On this blog, we share the stories of people all over San Antonio who are leading change. Read about the individuals, organizations, and collaborations that are moving us closer to the shared Community Vision.
In San Antonio, and at SA2020, we believe in working together. We believe that everyone has a role to play, no matter how seemingly small or unexpected. And we believe that when we come together, we can create great change—whether
Each year, the student-artists at SAY Sí present Stories Seldom Told, a show based around an issue that they feel is important but largely ignored. This year, they took on educational inequity in San Antonio, creating installations that represented both
In the summer of 2015, after a year and a half of work with over 40 community partners, SA2020 released the Talent Pipeline Task Force Report. Since then, multiple efforts have been created to cultivate, retain, and support our local
To many of us, summer signals a more carefree, relaxing few months. There are family vacations, long days at the pool, and fewer emails in our inboxes. For some kids in our city, though, summer marks an end to some
Hello everybody, my name is Sidney Abeyta and I am super stoked to be joining the SA2020 team this summer through the SA Works program. I love San Antonio and can’t wait to work with this great liaison organization for
My name is Arlenne Serna, and I am a recent graduate from KIPP University Prep. This August, I will begin my college career to pursue my activism career, while focusing on education and international studies. Even though, right now, at this
Visionworks, a national leading eye care provider, is based in downtown San Antonio and takes its location seriously. By committing time and resources to increase Civic Engagement in our community, this company doesn’t just worry about its customers’ vision—they care about
When our community came together 7 years ago to map our future and set shared goals, San Antonio named voter turnout as one of those measures of success. If more San Antonians are aware of the policies set by our
On Friday, May 12th, the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, in partnership with the City of San Antonio and Bexar County, held its 21st Annual Walk and Roll Rally at Main Plaza to highlight the importance of active forms of
As the new Partnership Manager for SA2020, I’ve been touring and visiting with our amazing Partners to learn more about their work and how their efforts advance the SA2020 vision. I’ll be chronicling my Partner visits to connect the micro
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