All Things Black in El Paso
by BEPV Staff
Join us for our quarterly Black Community Leaders Roundtable with the FBI. Attendees are given information to share with members of their communities. This month the topic is Crimes Against Children and Sextortion. Find out how you can assist with keeping our youth safe. If you are a part of an organization, church, or just a community member who would like to attend, please sign up. Seating is limited. Location is given to attendees after signing up. For more information, email monica@blackelpasovoice.com.
by BEPV Staff
There is still time to submit your business, church, or organization listing for the relaunch of Black El Paso Voice, May 1st. In the meantime, stay connected on social media @blackelpasovoice.
by BEPV Staff
by admin
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 of ten Blacks and three wounded. The teenager accused of killing Blacks in the Buffalo supermarket massacre posted a rambling white supremacist manifesto that spewed a racist philosophy and outlined step-by-step plans to exterminate Blacks in the U.S.
On behalf of the El Paso MLK Committee, we offer our sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this horrific tragedy. We pray that God will strengthen, encourage, and uplift you during this extremely difficult time.
As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stated, “Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness.” We pray the El Paso Community will continue to align itself with local law enforcement agencies, faith-based groups, school administrators, school districts, parents, organizations, and entrepreneurs to eradicate the threat of violence.
Humbly submitted,
Bishop Albert J. Mays, Jr., MA. ED, ED (c), D.D.
President
MLK Committee