M. ET/11:30 A.M. MT 1-800-895-1085,...

RELEASE OF BORDER SECURITY POLL When: 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Where: Sky Lounge, 17th Floor, Double Tree Hotel, 600 N. El Paso Street, Downtown El Paso On hand: Sheriff Wiles, Former County...