When a person dies in Bexar County and has no resources for a funeral, the county contracts and persons are buried three to a grave, sometime listed as unidentified. As one of the Corporal Works of Mercy, we honor those who are buried here, and express, as a community, our love. The Lazarus Community meets on the third Saturday of the month at First Memorial Park Cemetery, 20567 State HWY 16 at 11 am to honor, in a memorial service,…
Find out more »Historias de El Salvador: De Violencia a Resistencia, a new exhibit at the Southwest Workers Union‘s Movement Gallery by community activists and artists Alvaro Rafael and Dany Romero, offers a compelling and challenging perspective on the ongoing violence in El Salvador. Using painting and sculpture as well as poetry and photographs, Rafael and Romero provide a historical understanding of El Salvador’s current immigration crisis as well as the powerful resistance movements that are trying to heal the fractured country. The exhibit will…
Find out more »In support of the lawsuit to release Lucky the lone remaining Asian elephant at the San Antonio Zoo, we will be holding this protest. As always, we'll be meeting in the train depot parking lot at the San Antonio Zoo.
Find out more »Arist, vandal, activist, and risk taker, Shepard Fairey challenges the establishment. Author of Shepard Fairey Inc. Artist/Professional/Vandal (2014) G. James Daichendt discusses street art as a global movement and the influence of Shepard Fairey's protest prints. Daichendt is Professor of Art History and Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Point Loma Nazarene University. There is no charge for the lecture, but McNay admission is $20 for adults (members, children, teens and active duty military are free;…
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