Esperanza Peace & Justice Center

09/09/2026

INTRODUCING A PRACTICIONER OF HOPE 🌿

Rebecca Flores is a longtime labor organizer and community activist whose work grew from her own experience in a South Texas farmworker family.

✨Her presence in the Esperanza Series offers a living example of hope as something practiced through service, persistence, and collective action.

Join us this weekend to hear how she continues to stay focused on community and moves the work forward despite current times.

🌿Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 7 PM | UTSA Southwest Coates Chapel
🌿Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 3 PM | The Historic Lerma's
🌿https://bit.ly/esperanzaseriestickets
🌿Refreshments Available

Get your tickets now!

Artwork by Mauro de la Tierra.

09/05/2026

INTRODUCING A PRACTICIONER OF HOPE 🌿

Agarita is a San Antonio-based chamber ensemble whose work expands the concert experience through artistic collaboration, adventurous programming, education, and community engagement. Their practice brings classical music into close relationships with other artists, disciplines, and communities.

Featuring: Sarah Silver Manzke on Violin, Marisa Bushman on Viola, Ignacio Gallego on Cello, Daniel Anastasio on Piano

✨ Witness how musical practices shaped by distinct histories and traditions are brought into conversation—listening, responding, and creating together.

🌿Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 7 PM | UTSA Southwest Coates Chapel
🌿Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 3 PM | The Historic Lerma's
🌿https://bit.ly/esperanzaseriestickets
🌿Refreshments Available

Get your tickets now!

Artwork by Mauro de la Tierra.

09/04/2026

Tomorrow is Convivio day! ✨

Join us this Saturday, Sept 5 to gather, connect, and celebrate our community. We’ll be sharing local stories, looking through historical photos, listening to great music, and honoring the rich heritage of our precious Westside.

Head over right as the convivio ends—the Museo del Westside will be open! Whether it’s your very first visit or you’ve been before, it’s always worth taking a look.

Bring a relative, a neighbor, a friend, and bring your stories!

📍 816 S. Colorado St. | 10 AM

Photo Credit: Sherry Campos

09/03/2026

It's that time again! Big Give 2026 is in 2 weeks, September 23-24.
SAVE THE DATE and get ready to give!
bit.ly/BigGiveEsperanza

We invite you to support Esperanza during Big Give SA 2026 by donating between 6pm September 23rd and 6pm September 24th.

The Big Give is a full 24 hours of online giving to nonprofits in South Texas!
Help us reach our goal of $26,000 to support the Esperanza’s cultural programming and community organizing!

Your gift of $10, $35, $50, $100 or more, or your commitment to become a Monthly Donor is a gift of solidarity, supporting our shared goal of creating a more just, inclusive, and progressive community for all of us.

09/02/2026

Join us this Thursday for our FIRST Día de Mu***os Community Meeting of the year!

Help us plan out our workshops, decorations, and more!

🧡 Location: Rinconcito de Esperanza, 816 S Colorado St SATX 820
🧡 Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026
🧡 Time: 6:00 PM

We look forward to seeing you!

Photo 1 and 3 by Lupito's Photography
Photo 2 and 4 by Xavier Reyes
Photo 5 by Antonia Padilla

09/01/2026

INTRODUCING A PRACTICIONER OF HOPE 🌿

Azul Barrientos is a Mexican singer, songwriter, and cultural curator whose work moves between traditional Mexican music and original composition, shaped by memory, place, and lived experience. Her work approaches inherited songs as living forms, carried forward and transformed by each generation that sings them.

✨ Witness Azul's captivating performance next week Saturday & Sunday, September 12 & 13!

🌿Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 7 PM | UTSA Southwest Coates Chapel
🌿Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 3 PM | The Historic Lerma's
🌿https://bit.ly/esperanzaseriestickets
🌿Refreshments Available

Join us to discover hope, not as naive optimism, but as something cultivated through imagination and community!

Artwork by Mauro de la Tierra.

¡Todos Somos Esperanza!

08/29/2026

🚨 CALLING ALL LOCAL ARTISTS AND VENDORS 🚨

Peace Market's New Vendor Application form is now OPEN! This is your opportunity to participate this November!

English: https://bit.ly/peacemarketvendor26
Español: https://bit.ly/vendedordelmercadodepaz26

We are looking for...
Fabric Arts
Glass Art
Wood or Tin Arts
Local Folk Art
Culturally Based Arts
& more!

The application is due Wednesday, September 16! If you have any questions, email [email protected] for support.

We look forward to reviewing your application!

Photo by Adam P

08/24/2026

The Alazán-Apache Courts have been selected for the 2026 list by Latinos in Heritage Conservation.

This recognition highlights the stories, histories, and community connections that make the Alazán-Apache Courts an important part of Latinx heritage. Being included on the list helps bring greater visibility to this place and the ongoing efforts to honor and preserve its legacy.

Learn more about "Los Courts" and how you can support its continued recognition through https://www.museodelwestside.org/los-courts