Esperanza is working on a restoration of Ruben’s Ice House to convert into a museum. 

A small green building with a white pitched roof and a wood framed awning overhang that has boarded up windows and doors

Supporters of the project Serafin Alvarez, left, and Jessica Rocca work on earthen based plaster that is fortified by cactus fibers. The plaster will cover the adobe brick wall of the Museo del Westside. 

A man and woman working with a hand held cement mixer in a white bucket

A community is celebrating, documenting, preserving, and promoting the culture and significance of the Westside barrio in San Antonio, Texas.

Museo del Westside

An iconic site for residents of San Antonio’s Westside, the Ruben’s Ice House served as a community gathering place. The store was owned by Manuel and Elida Reyes and named for their oldest son, Ruben.

A couple stands in front of a small white building with an old neon sign that says "Ruben's"

A Little Corner of Hope: Museo del Westside 

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 

University Everywhere

Students walk through the campus of the University of Hawaii

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