For the first time, in a place where stories are mostly shared in a book, they're capturing history with peoples' voices instead.
For the first time, in a place where stories are mostly shared in a book, they're capturing history with peoples' voices instead.UVALDE, Texas — In the days following the tragedy at Robb Elementary School in 2022, support poured in from around the world.
Many, too, are eager to continue being part of the healing process that continues for families of the 21 victims, and that may never end. Over the past two years, during the month of May, an influx of boxes is dropped off at El Progreso Memorial Library in Uvalde. Inside are homemade gifts to let the community know it isn't mourning alone. "Origami cranes, origami cats, origami shirts," she says, listing off some items.
In partnership with Humanities Texas, El Progreso received funding through the National Endowment for Humanities to fund the library's new effort to preserve the many thousands of tokens of love it's received. "They're in temporary storage right now, but we're working on a project to expand our archive so we can permanently store them," Sinclair says.
"There was so much love, passion and compassion that came out of this," Sinclair said."So we chose to focus on that so that this can be a place to heal."In the days after gunfire rang out at Robb, El Progreso Memorial Library became a place for the community to escape reality.For the first time, in a place where stories are mostly shared in a book, they're capturing history with peoples' voices instead.
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