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Homelessness in San Antonio
Join the Dignowity Hill Neighborhood Association for a discussion on the future of homelessness in a growing urban community. This panel’s conversation will help shift the community from the topic of “how can we reduce the amount of homeless individuals in our neighborhoods”, to one of “‘how can we help reduce homelessness”. As San Antonio develops new approaches and mindsets to deal with the massive population growth that will take place in the next two decades, how are others approaching…
Find out more »Equality Project Workshop
With the anticipated onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation in the 2017 legislative session, The Equality Project is hosting a training to help the LGBTQ and ally community learn how we can take positive, concrete steps to get engaged. The Equality Project is a public education and civic engagement program on policy issues and their effect on Texans. The Project also trains participants to establish relationships with their state representatives and senators, and to advocate for policy changes with their elected officials.…
Find out more »CANCELLED: Appropriation and Appreciation (a 4 course dinner discussion on gentrification)
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Cultural appropriation is a term not often used, but when used it carries a weight that is often misunderstood to the point of offense at times. Where do we draw the line between “appropriate” forms of cultural exchange and more damaging patterns of cultural appropriation? With San Antonio's culinary selections and availability ever expanding, how do we honor the cultures we are sampling from? Equally our communities are becoming more susceptible to another term that…
Find out more »Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: Marc Lamont Hill @TrinityU
Marc Lamont Hill is currently the host of BET News and VH1 Live, as well as a political contributor for CNN. An award-winning journalist, Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Hill is a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College. Prior to that, he held positions at Columbia University and Temple University. The annual MLK lecture is co-sponsored with the City…
Find out more »Ixcanul Screening
RAICES is proud to host the first screening of Ixcanul in San Antonio. The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Kaqchikel speaking Mayans on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. Immersing us in its characters' customs and beliefs, Ixcanul chronicles with unblinking realism, a disappearing tradition and a disappearing people. Subtitled in English. Tickets available through EventBrite.
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