By T. J. Mayes, SA2020 Ambassador in Civic Engagement Several times a month, citizens get an opportunity to speak directly to the Mayor and City Council about whatever topic they choose. This event, called “Citizens to Be Heard,” is a
By David Nungaray (Haga clic aquí para leer en español) There are many firsts that are clear in my mind when I think about our beautiful city of San Antonio. The first time I flew into the city from California
David Nungaray (click here to read in English) Hay muchas cosas que están claras en mi mente cuando pienso en nuestra hermosa ciudad de San Antonio. La primera vez que viajé a la ciudad de California y vi los árboles
By Stephanie Jerger People often ask me, “how did you get started in non-profit work?” or “why did you want to work for a non-profit organization?” Truth is (drum roll please… ) like most, I don’t have a good answer.
By Laura Carter As a longtime resident of San Antonio, blogger and nonprofit enthusiast, I have been aware of SA2020 since the beginning. I watched the NOWCastSA live webcast of the first community meeting. Skeptical, but interested, I payed attention
By Dave Gannon The 2012-13 school year was my first year as a San Antonio Youth Literacy Reading Buddy. After just one year, I’m convinced that more people need to get involved in programs like this one. My Buddy is an
The adult obesity rate in San Antonio and Bexar County dropped from 35.1 percent to 28.5 percent from 2010 to 2012
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020