Cynthia Merla Spielman

Neighborhood advocate and founding member of T1NC and SAAN working on issues of displacement, affordability, development, transportation, and sustainability...

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

T1NCSA is a fake Twitter account-it does not reflect Tier One Neighborhood Coalition. T1 does not have a Twitter account: please report

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

@DavidMartinDavi @TPRSource Today's piece, like the one before it, on the YWCA's plans on the Westside, was not balanced and contained untruths. There are a lot of issues that are part of this that you are unaware of and instead of a balanced approach that would be useful, you chose not to listen.

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

@DiegoBernalTX Meet with your neighborhood constituents please.

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

@DiegoBernalTX This is irresponsible. You owe it to your constituents, residents who have supported you, to hold a meeting with them and hear the whole story. One of the qualities I’ve admired about you is your willingness to listen to those with whom you think you disagree. Do it now.

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

Texas Women: A New History of Abstract Art exhibit at SAMA is a visceral experience evudenced by the “Do not touch” signs posted throughout. The works evoke feelings (not emotions) to create tension between the body and the ideas that occupy its space.

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Congrats Tomas- I’m sure Irving Middle School is proud! https://t.co/NMnWNWNhN8

[Esperanza Center @esperanzacenter]

Join @esperanzacenter this FRIDAY, February 21 for the folding of our community news journal! Any time you can spare to help us fold is greatly appreciated. We'll provide lunch and snacks! Want to submit to La Voz? Email [email protected]

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

“If my thoughts could be seen they’d stick my head in a guillotine...It’s alright Ma, I’m only bleeding “ - a cold rainy afternoon with Dylan and Tahar Ben Jelloun.

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

I voted!

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Thank you Jim Bailey!

[San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews]

San Antonio’s $39 million affordable housing tax breaks churn out unaffordable options and cost taxpayers, our reporters @JFreports and @madisoniszler found.

#realestate #sanantonio

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[San Antonio Report @SAReport]

While our historic development pattern is not wholly responsible for our ills, it is a major contributing factor. https://t.co/MCRv6aBKI1

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Thank you, volunteers, particlarly Cosima Colvin!

[San Antonio Public Works and Capital Delivery @SAPublicWorks]

We had a great time supporting hundreds of volunteers in the Indian Creek & Walker Ranch trail areas #BasuraBash #SanAntonio @DrAdrianaD4 #RemembertheRiver #AdoptASpot #waterways #cleanup

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

Democracy at its best - the Westside Neighborhood Coalition’s Candidate Forum and Meet n Greet!

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

“Endangered: San Antonio’s Vanishing Mobile Home Parks and a Path for Preservation”: by UTSA School of Law and UT School of Law. How do we know a trailor park is going to vanish and its residents displaced? Substandard conditions, public development incentives, land use plans..

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The Future of the South: Timely Meditations about the Confluence of Cultures, Regions, and Cities presented by UTSA Urban Future Lab was a thought-provoking exchange of ideas on transformational change that begins with the question, “Who are we?”

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

Empathy is not about understanding the truths of others; that may be impossible. Perhaps empathy is opening ourselves to accept the truth of others, particularly when it clashes with our own. This is why literature is important.

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

At the Lighthouse Lunch, a monthly meeting for Black leadership, Dr. Sandra Mayo reminds us that Langston Hughes admonished us to write about ourselves instead of letting others define our experiences. Timely.

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At the Casa de Cuentos singing with elders who are forming choir. Thank you Esperanza. This why I love our city.

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

We are lucky to have Anisa represent T1NC in this project.

[Cynthia Merla Spielman @CynthiaSpielSA]

https://t.co/AhhblPtPNP We settled on “Corazón Racing” because while “corazón” means “heart” and can be used as a term of endearment, it also connotes strength and courage, strong will and fortitude–in short, badassery, being what we call a “chingona.”