The El Paso Black K.A.R.E. Initiative is sponsored by the El Paso (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated through a sub-grant funded by Baxter Healthcare Corporation. We proudly, are amongst 14 chapters in the Western Area of The Links, Incorporated chosen to be a part of the Black K.A.R.E. Initiative. K.A.R.E. stands for kidney awareness, […]
President Joe Biden to visit El Paso Sunday
by Robert Moore, El Paso Matters January 5, 2023 President Joe Biden will visit El Paso on Sunday, his first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office in 2021. Few details of the visit have been released, but White House officials said the president will “address border enforcement operations and meet with local officials,” […]
MLK El Paso Statement on Shootings in Buffalo, NY
The shooting of thirteen innocent individuals last Saturday in Buffalo, New York, is another example of the seemingly endless violence committed against people of color in our country daily. A volatile combination of assault weapon accessibility, misguided ideologies of hate, domestic terrorism, and tactics of white genocide adopted by an eighteen-year-old resulted in the deaths […]