UTSA to host "State of Black San Antonio"-Feb. 27

State of Black San Antonio

Panelists include local African-American leaders (Kathy Clay-Little (photo)

As part of Black History month, the UTSA Department of Political Science and Geography African-American Studies program will host a panel discussion, “The State of Black San Antonio,” from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27 in the Durango Building Southwest Room (1.124) at the UTSA Downtown Campus.

Panelists will discuss the socioeconomic, political and educational conditions for African-Americans in San Antonio. Free and open to the public, the forum will include opening statements from the panelists, followed by audience comments and questions.

Panelists include:

Byron Miller, Miller-Lucek Insurance and Financial Services president and past president of East Area Business Council of Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce

T.C. Calvert, San Antonio Observer president

Kathy Clay-Little, African-American Reflections publisher and KSJL radio host

Carol Adams Means, UTSA communication instructor

Gary Houston, UTSA political science and geography lecturer

Mario Salas, UTSA political science and geography adjunct professor and former District 2 City Councilman

Thomas Rockeymore, former president of NAACP San Antonio chapter