Public health experts and community workers convened this week at Deceleration’s ‘Heat Emergency’ forum to connect the dots between extreme heat’s causes, local impacts, and how best to interrupt the gathering crisis and (hopefully) save some lives.
Tag: human rights
Extreme Heat Could Have Killed Dozens in San Antonio During 2023, Says SAMMinistries CEO
SAMMinistries has tracked deaths within the unhoused community for years. Their CEO thinks extreme heat may have directly caused dozens of deaths and contributed to even more during 2023’s unprecedented heatwave. There is no local research initiative that can prove them right or wrong.
VIDEO: Easter Vigil Highlights Ongoing Eviction of Migratory Birds at Brackenridge Park
Ongoing City of San Antonio efforts to displace migratory birds runs counter to the sustained message from park visitors and neighbors in favor of protecting the area’s ecology—including migratory birds.
Centering Housing as a Human Right in the San Antonio Struggle
For most of the world, housing is at least understood as a human right. Yet in the richest nation on earth—and in San Antonio—the struggle continues for both housing justice action and agreement.
The Sacred & The Law: Indigenous Claims on Trial in Brackenridge Lawsuit
The core question for U.S. District Judge Fred Biery is whether the City of San Antonio has made sufficient effort to provide members of the Lipan-Apache “Hoosh Chetzel” Native American Church access to one of their holiest sites for religious ceremony. The City’s attorneys argued last week that accommodation isn’t even required.
‘His Name Was Albert’: Living & Dying in San Antonio’s Climate Shocks
On August 12, 2023, after enduring nearly a month of triple-digit temperatures Garcia, at age 56, passed away. Residents are now seeking to hold city and state agencies accountable for his death.
Albert Garcia, Subject of Exhaustive Deceleration Reporting Project, Found Dead
A year-long effort to get Garcia off the streets exposed shortcomings of local and state practices—even as the extreme cold of Winter Storm Uri took both of Garcia’s feet. Now extreme heat likely contributed to his death.
Disaster & Disability: Federal Lawsuit Spotlights Lesser Seen Climate Challenges
As many as one in four U.S. residents live with a disability, increasing their risk of injury or death from climate-driven disasters. Yet disaster planning efforts have largely failed to account for the needs of those with greater physical or cognitive challenges.