North Carolina Honors the Lives Lost Due to Lack of Access to Healthcare

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Daisy Garcia Montoya, Education Reporter: Families decorate white crosses in Indian Mound Park (Gladstone & Belmont Blvds) on Saturday, November 1, in honor of their loved ones who lost their lives to violence, as part of a Day of the Dead exhibit. The Mattie Rhodes Center (MRC), a Northeast-based nonprofit organization focused on serving the community, leads this initiative and organizes the exhibit each year during the Day of the Dead.

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Community members, advocates, and families in North Carolina held the event "From Memory to Resistance: Health Can't Wait," a Day of the Dead-inspired event that honored state residents who have lost loved ones due to lack of access to healthcare. Just days before the Day of the Dead, the event amplified the voices of Latino families and others facing the burden of ever-increasing medical premiums and looming Medicaid cuts that threaten their ac…