Dr. Isabel Araiza
For
Corpus CHristi Mayor
Public Need over Corporate Greed
Endorsements
Sierra Club Lonestar Chapter
The oldest grassroots environmental organization in Texas. Open spaces, clean water, and natural resources should be protected so that current and future generations may enjoy them.
Texas Campaign for the Environment
TCE is dedicated to fighting
for a Texas free from pollution.
IBEW Local 278
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 278 has approximately 500 members.
Coastal Bend Labor Council
One of nearly 500 state and local labor councils of the AFL-CIO and are the heart of the labor movement.
NALC Local 1259
The National Association of Letter Carriers Local 1259 has approximately 380 member.
Platform
Dedicate resources to the neighborhood level
- Improve residential streets, sidewalks, and parks
- Address the stray animal problem
- Expand library hours and services
Promote Community Health and Well-Being
- Collaborate with university, government agencies, and non-profits to monitor air quality
- Require impact studies of desalination and future industrial buildout
- Expand city-sponsored Parks and Recreation programs
Support Innovative Strategies
- To address homelessness
- To promote local, small businesses and start ups
HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN?
Make rich corporations pay their fair share
Stop wasting city money on things
that don’t improve our quality of life
ELECT ME!
About Dr. Isabel Araiza
Dr. Araiza was born and raised in Corpus Christi, TX. She is the daughter of Juan and Maria Teresa Araiza, and the granddaughter of Juan and Andrea Araiza and Francisco (Panchito) Fregoso Gomez. As part of the court-mandated integration of Corpus Christi Independent School District, she was bussed to Parkdale Elementary instead of attending her neighborhood school, Solomon Coles. She graduated from Carroll High School, Del Mar College, and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. Later, she earned a PhD in Sociology from Boston College. She currently works at Del Mar College where she is an assistant professor of Sociology and the coordinator of the Mexican American Studies Program. She is married to Ricardo Ortiz; they have three daughters—Mia, Lina, and Lia.
While Dr. Araiza has always been active in the community since she returned to Corpus Christi, her civic-engagement changed dramatically in 2016 following the third water boil in ten months. That’s when she co-founded a local grassroots group called For the Greater Good (FtGG). This group has been watching city council meetings and advocating for the community ever since. First, their goals were to encourage the city to have a plan in place for vulnerable populations when the city’s infrastructure failed, to learn as much as they could about the city’s water infrastructure, and to attend city and water-related meetings. Through those efforts, Dr. Araiza and members of FtGG became aware of how much the fossil fuel industry was driving city policy. Then, in 2018 FtGG and Dr. Araiza found themselves fighting budget cuts to the libraries and senior centers. How could a city with some of the richest companies in their community not be able to fund basic community services?!?! For years, Dr. A and FtGG (and other community members and groups) have been asking the city to 1) make the fossil fuel companies pay their fair share, 2) to not pursue desalination (because it was what industry wanted, not what the people needed), 3) to end the drought exemption for industry, and 4) to put people and the environment we live in first! As community voices of concern and opposition to desalination grew, rather than engage with the community, the majority of council accelerated their pursuit of desalination without doing their due diligence. Ultimately, that’s what motivated Dr. A to run.
She was tired of watching the current mayor prioritize special interests at the expense of the people. We can’t afford leadership that is willing to sacrifice the people and the environment we live in for special interests. Corpus Christi residents deserve a leader that values ALL the community, not just the rich, the powerful, and well-connected. Dr. Araiza will center workers, our families, our neighborhoods, and our environment. As mayor, she will put public need before corporate greed.
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