(This protest will be centered around a list of demands compiled by the Black Lives Matter at UTSA organization that was presented at a panel for social justice to our mayor elect, Ron Nirenburg, and several other city official candidates that ran for office earlier this year. Included are also some amendments from Aalyiah Jones who is organizing this protest.) What would BLM like to see from our city officials? The implementation of a bi-annual review of police officers by…

On July 7th, 2017 SAY Sí will present Stories Seldom Told: Less than Equal, an artistic study of educational inequity in San Antonio and its effects on our youth. With the annual Stories Seldom Told exhibition series, SAY Sí student-artists are challenged to critically examine issues that they feel are often ignored. After voting on a topic, the young artists work with mentors to conduct intensive research. Artists then collaboratively present their findings and generate ideas to create multimedia art…

Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and he is the Director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding. He received his BA in History from Georgetown University in 2000 and his doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 2006. Dr. Brown has studied and conducted research in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen,…