Public Comments on Feb 7, 2023
Channel: The Cheers Podcast
Date: 05/03/2023

This video shows public comments submitted in front of the ‘Brownsville’ Commission Meeting on February 7, 2023, by Sandra Trevino, Nancy Guevarra, Jose Jimenez, Emma Guevarra, Sara Stapleton-Barrera, Bekah Hinojosa, Juan Mancias, and Christopher Basaldu.

All supported Bekah Hinojosa and demanded the charges against her to be dropped and for the former mayor Trey Mendez to be investigated for abuse of power. The charges of a Class B Misdemeanor for allegedly spray painting on an Elon Musk-funded mural with the tag “Gentrified, Stop SpaceX” is a clear threat to her but especially others resisting the continued colonization of this area.

This is the first part of the History of Environmental Resistance in the ‘RGV’ episode. In the second part, Bekah Hinojosa talks about her experience in the environmental and indigenous struggles for justice and sovereignty. See this channel’s links to learn more.

00:00 Sandra Trevino
03:15 Nancy Guevarra
06:31 Jose Jimenez
09:59 Emma Guevarra
13:11 Sara Stapleton-Barrera
16:37 Bekah Hinojosa
19:31 Juan Mancias
23:03 Christopher Basaldu