8/2/21

By Karla Rader Barber

Never Again/Nunca Más: Tribute to El Paso; 2nd Anniversary 2019 Massacre

Witness at the Border created this video to remember the victims of the August 3rd, 2019 Walmart Massacre.

Camilo Peréz-Bustillo, Witness at the Border, a human rights scholar and Fellow, introduces the memorial and provides a historical perspective.

Acclaimed poet Martín Espada shares his poem, “Not for Him the Fiery Lake of the False Prophet.” @martinespadapoet

Native El Pasoan Diana Martinez, co-founder of the Coalition to End Child Detention-El Paso, shares the events of that year which led to the massacre in August 2019.

El Paso native Veronica Frescas, Institutional Development Coordinator for the Border Network for Human Rights, reflects on “the largest mass shooting of Latinos in modern day history,” and on the resolve of the citizens of the City of Love to heal.