Press and Updates

October 11, 2014

Did you know that 1 out of 5 people in San Antonio lives in poverty? Even worse, 1 in 3 children is growing up in poverty in San Antonio. Many families are working very hard and still not earning enough to make ends meet....

October 11, 2014

Did you know that 1 in 5 people in San Antonio lives in poverty?  Even worse, 1 in 3 children is growing up in poverty in San Antonio. Many families are working very hard and still not earning enough to make ends meet. In...

August 28, 2014

With one leader clearly gagged standing on the step of City Hall, COPS / Metro Alliance leaders denounced a new San Antonio city rule prohibiting non-profits from talking to City Councilmembers about the budget.  Leaders pointed out that the new rule amounted to a...

August 13, 2014

Clergy and leadership from Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Catholic and Muslim congregations of COPS / Metro delivered a joint statement calling on the President and Congress to demonstrate hospitality to children arriving on the border from Central America. “Don’t send them back as if they were...

July 06, 2014

  (Jul-1-2014) Message to the White House regarding the massive influx of refugees–minors and young families–arriving from Central America and Mexico:  Dear President Obama, We have all been deeply moved by the images of the young mothers, children and adolescents now detained under miserable...

June 25, 2014

COPS/Metro Launches Living Wage Fight in Bexar COPS/Metro Alliance leaders & allies kicked off their Living Wage Campaign on Tuesday morning at the Bexar County Commissioners Court, asking elected officials to raise the county's minimum wage, currently set at the Federal Poverty Level. In response,...