Esperanza Peace & Justice Center is a community-based cultural arts organization working to promote social justice con arte y cultura. Todxs somos Esperanza ✊🏽
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Today is the 25th anniversary of Esperanza's defunding by the San Antonio City Council. Conservative leaders called our programming "political" & not "artistic" b/c we served and centered the voices of women, queer ppl, ppl of color, the working class and poor. 1/
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On #Fronteras:
Some San Antonians benefited from María Martin's journalistic training at the @esperanzacenter. Those sessions abruptly came to an end when Martin died Dec. 2.
They share their memories of Martin, and talk about the work left unfinished.
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The double summer issue of La Voz (July/August) esperanzacenter.org/la-voz-i…
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June issue of La Voz de Esperanza. Que descanse en paz Beatriz Llama!
Link to read it online esperanzacenter.org/la-voz-i…
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Congrats to the National Endowment for the Arts recipients including San Antonio's @esperanzacenter @SAContemporary, Centro Cultural Aztlan @GeminiInk @SanAntoFamilia! #GetCreativeSA #SATX #Arts #Culture
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La Voz May issue dedicated to our Paseo por El Westside event coming up on Saturday, May 6, 9 AM - 3 PM esperanzacenter.org/la-voz-i…
La Voz issue will be on its way to people's 📬📬📬 soon! But click here to read the February 2023 La Voz issue now! ---> esperanzacenter.org/la-voz..…
There's an article about Class Struggle and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a poem of Victor Hugo's translated by Antonio Cabral y más!
The last issue of La Voz for the year! December '22/January '23 can be accessed at this link esperanzacenter.org/la-voz-i…
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❄️Winter Weather Extended Hours❄️
The City's Homeless Connections Hotline (210-207-1799) is available Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, December 22, and December 23, 2022.
ALT Homeless Connections Hotline 210-207-1799 Providing resources for those experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The City's Homeless Connections Hotline (210-207-1799) is available Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, December 22, and December 23, 2022.
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No Appointment Needed! Remember, you can get your flu shot at the same time you get your COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccinations are especially important for those who have other illnesses, like diabetes. Find a vaccine clinic at covid19.sanantonio.gov/News-………
#GivingTuesday please consider making a one-time donation or becoming a Monthly Donor of the Esperanza!
Support our work for social, economic, environmental & gender justice that we have been undertaking for the past 35 years and continue to undertake daily!
The Calaveras y Ofrenda edición de La Voz is here!!
You may read it online at esperanzacenter.org/la-voz-i…
This Saturday come see us for Noche Azul: Día de Muertos concert at 8 pm at 922 San Pedro. Tickets are $7 más o menos.
Norma Martinez of @TPRNews interviews @MonicaPFlash at tpr.org/podcast/fronteras/20…, Monica talks about her solo career and the difficulties she faced being a queer performer!
Enjoy Comedy Drama Resistance Maracas! Im performing I'M STILL HERE @esperanzacenter Oct 14 & 15 TIX bit.ly/Monica-Palacios
#SanAntonioTX #QueerTeatro #LGBTQ #ChicanaLesbianComedy #Chistosa
The October issue of La Voz is out! There's an article by @MonicaPFlash who's coming back to Esperanza this October 14th & 15th to perform her solo show "I'm Still Here", poetry and other awesome articles. This is the link to read it online esperanzacenter.org/la-voz-i…
Support the Esperanza and other nonprofits in our community by participating in The Big Give! thebiggivesa.org/organizatio… via @GiveGab
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2000: A trial is held before Judge Orlando García. The courtroom is packed with community members, including children whose parents considered their attendance to be an important educational experience. Among many witnesses for the Esperanza, Tomás Ybarra Frausto, 1/4
Negotiations through mediators ensue for several months, finally resulting in the City agreeing to a nearly half-million dollar award in damages plus legal fees, and a consent decree requiring that the City respect the rights of arts and cultural funding applicants, 3/4
