Uvalde- Awards Edit

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On Tuesday May 24th, 2022, an 18-year-old man entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and shot and murdered 19 children, as well as two teachers. The ripple effects of this mass shooting have been felt across this small Mexican-American community, and across the country. We mourn with Uvalde. In a tight-knit community like Uvalde, Robb elementary is the lifeblood of the town. That same elementary school has roots that stem back to 1970 when students, teachers, and parents held one of the longest walkouts in the country’s history to protest discrimination in the school. On today’s episode, we tell the story of resistance of this Mexican-American community — how it stood up against segregation and oppression and how after such a devastating tragedy it is trying to heal. Because Uvalde is much more than the headlines.