Community Input & Partners

 
 

Between 2022 and 2023, the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) conducted an online community engagement survey and held 10 Community Input Sessions as part of the African American Heritage Preservation Initiative. The survey and community meetings offered an opportunity to gather input about the people, places, events, and intangible heritage important to Black and African American culture in San Antonio. Participants actively contributed to shaping the context statement by sharing their thoughts and personal experiences.

 

Advisory Group

Cary Clack - San Antonio Express-News

Everett Fly - Landscape Architect/Architect

D. L. Grant, Ph.D. - Carver Branch Library

Maria Stevenson Greene - NAACP San Antonio Branch

Gregory Hudspeth - NAACP San Antonio Branch

Deborah Omowale Jarmon - San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM)

Beth Standifird - The San Antonio Conservation Society

Pamela Walker, Ph.D. - Historian

Rearchers

  • Everett Fly

  • Frances Galan, Ph.D.

  • Claudia Guerra

  • Clint McKenzie, Ph.D.

    Santos Mencio

  • Aaronetta Pierce

  • Gerald Poyo, Ph.D.

  • Claudia Sanchez

  • Suzanne Smith

  • Teresa Van Hoy, Ph.D.

  • Amariah Williams

  • St. Mary’s University Public History Students

Community Partners

City of San Antonio

  • Mayor & City Council

  • Central Library

  • Carver Branch Library

  • Carver Community Cultural Center

  • Communications & Engagement

  • Compliance, Opportunity & Access

  • Ella Austin Community Center

  • World Heritage

Bexar County, Texas

  • Bexar Heritage    

  • Precinct 4 

  • Parks and Recreation

African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio

American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AITSCM)

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Archdiocese of San Antonio

Denver Heights Neighborhood Association 

Dignowity Hill Neighborhood Association 

East St. Paul Methodist Church

Good Samaritan Veterans Outreach & Transition Center

Greater Corinth Baptist Church

Healy-Murphy Center

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Mission Heritage Partners

NAACP San Antonio Branch

Our Lady of the Lake University

San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM) 

San Antonio for Growth on the East Side (SAGE) 

San Antonio Missions National Park and World Heritage Site

St. James AME Church

St. Mary’s University, Public History Program 

St. Philip's College 

Squidney Comics

Texas A&M University, San Antonio 

Texas Historical Commission 

Texas Public Radio (TPR)

The Conservation Society of San Antonio

Trinity University

UT San Antonio (Center for Archaeological Research, Center for Cultural Sustainability, Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Department of History, Institute of Texan Cultures)