The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #Paul Rusesabagina #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #Paul Rusesabagina #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #Paul Rusesabagina #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

The ceremony featured opening remarks from Mayor Ron Nirenberg, a presentation by keynote speaker, Paul Rusesabagina, San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla, and a short presentation from DreamWeek Founder Shokare Nakpodia.

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

Rusesabagina’s efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas. Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

Album: Jan 10

Categories: Ceremony

Tags: #A Collective Vision #City of San Antonio #Community #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DreamWeek2020 Opening Ceremony Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Paul Rusesabagina #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe #Opening Breakfast Ceremony #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

City Council District 10, Councilman Perry’s office in collaboration with Everett Fly invites you to hear stories of African Americans on the North Side of San Antonio by exploring an African American family cemetery and reviewing a draft Archeological Report from the University of Texas San Antonio. Noted authors Doctors Daina Berry and Thomas Mitchell will be on hand for an informative discussion.

In the article, “Black Lands Matter: The Movement to Transform Heirs’ Property Laws” recently published in The Nation magazine, Dr. Mitchell discusses how Blacks and other disadvantaged people face hardships maintaining family-owned property in the United States. Dr. Daina Berry’s latest book, “The Price for Their Pound of Flesh – The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave in the Building of a Nation” explores the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of life.

Album: Jan 11

Categories: Community History

Tags: #African American family cemetery #City of San Antonio #Community #District 10 #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Hockley-Clay Cemetery Exploration #networking #Office of the City Council #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

City Council District 10, Councilman Perry’s office in collaboration with Everett Fly invites you to hear stories of African Americans on the North Side of San Antonio by exploring an African American family cemetery and reviewing a draft Archeological Report from the University of Texas San Antonio. Noted authors Doctors Daina Berry and Thomas Mitchell will be on hand for an informative discussion.

In the article, “Black Lands Matter: The Movement to Transform Heirs’ Property Laws” recently published in The Nation magazine, Dr. Mitchell discusses how Blacks and other disadvantaged people face hardships maintaining family-owned property in the United States. Dr. Daina Berry’s latest book, “The Price for Their Pound of Flesh – The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave in the Building of a Nation” explores the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of life.

Album: Jan 11

Categories: Community History

Tags: #African American family cemetery #City of San Antonio #Community #District 10 #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Hockley-Clay Cemetery Exploration #networking #Office of the City Council #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

City Council District 10, Councilman Perry’s office in collaboration with Everett Fly invites you to hear stories of African Americans on the North Side of San Antonio by exploring an African American family cemetery and reviewing a draft Archeological Report from the University of Texas San Antonio. Noted authors Doctors Daina Berry and Thomas Mitchell will be on hand for an informative discussion.

In the article, “Black Lands Matter: The Movement to Transform Heirs’ Property Laws” recently published in The Nation magazine, Dr. Mitchell discusses how Blacks and other disadvantaged people face hardships maintaining family-owned property in the United States. Dr. Daina Berry’s latest book, “The Price for Their Pound of Flesh – The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave in the Building of a Nation” explores the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of life.

Album: Jan 11

Categories: Community History

Tags: #African American family cemetery #City of San Antonio #Community #District 10 #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Hockley-Clay Cemetery Exploration #networking #Office of the City Council #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community

City Council District 10, Councilman Perry’s office in collaboration with Everett Fly invites you to hear stories of African Americans on the North Side of San Antonio by exploring an African American family cemetery and reviewing a draft Archeological Report from the University of Texas San Antonio. Noted authors Doctors Daina Berry and Thomas Mitchell will be on hand for an informative discussion.

In the article, “Black Lands Matter: The Movement to Transform Heirs’ Property Laws” recently published in The Nation magazine, Dr. Mitchell discusses how Blacks and other disadvantaged people face hardships maintaining family-owned property in the United States. Dr. Daina Berry’s latest book, “The Price for Their Pound of Flesh – The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave in the Building of a Nation” explores the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of life.

Album: Jan 11

Categories: Community History

Tags: #African American family cemetery #City of San Antonio #Community #District 10 #DREAMVOICE #DreamVoiceLLC #Dreamweek #Dreamweek Event #DREAMWEEK2020 #DWSA #DWSA2020 #Hockley-Clay Cemetery Exploration #networking #Office of the City Council #SA #San Antonio #San Antonio community