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Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Rose Araujo-Iracheta, Barbara Ortiz
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Rose Araujo-Iracheta, Barbara Ortiz
COPS/Metro
Rose Araujo-Iracheta shared some of her experiences with COPS/Metro advocating for community needs, focusing on persistence, collaboration and resilience. She emphasized the role that social justice plays in her motivation to assist co-workers, neighbors, school districts and all communities of San Antonio.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Bernadette Barrett, Qiuying Chen
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Bernadette Barrett, Qiuying Chen
COPS/Metro
Sister Bernadette Barrett shared her thoughts about the racial shift and demographic change in COPS/Metro and San Antonio. Furthermore, she discusses how COPS/Metro uses diverse voices in its decision-making process and empowers young people and minority groups to come to the table with high-ranking city executives. Lastly, Sr. Bernadette reflects on her takeaways from her work in community organizing with COPS/Metro.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Rita Nealon, Barbara Ortiz
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Rita Nealon, Barbara Ortiz
COPS/Metro
Rita Nealon shares her experiences with COPS/Metro over her years in San Antonio. She talked about COPS success and the key role women played in challenging the status quo and advocating for the needs of their community. She talked about actively working within her community for affordable housing, gun control and voter turnout. She hopes the organization will continue to focus on local issues and empower marginalized communities.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Qiuying Chen
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Qiuying Chen
COPS/Metro
In her interview, Linda explained her role in COPS/Metro and shared her optimistic point of view on racial dynamics in San Antonio and COPS/Metro. She also shared examples of COPS/Metro expanding its membership beyond the West Side and increasing diversity within its organization. However, she claims more work must be done regarding immigration rights. Lastly, Linda shared memorable experiences from her work with COPS/Metro, including collaborating with Texas State Representatives on immigration legislation and city officials on affordable housing bonds.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Christina Castro, Barbara Ortiz
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Christina Castro, Barbara Ortiz
COPS/Metro
Christina Castro shared some of her experiences with COPS/Metro advocating for resources and addressing substandard living conditions. She discussed her involvement in various social justice initiatives, including advocating for affordable housing, school tax abatements, and accessible neighborhood libraries. She spoke of the importance faith has in driving her activism. Christina also shared some memorable moments of empowerment, delivering community wins for educational partnerships scholarships, after-school programs, and economic development projects.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Steve Mendonza, Qiuying Chen
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Steve Mendonza, Qiuying Chen
COPS/Metro
In his interview, Steve Mendoza reflected on the history of redlining and resource inequality in San Antonio and the impact it’s had on the neighborhoods COPS/Metro serves. He also discusses demographic changes within the COPS/Metro organization. He prides himself on the success of COPS/Metro’s Project Quest education program that has benefited the people living on the Westside. Looking to the future, Steve hopes COPS/Metro develops more programs for the changing needs and demographics of San Antonio.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Gabriella Lohan, Gabriella Parra
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Gabriella Lohan, Gabriella Parra
COPS/Metro
Sister Gabriella Lohan discusses her background in education. She explains how she became involved with COPS and some initiatives she has worked on. She discusses what she has experienced in her time with COPS.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Kensley Dieckow
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Linda Davila, Kensley Dieckow
COPS/Metro
In the oral history interview of Linda Davila, she reflects on her involvement with COPS, starting from its early days in 1974 when the organization tackled issues like flooding, to her recent efforts, as a leader from St. Timothy Parish, in advocating for affordable housing. Linda discusses the importance of community listening sessions and the role personal stories played in her passion for social justice. Despite changes in community support and expansion of COPS / Metro's reach across San Antonio, the organization remains dedicated to listening to community needs and relationship building. Looking ahead, Linda sees COPS / Metro continuing …
Cops/Metro Alliance- Stmu Oral Histories With Lizzy Gore, Kensley Dieckow
Cops/Metro Alliance- Stmu Oral Histories With Lizzy Gore, Kensley Dieckow
COPS/Metro
In the oral history interview of Lizzie Gore, she shares her motivations behind pursuing a career in social justice and personal journey joining the COPS organization. She reflects on the challenges she faced going to community organizing from an education background. Lizzy shares a proudest moment involving the Cassiano Homes Project, where a struggling community, with COPS' support, successfully advocated for city funding to improve housing conditions. Looking to the future, Lizzy sees COPS evolving to meet the changing institutional landscape in San Antonio.
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Gabriella Lohan, Kensley Dieckow
Cops/Metro Alliance-Stmu Oral Histories With Sister Gabriella Lohan, Kensley Dieckow
COPS/Metro
In the oral history interview of Sr. Gabriella Lohan, she discusses San Antonio’s social and political history, as well as the role COPS / Metro Alliance has played in reaching marginalized communities across the city. Over time, COPS / Metro has adapted to new issues like education and fair banking, reflecting changing community needs while staying true to its core mission of empowering citizens and promoting democracy. Throughout the interview, Sr. Lohan explored the role her faith has played throughout her life’s work in social justice.
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Willie Mae Clay, Gabriella Parra
Cops/Metro Alliance - Stmu Oral Histories With Willie Mae Clay, Gabriella Parra
COPS/Metro
Willie Mae Clay discusses her educational background and how she applied this in her work. She explains how her passion drew her to COPS/Metro Alliance.
Texas Indian Holocaust And Survival: Mcallen Grace Brethren Church V. Salazar, Milo Colton
Texas Indian Holocaust And Survival: Mcallen Grace Brethren Church V. Salazar, Milo Colton
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
When the first Europeans entered the land that would one day be called Texas, they found a place that contained more Indian tribes than any other would-be American state at the time. At the turn of the twentieth century, the federal government documented that American Indians in Texas were nearly extinct, decreasing in number from 708 people in 1890 to 470 in 1900. A century later, the U.S. census recorded an explosion in the American Indian population living in Texas at 215,599 people. By 2010, that population jumped to 315,264 people.
Part One of this Article chronicles the forces contributing …
Don't Delete That Tweet: Federal And Presidential Records In The Age Of Social Media, Gabriel M. A. Elorreaga
Don't Delete That Tweet: Federal And Presidential Records In The Age Of Social Media, Gabriel M. A. Elorreaga
St. Mary's Law Journal
Statutes governing preservation of presidential records must be adapted to accommodate presidents’ evolving use of social media accounts. The Freedom of Information Act is meant to promote government transparency, and subjects governmental agencies to information requests from members of the public. However, as it relates to social media records, the problem is one of volume; are the means of preservation currently in place able to adequately address the vast amount of records created by a President’s use of social media? This Comment argues that they are not, although they do provide a useful basis for how to adapt record preservation …
"A Date Which Will Live In Infamy": College Newspaper Reporting Of U.S. Entry Into Wwii, Jill Crane, Marcella Lesher
"A Date Which Will Live In Infamy": College Newspaper Reporting Of U.S. Entry Into Wwii, Jill Crane, Marcella Lesher
Faculty Publications
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Community Leaders Negotiate A Framework For Their Archival Collection, Diane Duesterhoeft
Community Leaders Negotiate A Framework For Their Archival Collection, Diane Duesterhoeft
Faculty Publications
This presentation describes the path an established community organization traveled toward getting their historicalmaterials into a local archive.
No Lo Tires! Don't Throw It Away! Texas Latino Archives Shaping Their Own Narrative: Community Leaders Negotiate A Framework For Their Archival Collection, Diane Duesterhoeft
No Lo Tires! Don't Throw It Away! Texas Latino Archives Shaping Their Own Narrative: Community Leaders Negotiate A Framework For Their Archival Collection, Diane Duesterhoeft
Faculty Publications
Practical tips for organizations and individuals considering preserving their historical records with a local archive.