Searching for Peace on the Rio Grande

A report from the banks of the Rio Grande during the “Bridging Borders and Leveraging Water for Peace” World Water Week 24 conference in El Paso/Juárez.

The Sunland Rio Grande site. A keen eye might see the border wall along the hills and mountain in the distance. (Photo credit: Todd Miller)

When we reached the Sunland Rio Grande site, artist Sandra Paola López Ramírez asked everybody to greet the river. It was a cold, windy morning, and rain spit down from a large, dark cloud that hung over El Paso and …