Ramona Theater Director Works on Project to Inspire Change Through Music



As the refugee crisis widens across multiple continents, prominent musicians have released songs and music videos that grapple with issues of displacement and immigration. On Thursday, Carnage, a DJ and producer, added one more to the growing canon: “Letting People Go,” a music video that traces the journey of a family from their Nicaraguan hometown to a U.S. detention center. But Carnage’s aim is not just to comment on politics or empathize with the plight of others. His motivation is deeply personal. Carnage, born Diamanté Anthony Blackmon, grew up in Guatemala and came to the U.S. as a child who did not speak English. A generation before him, his grandmother and mother illegally immigrated to the U.S. and were detained and separated in one of the same Texas border cities where migrants are being held today. Watch the video (shown above) and you’ll see Ramona’s own theater program director, Richard Gallegos, in action.

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