COPS/Metro Partners with Southside ISD to Engage Community & Parents
February 09, 2021
[Excerpts] Leaders from the Southside Independent School District and COPS/Metro announced their new working relationship at a Dec. 3 physically distanced press conference. Together they plan a listening tour, including monthly gatherings where district officials can get direct input from learners, their families and...
Read MoreStatement on the Insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021
January 07, 2021
What happened Wednesday, January 6 at the U.S. Capitol disrespected, demeaned, and threatened the right of every citizen who peacefully engages in the democratic process in our country. Deliberation, debate, argument, compromise, deal-making; these are the means to advance interests in a democracy. The...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Leaders Fight 'Bloated Bureaucracy' in City Implementation of 'SA Ready to Work'
December 04, 2020
[Excerpts] “That’s one heck of a bloated bureaucracy from the get-go,” said Sonia Rodriguez, a COPS/Metro leader who worked on Nirenberg’s Ready to Work campaign. The city’s ideas drew fire from Rodriguez and others at COPS/Metro — a local grassroots advocacy group that actively...
Read MoreBeatrice Gallego's Achievements as Early Leader of COPS Celebrated by Museo del Westside
December 01, 2020
[Excerpts] Beatrice Gallego has spent her life advocating for the communities that San Antonio city leaders often neglect. As a parent volunteer, a devoted parishioner at St. James Catholic church, and the second President of the Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS), Gallego has...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Leverages 77% Support for 'SA Ready to Work,' Calls for Full Accountability in Implementation
November 27, 2020
[Excerpts] On Nov. 3, 77 percent of San Antonio voters approved Proposition B, Ready to Work SA, and 73 percent approved Proposition A, Pre-K for SA. These outcomes clearly indicate San Antonio’s desire to invest in its most important resource, its people. COPS/Metro and...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro's GOTV Effort Passes Groundbreaking "SA Ready to Work"
November 04, 2020
[Excerpts] A trio of sales tax measures to train San Antonio workers for new jobs, expand public transit and renew the city’s early childhood education program were passing by an overwhelming margin with a majority of the vote counted Tuesday night. The workforce and...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Makes Case for Proposition B
November 02, 2020
[Excerpt below] Proponents of a local ballot measure that would set up a pandemic-relief job retraining program are making a last-minute push to ensure it's not lost as voters go to the polls for the high-stakes presidential election. Proposition B, dubbed SA Ready To Work,...
Read MoreSan Antonio Sister Urges Voters to Vote Their Conscience (and Support Prop B)
November 02, 2020
[Excerpts] As political groups across the country make their last appeals to Christian voters, often pointing to a narrow set of issues, Sister Jane Ann Slater, chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, wants the people of faith to think more broadly... “You...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Celebrates TxDOT Fixing of "Death Curve" in Helotes
October 22, 2020
[Excerpts] Crews have improved a curve off FM 1560 and Riggs Road that drivers called dangerous and deadly with the hope of fewer crashes in the area. In late 2018 improvements were made to the area to create better traffic flow. However, cement barriers...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro and Faith Leaders Recognize City Council and Staff for Policy Change
October 15, 2020
[Excerpt] COPS/Metro in partnership with Community Churches for Social Action (CCSA), and the Baptist Ministers' Union (BMU), has recognized the effort and commitment of elected officials and city staff for revising the San Antonio Police Use of Force policy to completely prohibit, with no...
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