6/23/21

Bearing Witness
Written By Margaret Seiler

Today we remember Óscar and Valeria.
On June 23, 2019, two Salvadoran migrants, father and daughter, Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and Angie Valeria Martínez Ávalos, drowned crossing the river between Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas.
A photograph of their bodies went viral - yet, two years later, they have been almost forgotten.
Witnessattheborder.org honors the lives of Óscar and Valeria. This video remembers them through music (Josh Rubin), poetry (Martín Espada), painting (Melissa Bowen Rubin) and prayer. We recommit ourselves to ending the injustices that ended their lives at the border.

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Watch Remembering Óscar y Valeria Memorial : A Commemoration

Margaret Seiler
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