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

All members of the San Antonio Community who participated in the Office of Historic Preservation’s African American Heritage Preservation Initiative community engagement activities.

City of San Antonio

  • Mayor & City Council

  • Carver Community Cultural Center

    • Cassandra Parker-Nowicki

    • Ernie Ramirez

    • Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson

    • Dylan Collins

    • John Nieto

  • Communications & Engagement

    • Khaila Barret

    • Cliff Brannon, TVSA Production Supervisor

    • Nicole Chavez

    • Roseann Garcia, TVSA Production Supervisor

    • Fred Gonzales, City Photographer

    • Homero Sanchez, Jr., TVSA Associate Video Producer

  • Development Services

    • Derrek Clark

    • Teresa Garza

  • Ella Austin Community Center

  • Historic Design & Review Commission

  • Office of the City Clerk - Municipal Archives & Records

    • Marcus Flores

  • Office of Compliance, Opportunity, & Accessibility

    • Claudia Guerra

    • Dr. Jennifer Mata

  • Print & Mail Services

    • Rosario Corona

    • Tanya Martinez

  • San Antonio Public Libraries

    • Dr. D. L. Grant

    • Debbie Countess

    • Slyvia Reyna

    • Staff and Friends of the G. W. Carver Branch Library

  • The City of San Antonio Black & African American Employee Affinity Group

    • David McCary. Assistant City Manager

  • World Heritage

Bexar County, Texas

  • Bexar Heritage Center   

  • Tommy Calvert, Bexar County Precinct 4 Commissioner

  • Belinda Gevallos

  • Gary Houston

Texas Historical Commission

  • Friends of the Texas Historical Commission

  • Texas Preservation Trust Fund Heritage Education Grant

National Park Service

  • National Regster of Historic Places

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

  • Maria Stevenson Greene

  • Dr. Gregory Hudspeth, President

Our Lady of the Lake University

San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM) 

  • Deborah Omowale Jarmon

  • SAAACAM Staff

San Antonio Express-News

  • Cary Clack

  • Vincent Davis

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

  • Dr. Teresa Van Hoy

  • Dr. Lindsey Passenger Wieck

  • Public History Students

St. Philip's College 

  • Dr. Adena Loston, President

  • Rebecca Barnard, SPC Archivist

Sydney Andrea Landers, Squidney Comics

Texas A&M University, San Antonio 

Texas Public Radio (TPR)

The Conservation Society of San Antonio

  • Everett Fly

  • Dr. Vincent Michael

  • Beth Standifird

Trinity University

University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)

  • Center for Archaeological Research

  • Center for Cultural Sustainability

  • Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies

  • Department of History

  • Institute of Texan Cultures

  • UTSA Libraries Special Collections

  • William Dupont