Early Monday morning, one year to the day that the tragic events of August 3rd unfolded, the Grand Candela Memorial in the parking lot of the Cielo Vista Walmart hosted family, friends and employees seeking to honor the 23 victims of the shooting. The procession began early, as visitors – sometimes in pairs, some in […]Read More
Try to think back to August 2, 2019. I know many of you do. Or how about the morning of August 3, 2019? I do—a lot. Memories of a normal Saturday: of ‘to do lists’ and errands. A Saturday like any other, except it’s the last one of it’s kind, and we know that now. […]Read More
On Friday morning, officials with the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and the El Paso Museum of History opened their doors for a sneak peek of the Resilience: Remembering August 3 exhibition that is dedicated to the victims of the Walmart massacre. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Museum of History remains closed and the exhibition is available to the public via virtual means. Museum officials did […]Read More
On Monday, August 3, the one year anniversary of the Walmart massacre, Emergence Health Network is hosting “A Day of Hope and Healing” Facebook Live event. Because of the events of August 3rd and the aftermath, Emergence Health Network and its mental health professionals are reaching out to borderland residents to help them understand trauma […]Read More
Thursday night, El Pasoans gathered in downtown’s Cleveland Square Park to remember and reflect on the approaching first anniversary of the August 3rd Walmart massacre. For more information about all the upcoming memorial events, click here. Our very own Andres Acosta was there and we bring you his view of the event via this gallery. […]Read More
El Pasoans this weekend will mark the somber one-year anniversary of the Aug. 3 attack on our city by lighting traditional luminarias that were – at least in part – distributed by Bowie High School volunteers at Guillen. The luminarias will stand in honor of the 23 people who died and the dozens who were injured by […]Read More
As our great country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and a push for racial justice continues to make headlines, common messages such as “Black and Brown” and “Tu Lucha Es Mi Lucha” (My Fight is Your Fight) remind us that this is not a new issue for Latinos, either. Ever since the United States won […]Read More
Over eight months after the shooting rampage that killed 22 people at the Cielo Vista Walmart, the final victim died Saturday night at Del Sol Hospital. EP Fusion coach Guillermo ‘Memo’ Garcia, also known by all as ‘Tank,’ died late Saturday night. The announcement was made by fellow Fusion coach Luis Calvillo on Sunday. Below […]Read More
Communities for Peace, a collaboration of El Paso’s leading music institutions, announced today that it has commissioned a new piece of music to honor the victims of the August 3, 2019 mass shooting in El Paso. “We have come together to form Communities for Peace as an artistic response to the pain and shock our […]Read More
Bishop Seitz returned from his Ad Limina visit at the Vatican with a gift from the Holy Father, Pope Francis, for the victim’s families and the injured victims of the tragedy at Walmart on August 3rd. During his two and a half-hour audience with the Holy Father, along with the Region X Bishops of Texas, […]Read More
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