El Paso

that as Antonio grows up, his destiny will come naturally to him and he will know what he is meant to be when the right time comes. When Antonio witnessed the death of Florence, he started having terrible nightmares to which Ultima suggested a stay at El Puerto where Antonio will be away from the terrible events that had occurred. Ultima assures Antonio that part of life is the sadness and pain that comes along with it and that Antonio must not give up even in the toughest of times, but rather…

The Segundo Barrio Murals are located in South El Paso and the area has always been a poverty stricken area. The name Segundo Barrio came from the Mexicans who actually live their which translate to the Second Ward. Through out history people have always been drawing on walls anyway that they could and the muralists in El Paso are no exception. The Mexican mural tradition started back in 1921 with artists such as Diego Rivera who through his art portrayed his heritage, culture and the everyday…

Each year the members of the El Paso Art Museum vote on which art pieces will be purchased to become part of their permeant collection. In 2010, Carole A. Feuerman's resin sculpture Summer was placed in the El Paso Art Museum. This sculpture was part of Feuerman’s “Earth Wind Air fire” retrospective exhibit Feuerman’s hyper-realistic sculpture was purchased for $80,000 dollars to become a permanent part of the El Paso Art Museum collection (City of El Paso, 2010). Feuerman is known to make…

My community is well known for being multicultural since we consider El Paso, Tx and CIudad Juarez, Mexico, to be a big united city. As Americans, here in El Paso, we are all proud to be able to speak perfect English and Spanish as well as to be part of both cultures. Many people from El Paso,TX and from Juarez cross each day to the opposite city where they work, go to school, or visit family. That is why we consider both cities, to be a big city that is just divided by an international border.…

place where dogs can run without a leash. Dog parks have become very popular throughout urban areas for the limited amount of space. In the City of El Paso there are currently three dog parks located at: West side Don Haskins Community Center, Album Park and near Esperanza Moreno Park. The goal of this paper is to approve a new dog park in the City of El Paso. DOG PARK Benefits of a dog park in the community When people go out for a run or take their children to play in the park they socialize…

In a niche between downtown and the Rio Grande, El Paso’s Segundo Barrio neighborhood is smattered with excellent, large-scale murals depicting the cultural and political histories of the resident migrant workers, immigrants, and families. Pick a sunny Saturday morning to stroll the streets and see the neighborhood at its liveliest.El Segundo Barrio also known as South El Paso is a historic Hispanic neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. The name, El Segundo Barrio, is Spanish for the Second Day, To a…

would be the Mexican-American working class. Not only he himself is a Mexican-American working class, but he must have run into other Mexican-Americans during his long experience as a journeyman carpenter. Especially the fact he found lots of work in El Paso, which has a heavy Mexican-American population. These are just a few of an examples in how his how his own experiences shape his…

Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. What many are not familiar with is how Texas border cities with Mexico, particularly the borderland of El Paso, TX, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, saw a significant increase in gender violence after the signing of NAFTA. Since the early 1990’s to the early 2000’s, Ciudad Juárez became the central stage for the most gruesome femicides in the world. As…

Plessey v. Ferguson. Thelma White had a big impact on allowing African Americans to attend the same schools that White people attended. Thelma White was born on January 10, 1936 in small city in Texas called Marlin. As a small child she moved to El Paso, Texas with her family. White, attended her local public schools. She was a very smart and successful student managed to…

University Medical Center is the largest public hospital located on the U.S./Mexico border. El Paso is located in West Texas in the Chihuahuan Desert along the Rio Grande. Immigration is a key factor due to El Paso’s proximity to Mexico impacting not only the city but the hospital as well. University Medical Center is the only non-profit hospital in El Paso. In the 1950s, the residents of El Paso voted to create the El Paso County Hospital District. By doing this the residents agreed that part…