A local blogger and social media manager with a passion for justice, education, health, faith, and family. A local business owner who isn’t afraid to stand up for what she believes in and makes the city a little friendlier. A
By Lorenzo Gomez How do you tell your story or sell your idea in seven words or less? In the start-up world the ability to distill your idea into one sentence is an art that takes almost NBA-level practice at
By Brittany Sharnsky, SA2020 team member and Ambassador for Downtown Development Here’s the thing—Millennials get a bad rap, but they’re kind of my favorite people (and not just because I am one). Even though Millennials are chided for tweeting, facebooking
Today the San Antonio City Council will make a decision regarding the proposed Non Discrimination Ordinance. After setting aside the complexity of unwritten inferences, and cultural, religious, or environmental biases on both sides of this issue, I see something quite
By T. J. Mayes, SA2020 Ambassador in Civic Engagement Several times a month, citizens get an opportunity to speak directly to the Mayor and City Council about whatever topic they choose. This event, called “Citizens to Be Heard,” is a
By David Nungaray (Haga clic aquí para leer en español) There are many firsts that are clear in my mind when I think about our beautiful city of San Antonio. The first time I flew into the city from California
David Nungaray (click here to read in English) Hay muchas cosas que están claras en mi mente cuando pienso en nuestra hermosa ciudad de San Antonio. La primera vez que viajé a la ciudad de California y vi los árboles
By Stephanie Jerger People often ask me, “how did you get started in non-profit work?” or “why did you want to work for a non-profit organization?” Truth is (drum roll please… ) like most, I don’t have a good answer.
By Laura Carter As a longtime resident of San Antonio, blogger and nonprofit enthusiast, I have been aware of SA2020 since the beginning. I watched the NOWCastSA live webcast of the first community meeting. Skeptical, but interested, I payed attention
By Dave Gannon The 2012-13 school year was my first year as a San Antonio Youth Literacy Reading Buddy. After just one year, I’m convinced that more people need to get involved in programs like this one. My Buddy is an
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020