New research collected by Salud America! has found promising community solutions to gaps in Latino education, health and income. The study, “Building for Latino Families,” was conducted by Amelie Ramirez, director of Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio. Read her full article: https://salud-america.org/building-support-for-latino-families-research/

Replay the Video: Watch as President Obama announces Promise Zones in San Antonio and four other cites.  

During the past several years, I've had the pleasure to meet a number of passionate young people involved in nonprofit startups. The face of the next generation nonprofit leader is changing--as well it should. These nonprofit entrepreneurs are creative, collaborative, and looking to challenge the way nonprofits have been doing business. They are certain their ideas can make positive changes in our community and are working hard to make it happen.

We need your help! NOWCastSA is collecting oral histories to honor the stories of  San Antonio's East Side.  Scroll down for a video with the history of what is now the Carver Cultural Center, and once was a library for African Americans when San Antonio's libraries were segregated. We need you to help us, either by being the guide or by agreeing to be the star of the show. Share your story or tell us who else to contact.

REPLAY THE VIDEO: The San Antonio Housing Authority’s (SAHA) Wheatley Choice Neighborhood and the United Way’s Eastside Promise Neighborhood programs held the first of three community planning meetings to seek public input for a transformative revitalization plan for the city's East Side.   The meeting was March 1 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Wheatley Middle School, 415 Gabriel Street. NOWCastSA  webcast the meeting, and you can replay the video here:

On Thursday, March 1, two major organizations operating on the East Side are announcing a marriage of resources and efforts that could forever change the neighborhood’s physical appearance, employment opportunities, and educational outcomes. Click here to watch Thursday's meeting.

Christmas came early for the San Antonio Eastside Promise Neighborhood project: The collaboration, led by the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, won a $24.6 million grant to from the federal government to provide "cradle to career" services to improve educational achievement.Mayor Julian Castro announced the grant at a news conference on Dec. 19."What this means is that education on the East Side will never be the same," Castro said.