James Benavides is the senior communications specialist at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures. He is the museum’s primary spokesperson, working closely with media, managing the museum’s social media channels, and serving as webmaster and staff photographer. He’s a nine-year veteran of the Asian Festival and Texas Folklife Festival.
On February 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures will host the 29th annual Asian Festival, offering guests an opportunity to immerse themselves in an environment where cultural practices are all around them. The Asian
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