Files
Collection
COPS/Metro
Contributor
Ortiz, Barbara; Tijerina, Maria; Zapata, Juan
Publication Date
2024
Description
Maria Tijerina shared some of her experiences with COPS/Metro emphasizing the importance of volunteering and community involvement. She discussed how COPS helped her become more active in her community, advocating for higher city wages and improving public housing. She also discussed challenges her parish faced through COVID pandemic and enduring high leadership turnover rates.
Biography
Maria Tijerina grew up in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine neighborhood on the Westside of San Antonio. Her mother had some passive involvement with COPS/Metro in the early days of formation, attending rallies and similar gatherings. After a career as an Army nurse, Maria retired and settled back in her home neighborhood, and became involved in COPS/Metro in greater capacity to include leadership positions.
Interview Index
1:53 Invitation from pastor Fr Elsner to join COPS
3:59 Shared about how her parents were involved in COPS at the onset
8:04 How COPS navigated challenges like COVID
10:26 How parish leadership turnover affected their community
15:23 Involvement in initiative for higher city wages
18:01 Public housing initiatives
Keywords
COPS; COPS/Metro; Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine; wages; housing; west side; volunteer; COVID; relationships
Size or Duration
10 pages; 21 minutes, 54 seconds 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 Maria Tijerina" (2024). COPS/Metro. 6.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/copsmetro/6
