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Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today's world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Northeast Lakeview College provides access to quality academic programs and career and technical courses that prepare students for future success in in-demand careers.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Palo Alto College is committed to building a college-going culture in our community through a new community effort, Educate South. This exciting new initiative focuses on beginning educational awareness at the earliest years.
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St. Philip's College

St. Philip's College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College has been named the top community college in the nation by the Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Solidarity, Racial Healing and Narrative Change

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On January 25, San Antonio College welcomes Dr. Cornel West to speak during Alamo Colleges’ commemoration of the 2022 National Day of Racial Healing. In collaboration with AACU and a grant from the Trellis Foundation, this event is part of our work toward establishing a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center at SAC and all the Alamo Colleges.

Get to know Dr. Cornel West

Multimedia Resources curated by the SAC Office of Library Services

Teaching and Learning

Below are examples of discussion or reflective writing prompts:

Explore examples of environmental justice and racism in science experiments and topics of psychology.
Discuss the spiritual and philosophical underpinnings of the protagonist in The Matrix film franchise.
Explore the role of love in social change using examples from Chela Sandoval, bell hooks, Paolo Freire and Cornel West.
Explore common themes and topics of solidarity, healing, truth telling and narrative change and create team action projects.
Listen and discuss “The Tight Rope”, Dr. West and Dr. Tricia Rose’s podcast of creative, unfiltered dialogue on topics ranging from culture, art, and music to the contours of systemic racism, philosophy, the power of Socratic self-examination and the possibilities of a peaceful and just world.
Explore the power of language, voice, and agency in narratives.