We Will Never Forget: Youth-Created 9/11 Remembrance Wall

Led by 17-year-old Las Vegas high school senior Aiyana Castro and her youth-led nonprofit, Creating a Giving Culture LV, this 25th-anniversary project brings young people together to honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001, recognize the courage and sacrifice of first responders, and ensure that a generation born after 9/11 continues the promise to never forget. Students from across Southern Nevada are creating handwritten and illustrated remembrance cards explaining why 9/11 must continue to be remembered. Youth and community volunteers will help assemble these messages into a large-scale Remembrance Wall consisting of ten freestanding 4-by-8-foot panels centered around an original “We Will Never Forget” mural. The completed wall will be displayed at multiple remembrance and community events throughout Southern Nevada, where visitors can read the students’ messages, reflect, and contribute their own commitment to remembrance. This project transforms history into youth-led education, service, unity and action.