Collection
COPS/Metro
Contributor
Ortiz, Barbara; Araujo-Iracheta, Rose
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
1:22 Began COPS/Metro involvement
7:51 Committee for affordable housing and owner-occupies program
10:32 Chapter 313 and impact on school districts
Keywords
COPS; COPS/Metro; Social justice; Fr. Mike Degerolami; St. Philip’s of Jesus; School district; Wages; Affordable housing; Owner-occupied
Size or Duration
7 pages; 17 min, 45 secs of audio
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
Ortiz, Barbara, "COPS/Metro Alliance-StMU Oral Histories with Rose Araujo-Iracheta" (2024). COPS/Metro. 5.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/copsmetro/5
