PROVIDENCE -- He was a peace activist who lost his life in a car crash one year ago. And on Memorial Day, friends and family remembered David Cartagena.
His family and fellow marched the streets that Cartagena fought to keep safe.
One year after his unexpected death in a car accident, David Cartagena is very much alive in their hearts.
“It's made our family bigger, just remember what David was going for, keep peace, nonviolence,” said Nancy Cartagena, David’s sister.
Cartagena was a street worker with the Institute for Nonviolence and a key figure in the fight for peace.
And it is those he worked with and whose lives he touched that turned out for this memorial.
It's like family, we all stick together, take care of each other, and that's what my brother was trying to do, he touched a lot of lives, lot of kids and I'm proud of that Nancy Cartagena said.
Executive Director of the Institute for Nonviolence, Teeny Gross, said Cartagena's death left a big void at the Institute for Nonviolence, but they've tried to fill it by continuing his work.
We cannot replace David but we made a promise that his spirit will live on in this work and we double our effort, he said.
The Memorial Day march ended at the site that will soon be the new home for the Nonviolence Institute, a goal David Cartagena was so looking forward to, but never lived to see.
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