If you're interested, there's a Facebook group for the CEC that I created. My mom is involved with the Las Brisas fight down in Corpus, but isn't the most Facebook savvy, so if anyone is interested in helping admin this page (preferably someone who is in the Corpus area and privvy to local activism and events and can help build membership down there) please let me know.

Here's the link.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46106582090

Thanks, Austin
austinadams@yahoo.com

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