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
It’s International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievement of women. Seems only fitting, then, that yesterday, the SA2020 Team visited one of our partners, Dress for Success San Antonio. There, we learned about
At SA2020 we live in the middle – the squishy center that allows us to research and analyze and evaluate and question. We know, as an organization that specializes in community change and incremental progress, that there is generally no
On #GivingTuesday, we celebrated philanthropy and encouraged San Antonians to #Give2020: give $20 to SA2020, and then find a SA2020 Partner organization that supports your passion and give them another $20. And while we’re (obviously) huge advocates of giving funds to your favorite nonprofits, we also think
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, show a little love to San Antonio. Living in a city is kinda like being in a relationship, right? There are things you fell in love with at first sight, new things you learn
By SA2020 Staff People throw around the term “financial aid” a lot. Many students are probably getting tired of hearing about it. But if you’re not in high school or a parent, you might be unfamiliar with the importance of
By Brandon Logan, 2014 Volunteer Leader for SA2020 Resolutions I remember the moment very distinctly — the date was December 20, 2013 and the time was 9:07AM when I received a phone call from the CEO of SA2020, Mr.
By Brandon Logan, Volunteer Leader for SA2020 Resolutions (Follow him here!) Serving as the Volunteer Leader for SA2020 has been one of the most rewarding roles of my life. Over the last five months I have had an opportunity to
By Tony Leverett, Director, Eastside Promise Neighborhood Often we hear “What Can Brown Do for you?” Well, this time it was to build a community garden on the Eastside of San Antonio. This past Saturday over 25 volunteers from UPS Inside Sales
The year was 2002 and, at the time, I was going through my most challenging hardship as a high school student-athlete. My team had just been eliminated from the state playoffs in football and our season was over. Not only had our season ended, but also the hard work I had put in with my teammates over the course of our high school career had abruptly ended. This loss happened during my senior year, so there would not be an opportunity to avenge this loss.
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