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UIW Honors Program presents A Call for Social Justice
Several UIW students traveled to the Rio Grande Valley in October 2014 to learn about the economic and social issues in this impoverished area of the country. They will report and reflect on the people and organizations they witnessed during their three-day trip, then add their reflections on the legal and other constraints that are affecting the development of this region. Presentation attendees will find out how they can support these local groups and impact legislation to help residents of…
Find out more »Gentrification Town Hall Meeting
The University of Texas at San Antonio and the San Antonio Express-News will host a town hall meeting on gentrification and inner-city revitalization February 10 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the UTSA Downtown Campus. The event is free and open to the public. Organizers ask that attendees RSVP by sending an email to letters@express-news.net. The event brings together distinguished experts including UTSA’s Center for Cultural Sustainability Director William Dupont, as well as former City Councilwoman Maria Berriozábal; Richard Gambitta,…
Find out more »Rally in support of Sonia, her husband and two children who are in detention
Rally in support of Sonia, her husband and two children who are in detention This family fled Mexico on November 2nd after six-months of protesting over the kidnapping of their 22 year old son—a U.S. citizen—by the Mexican military. They came to the U.S. after the Mexican military raided their home in Matamoros. After two months of detention, ICE has set a $7,500 bond on the mother and two young children. The U.S. Government should release this family and actively…
Find out more »Lecture: Emancipation & Commemoration: Abraham Lincoln & Harriet Tubman in History & Memory
Join the University Library and History Program as they proudly present Dr. Catherine Clinton, Gilbert M. Denman Endowed Professor in American History from UTSA on February 11 in the Vista Room of the Central Academic Building at Main Campus. Dr. Clinton's presentation, Emancipation & Commemoration: Abraham Lincoln & Harriet Tubman in History & Memory is free and open to the public. Her presentation is in conjuction with the Civil War 150 project, an initiative meant to encourage public exploration of…
Find out more »Lecture: Prison Boom in Rural Towns @ UTSA Downtown
The UTSA Department of Demography, housed in the College of Public Policy, will host a lecture by sociologist John Eason on the economic consequences of the rural prison development boom at noon on Thursday, Feb. 12 in Frio Street Building Room 1.402 at the UTSA Downtown Campus. The event, presented as part of the department's annual lecture series, is free and open to the public. Eason is an assistant professor in the department of sociology at Texas A&M University. His…
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