Valle Imperial Resiste is a grassroots community advocacy group in California’s Imperial Valley focused on environmental justice, public health, water resources, air quality, and transparency around large industrial and development projects.
Environmental justice, land use and development oversight, water conservation, air quality, public participation in local decision-making, and community health protections
Primarily community-based support and grassroots donations; specific funding sources are not publicly clear
Founder and lead organizer Gilberto Manzanarez; associated with local resident-led environmental justice coalitions in Imperial Valley
Grassroots advocacy organization
