DENNIS RAPHAEL GARCIA, AWA

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Driving into Colby with the sun rising over the High Plains. 🌅🚗

Coming back to this community reminds me of the connections and conversations we’ve shared here before. I’m grateful for the chance to return with Las Madres and continue

Returning to Dodge City felt like coming back to the heart of Las Madres. ❤️

So much of Irene’s journey began here, and sharing her story — along with Candelaria’s and Rafaela’s — with this community was deeply meaningf

Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to honor the families who contributed to the economic development of this country. 🇲🇽📖

Those families include my great-grandmother, Candelaria, my grandmother, Rafaela, and my mother Irene. They faced poverty, r

Returning to Dodge City brings me back to the heart of their story. ❤️

So much of Las Madres—especially Irene’s journey—began here. I’m grateful for the chance to share it with the Dodge City community.

🗓️ Tuesday, Sept 1

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“There’s one place that all of the people with the greatest potential are gathered, one place, and that’s the graveyard. People ask me all the time, ‘What kind of stories do you want to tell Viola?’ And I say, ‘Exhume those stories, the stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition, people who fell in love and lost.’”

— Viola Davis

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