Fifty Years a City, Never Its Own Zip Code

The Rev. Rhonda Rogers and parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi, Prairie View, are engrossed in necessary work within the community it serves in its efforts to obtain its own zip code. While the city of Prairie View was established in the 1960s, it was never assigned its own zip code. For a variety of reasons this is problematic and creates racial disparities on varying and essential levels. It disenfranchises its citizens, stripping them of some of their most basic rights.