By Mr. Alvarez | Climate Change Community LLC On July 7th (see post below), I wrote to you about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — a 52-year-old father, a builder of homes, shot and killed by an ICE officer on Canal Street in Houston's East End on his way to work. I asked every agent, every officer,... Continue Reading →
From a Latino to ICE: Stop Disappearing Us. Stop Killing Us.
By Mr. Alvarez | Climate Change Community LLC Say His Name: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo On the morning of July 7, 2026, at about 6:50 a.m., a 52-year-old man named Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Canal Street, in Houston's East End — a historically Latino... Continue Reading →
250 Candles, One Clave: A July 4th Message for the America We’re Still Becoming
A reflection on our Semiquincentennial, the noise that's trying to drown out our goodness, and the deeper emergency waiting on the other side of our attention. Two hundred and fifty years. That's a long time for a nation to keep arguing with itself about who it wants to be. Today, on this Fourth of July,... Continue Reading →
When Compassion Meets Cruelty: Standing Firm in Nonviolence During Times of Injustice
In a world of rising fear and division, our collective humanity—and our adherence to peace—may be the strongest act of resistance we have left. A friend recently showed me a series of Instagram videos—real, unfiltered, and heartbreaking. They captured scenes of ICE officers attacking ordinary citizens: parents dropping their children off at school, people walking... Continue Reading →