The Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe Museum was an empty room until four Black women and a 16-year-old girl filled the space with their stories.
As a part of a new series at KENS 5 called Together We Rise, the five shared the challenges of being a Black woman. Together We Rise results from a months-long conversation about South Texas s racial issues. The series pledges to shine a light on topics that may divide our community to find the pathway to uniting us.
Here are the challenges confronted by a local basketball coach and educator, a public relations maven and activist, a businesswoman, San Antonio s first African-American poet laureate, and a senior in high school.
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1 of 4 West Side community activists gather outside the property at 1312 Guadalupe, referred by many activists as ‘Casa Maldonado,’ protesting its demolition. | Credit: The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center 2 of 4 Community members attend the 2002 demolition of La Gloria, an iconic San Antonio West Side dance hall. | Credit: Esperanza Peace & Justice Center 3 of 4 The Malt House was demolished in May 2018. The drive-in restaurant at the corner of Zarzamora and Buena Vista was declared a historic landmark in 2013. | Credit: Jack Morgan / Texas Public Radio 4 of 4 The San Antonio Housing Authority voted in Nov. 2020 to demolish the Alazán-Apache Courts, the city’s oldest public housing complex, and replace the structure with mixed-income units. SAHA will vote again this year on whether to follow through with the plan. | Credit: Norma Martinez / Texas Public R
1 of 4 The Museo del Westside’s “Women & Activism in the Westside” tells an inclusive story of women activists in San Antonio’s West Side. Those featured in the exhibit include (clockwise) Isabel Casillas Sánchez, Emma Tenayuca, Eva Garza and Sebastiana Ramírez Rodríguez. | Courtesy: María Antonietta Rodríguez Berriozábal and the Esparanza Peace & Justice Center Archives 2 of 4 The Museo del Westside is currently in development at the historic Ruben s Ice House. 3 of 4 The Museo del Westside will call the historic Ruben s Ice House it’s home, located in the heart of San Antonio s West Side. | Courtesy: Esparanza Peace & Justice Center