Local activists in the Rio Grande Valley are frustrated with Elon Musk’s SpaceX operation in Boca Chica, just east of Brownsville. Their concerns range from blocked public access to parks and beaches to long-term ecological damage to region-wide gentrification.

Now, activists in the region are shifting to more creative strategies to address the evolving political climate in the Rio Grande Valley.

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ChristinaMaria Xochitlzihuatl Patiño Houle, co-founder and Chief Architect for Las Imaginistas tells us that COVID-19 has taken people's lives and livelihoods in her community. The messaging to help slow and prevent the spread of the virus is failing to reach historically underserved communities, but in the Rio Grande Valley, artists are taking up the charge, responding to community needs.

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