A year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused neighbor who lost limbs to Winter Storm Uri exposed the gaps in San Antonio’s broken safety net.
Tag: housing justice
‘His Name Is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex ( 3 of 3)
This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.
‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (2 of 3)
This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.
‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (1 of 3)
This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.
Take Action: Join SAHA Residents in Demanding Safe Housing and Clean Water
SAHA residents respond to the horrific losses of power and water that left residents feeling “left to die”—including one confirmed case of Legionnaires’ disease currently under investigation. Marisol Cortez During Winter Storm Uri last month, residents of Fair Avenue Apartments—a San Antonio Housing Authority complex on SA’s Southside where a […]
PODCAST: Housing Justice Hunger Striker Molly Wright Demands Your Attention
Deceleration · 15: Homelessness Advocate Molly Wright is on a Hunger Strike in San Antonio ‘When you’re homeless, you don’t have the energy to protest.’ What to do when traditional forms of protest have become ‘white noise’ for elected leaders? Marisol Cortez In 2016, a year after the last residents were […]
TAKE ACTION: COVID-19 Recovery & Utility Justice Town Hall
UPDATE (9:24PM): THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NATIONAL SIERRA CLUB IS PUTTING ALL OF ITS COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH ON PAUSE TO HELP KEEP OUR FOCUS ON THE WORK OF BLACK LIVES MATTER ACROSS THE NATION. We know pollution kills. We know that utility rates aren’t fair. And we know that […]
TAKE ACTION: Support SAHA Tenants Union
San Antonio Tenants Union’s year-end summary of organizing successes and call for ongoing support. Pancho Valdez After complaining for over six months and having our issues ignored by the local news media, KABB-TV reporter Darian Trotter took a big step in exposing how lack of security at apartments managed by […]