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.
It was a beautiful day on Saturday, March 5, as the Office of Historic Preservation kicked off our 2016 SApreservation 5K series. Over 50 runners and walkers enjoyed the first guided tour of the season which explored San Antonio Water Works
In the spirit of International Women’s Day, the San Antonio non-profit Women’s Global Connection (WGC) put on the half-day Girls Global Summit recently to empower and build up area girls and young women. A diverse group of over 200 girls,
On March 3rd, SA2020 went back to junior high! We headed out to Nimitz Middle School to volunteer with our friends Spare Parts, a nonprofit arts organization that supports reuse education through art classes, projects, and exhibitions. They visited Nimitz
Krystiana Compton has a pretty awesome resolution for 2016: she’ll give to a different local organization every month—and share her experiences. You can follow along each month to read about where Krystiana has gotten involved, and maybe find some new opportunities to
The Playhouse San Antonio recently announced their 2016-2017 Season for their two theatre spaces, which includes both large-scale musicals as well as newer and classic works. The Russell Hill Rogers Theatre, The Playhouse’s ‘main stage’ space, will begin with Beauty
What does it mean to be a changemaker? At SAY Sí, this question has become more relevant than ever. Back in the summer of 2015—which in nonprofit time feels like two years ago—our administrative team put our heads together and decided
For the 5th year running, teenagers from all over the city united at Brandeis High School on Saturday, Feb. 27, to meet their favorite authors at Northside ISD’s author festival, LibraryPalooza: That Author Thing! LibraryPalooza began as a way to
The primary mission of the City of San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) is to preserve and protect the unique historic structures, archaeological sites, and design features of San Antonio, most of which exist in the downtown area. Starting
I have been involved with the education of young children, ages 3 to 5, for close to 16 years now. Once a classroom teacher, I now serve as a volunteer for a passion that is embedded in my heart: working
Election Day for the Texas primary is just 1 week away! On March 1st, you’ll have 12 hours to cast your vote at your local polling place. This week, however, you have 4 more days to visit any voting location you wish. We
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