Pulse 5 Years Later: Barbara Poma — ‘There’s a hate problem in this country’ | Ep. 2
Barbara Poma is a complicated public figure. She and her husband, Rosario, and a business partner, opened Pulse nightclub in 2004. After the shooting, she founded the onePULSE Foundation, dedicated to building a memorial to the 49 killed and a museum to remember their lives and the impact of the tragedy. She reflects on the past five years. “We were able to keep the ball moving during COVID” (1:31) “Survivor Walk will be Phase 1” (4:50) “If you don’t understand LGBTQ history, then you can’t understand why Pulse was so important” (7:39) “How we chose the mission of onePulse” (9:07) “A series of weeklong events” (14:13) “This work gets me out of bed every day” (16:53) “There’s a hate problem in this country” (21:50) “Personally my husband and I have been dropped from the lawsuit” (25:41) “It will hit you when you are least expecting it” (29:27) “We’ve acquired the parcel behind Pulse” (34:51)
