Files
Collection
COPS/Metro
Contributor
Parra, Gabriella; Araujo-Iracheta, Rose; Zapata, Juan P.
Publication Date
Spring 2024
Description
Rose Araujo-Iracheta shared some of her experiences with COPS/Metro advocating for community needs, focusing on persistence, collaboration and resilience. She emphasized the role that social justice plays in her motivation to assist co-workers, neighbors, school districts and all communities of San Antonio.
Biography
Rose Araujo-Iracheta has called San Antonio home all her life. She worked for the city as a 911-operator, and was very active in educating and informing her fellow co-workers of their rights. She credits her mother with instilling the values of social justice in her that have led her to tackle the difficult issues that COPS/Metro continues to fight for San Antonio’s underserved communities.
Interview Index
Time Stamp Theme or Topic
0:16 Personal Background
03:07 Involvement with COPS
06:24 Developing Skills
10:45 Community Building
11:29 Involvement in Education
15:22 Changes to be Made
17:16 Difference Made in the Community
Keywords
COPSMetro, Parishes, Drainage, Flooding, Kids, Building community, Needs, Leadership, Schools
Size or Duration
10 pages; 19 minutes, 59 seconds
Format
MP3, PDF
Disciplines
Oral History | Social Justice
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Parra, Gabriella, "COPS/Metro Alliance-StMU Oral Histories with Rose Araujo-Iracheta" (2024). COPS/Metro. 17.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/copsmetro/17