“First We Bombed NM” Free Viewing Hosted by Otero County LULAC Council 8105

“First We Bombed NM” Free Viewing Hosted by Otero County LULAC Council 8105Photo by2nd Life Media Alamogordo Town News

Otero County LULAC presents a Free Private Showing of "First We Bombed NM: A Downwinders Saga” Saturday May 18, 2024 at 2pm at Universal Unitarian Hall, 1010 16th Street, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 88310.

First We Bombed New Mexico is the untold story of Trinity, the world's first nuclear bomb detonated in New Mexico one month before the bombing of Hiroshima

It is a story of government betrayal with tragic consequences. Thousands of New Mexicans - mostly Hispanic and Native American - were exposed to catastrophic levels of radioactive fallout, never warned, never acknowledged and never helped afterwards. Generations of cancers followed.

Latina businesswoman and cancer survivor, Tina Cordova ignites a grassroots movement in New Mexico and demands justice exposing what the Government knew and covered up with an indifference to the poisoning of its own citizens. Tina Cordova leads the fight for justice for majority Indigenous and Latino Nuevomexicano communities in New Mexico.

Locals in Otero and Lincoln Counties of New Mexico have suffered for decades as a result of radiation produced by the world's first atomic attack at Trinity.

This documentary is witness to the people's narrative for voices not heard.

LULAC which is hosting this must see film was begun in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas during a time when Latinos and other minority groups faced many barriers to vote in elections.

For over 95 years, LULAC has recognized other issues that face the Latino community such as education, health, employment and has branched out to work on them. The Otero County Council 8105 has a proud and long history of active community service. Most recently the local council has engaged in educational issues and raised concerns about a lack of representation by the Alamogordo Charter Schools founding board, issued a letter of support for a Filipino teacher fighting for HB1 sponsorship to keep teaching locally andhosted workshops on weatherizing homes in the lower income and inner city Alamogordo communities

To learn more contact Contact: Joann Chávez Vullo, President -oterocountylulac@gmail.com
or Stan Hernández.