COPS/Metro Alliance: 40+ Years of Organizing in Texas

Leaders of COPS/Metro Alliance, together with other Network of Texas Organizations, will honor 40+ Years of Organizing in Texas with an assembly of 1,000 leaders on Saturday, April 30, 2016, 3 PM – 4:30 PM, at the Thomas Edison High School Auditorium, 701 Santa Monica Street, San Antonio, TX 78212.

 COPS/Metro Alliance leaders and local and statewide dignitaries will be present to commemorate the legacy of the organization and the accomplishment of their leaders. During the past four decades, COPS/Metro leaders have directed more than $1 Billion into improving their neighborhoods and ensuring that a safety net exists for the most vulnerable in our communities. Many of the parks, schools, libraries, grocery stores, houses, sidewalks, streets, drainage, police substations and health clinics, especially on the South and Westside, were built through the efforts of COPS/Metro leaders. Moving forward, COPS/ Metro and the statewide network will launch a renewed, non-partisan statewide strategy to make Texas a better place for our children and grandchildren.

First president of Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS), Andy Sarabia, notes that COPS/Metro “has been a vehicle which has taught regular, everyday people to learn how to converse, listen and organize themselves around common interests. Together effectively changing the political culture of our beloved city…. Imagine San Antonio’s ZIP codes 78207 and 78258 working together, crafting an agenda for the future of San Antonio. Now that would be powerful!”