See Women in Law and Law Enforcement for information on founders: Melvin Strauss, Ruth Kern and John Karr.
Per UTEP Special Collections librarians: There may be material in the Border Rights Coalition records or in the Kathleen Staudt papers. Call ahead to tell them you are coming to research this topic so they can maybe have materials ready. (915) 747-5697
Blockading the Border and Human Rights: the El Paso operation that remade immigration enforcement by 
Columbans on Mission by 
Courage, Resistance, and Women in Ciudad Juárez by 
Handbook of the Sociology of Religion by 
We Built the Wall: how the US keeps out asylum seekers from Mexico, Central America and beyond by includes these groups: MAYA (Mexican American Youth Association), MAPA (Mexican Americans for Progressive Action), La Alianza and local group of MECha (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán)
El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization (EPISO) / Border Interfaith community organization that works across religious, racial, ethnic, economic, generational and neighborhood lines for the good of the whole community.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States by 
LULAC: the evolution of a Mexican American political organization by 
El Paso Inc. Q & A interviewsThe Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States by 
Sweatshop Warriors by see also L.W. Washington (founder of El Paso NAACP) in Male Activists
Advancing democracy : African Americans and the struggle for access and equity in higher education in Texas. by 
Black Victory: The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in Texas by 
Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands: Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon and black activism by 
Freedom is not enough : the war on poverty and the civil rights movement in Texas
Fifty Years of the Texas ObserverNote details that might seem insignificant at first glance, in case one finds other information later.
Women's information is often found through researching the men in their lives (i.e. husband, fathers, etc.) so the notes here might only state that Mrs. X was married to Mr. X who was important for some reason, but in researching him, there might be information about his wife found later.
Research full text of local newspaper articles back to 1881 in this database available to EPCC users and in person in EPCC Libraries:
