![]() ![]() “This is one way of stopping and just thinking about what’s really going on in our country, so we can … become more involved and become better citizens,” Villarreal said.Īrath Herrera, an integrated health science sophomore, is a student in one of Villarreal’s classes. He said the project allows students to learn through visual sociology and critical thinking. Villarreal said this is the first time he organizes an altarfor school shooting victims and that this is UTRGV’s small contribution to ease the pain of those parents who lost their children. He discussed the idea with his students, who voluntarily contributed to the project by bringing in candles and decorations and organizing the altar.īesides candles, the altar held photos of the victims, toys, statues and flowers. ![]() In an assignment to address gun control, sociology Lecturer Jose Villarreal and his Introduction to Sociology students organized a Día de los Muertos altar in honor of school shooting victims.Īs an educator and an activist, Villarreal said he wanted to honor the children and teachers killed during the shootings that took place in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and in Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The altar is on the first floor of Liberal Arts Building North on the Edinburg campus. Sociology Lecturer Jose Villarreal speaks about the Día de los Muertos altar he and his students created in honor of the victims of the Uvalde and Parkland, Florida, shootings. ![]()
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