With Black History Month occuring in February, a local coalition decided to take action and help by creating an event to help other El Paso organizations.

The El Paso C.A.R.E. Coalition’s primary objective is to ‘provide aid to the El Paso community, specifically focusing on ways to assist BIPOC women.’

They work to ‘not only provide aid but also a platform for the marginalized to tell their silenced stories to reclaim agency for themselves consequently create a more equitable community, state, nation, and ultimately world.’

The all female members of this revolutionary coalition include President Victoria Edwards, Treasurer Malorie Guerrero, Historian Paige Censale, Vice President Tamieka Henry, and Secretary Jazmine Cuevas. 

President Victoria Edwards said this about the coalition, “We just are a group that really wants to see incremental change for the larger movement… essentially we are just five women redistributing wealth.”

The Carpool Cinema took place at the El Paso Coliseum on Saturday 27, 2021, which included two showings: “The Hate You Give” that played at 7:00 PM and “Us” at 10:00 PM.

Secretary Jazmine Cuevas, said this about the movies that they played, specifically “The Hate You Give”, “Not a lot of people know the story, and it’s very relevant to the events that just transpired… this is real life and these are real issues that we have to deal with.”

Tickets were sold online at universe.com and at the venue for $25 for general parking and $30 for VIP parking.

The proceeds of the event went to Dame La Mano, Reynolds Home, Villa Maria and the C.A.R.E Coalition evenly.

Treasurer Malorie Guerrero said, “It would be nice to see many more of these events going on, especially in the community.” 

All of the groups spoke to the audience 10 minutes before each showtime and set up booths throughout the venue for information on the resources they provide.

Jazmine Cuevas said this about the success of the event, “Just that we had the opportunity and the platform to shed light on these issues and to be able to benefit these organizations, I think that is a success in itself.” 

Tamieka Henry, vice president of the C.A.R.E. Coalition and the Co Founder/President of El Paso Young Black Leaders was kind enough to share links to upcoming events and scholarship opportunities with the students of Loretto Academy below. 

Although the Carpool Cinema is over, Black History Month never is, there are more ways to support the C.A.R.E. Coalition, the information to do so will also be included down below.

El Paso Young Black Leaders Events: https://www.epybl.org/our-commitment/events

El Paso Young Black Leaders Scholarship: https://www.epybl.org/Technology-Initiative