Food Policy Council of San Antonio

04/25/2026

What happens when you bring San Antonio residents together and invite them to dream about the possibilities of turning closed schools into community hubs of resilience?

You get this. 👆

Since 2014, 45 schools have closed in our city - and more school closures are on the way - but we refuse to let the buildings we grew up in become forgotten spaces.

Swipe through to see what our community dreamed together:

💼 Small business incubators
🤝 Intergenerational gathering spaces
🥕 Urban farms & community kitchens
🏠 Senior housing & mixed-use development
⏳ Temporary activations – playgrounds, gardens, markets

And most importantly – how YOU can get involved.

✅ Join the coalition
✅ Evaluate a closed school near you
✅ Write to your school board
✅ Host a screening in your neighborhood

Link in bio to take action.

04/17/2026

04/15/2026

We need YOU this Saturday 🎬✨

Beyond Closure’s screening is almost here, and we’re looking for a few volunteers to help things run smoothly.

Roles include: check-in, crowd flow, merch table, and cleanup.

📍 Galeria EVA 3412 S Flores St
🕐 12:00pm-5:00pm
📅 This Saturday

Perks: free entry, snacks, and our eternal gratitude 🙏

Slots are limited — sign up using the link in bio 🔗

Tag a friend who’d love to help!

04/15/2026

📅 Coalition Meeting – Monday, April 20

Join the Food Access & Policy Coalition for our bi-monthly working group session. We have a packed agenda following Saturday’s Beyond Closure screening, and we need your voice at the table.

On the agenda:
🎬 Beyond Closure debrief – what went well, what we learned, what’s next
🏫 Closed school campus evaluation project – building our community index
💰 City budget survey + sugary beverage fund research
🗺️ Outreach planning and working group updates

📍 McCreless Library 1023 Ada St, San Antonio, TX 78223
🕕 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

New members always welcome.

Link in bio to register to be part of the coalition and get the Zoom link.

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04/11/2026

‼️ The City of San Antonio wants to know what matters to residents. But “food access” isn’t listed as a budget priority.

✍️ That means we have to write it in.

🥬 Food apartheid affects thousands of San Antonio families. Kids go to school hungry. Seniors choose between medicine and groceries. Working parents are priced out of healthy options.

💰 The budget survey is open now. Fill it out and in the open response sections, write: “Invest in food access.”

🏷️ Tag a neighbor who should do the same.

🔗 Link in bio to take the survey.
⏰ Deadline: May 1

04/09/2026

🎬 CLOSED SCHOOLS. OPEN POSSIBILITIES.
Please join us for a free community screening of Beyond Closure – a powerful documentary about what happens when communities refuse to let closed schools become forgotten spaces.
In San Antonio, 45 school campuses have closed since 2014, and more are on the horizon. These buildings were once the heart of neighborhoods – places of learning, gathering, gardens, and hope for our children’s futures. When they close, something vital is lost.
But it doesn’t have to be the end of the story.
📅 Saturday, April 18
📍 Galeria E.V.A. 3412 S Flores St.
🕐 1:30 PM (doors open) – 4:00 PM
🎥 Film screening + facilitated discussion + community resources
Come watch. Reflect. And dream with us about what our closed schools could become.
Link in bio to register – free and open to all.
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04/06/2026

💥 Meeting tonight to move our work forward, and you can join us from anywhere! 💥

👆 Scan QR code to register and join the Coalition!

✍️ On the agenda:
🎥 Beyond Closure Screening Outreach - Help us plan how we’ll spread the word about our March 28 community screening. We need every voice included to think about how we can best utilize our closed schools
📋 City of San Antonio Budget Survey - The city is asking residents what matters most. Right now, food access isn’t even on the survey. Let’s change that together.

📅 Tonight 4/6 6pm
💻 Virtual Only

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03/18/2026

A San Antonio City Council member is proposing rotating council meetings to different parts of the city instead of just downtown.

Most, if not all, city council meetings are held downtown at City Hall at 100 Military Plaza or city council chambers in the Municipal Plaza Building across the street at 114 W. Commerce Street. A council consideration request filed by District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo is recommending putting more of the city into the city council meeting.

While the council has multiple meetings each week in the form of smaller committee meetings, the larger full council meetings of all ten members and the mayor are referred to as A-Session or B-Session.

Read More👉 https://ebx.sh/O8mskY

03/18/2026

Starting April 1, Texans using SNAP benefits — the Lone Star Card — will no longer be able to use those taxpayer-funded dollars to buy soda, candy, sugary drinks or energy drinks.
https://bit.ly/3Pd1LvX
Texas distributes roughly $7 billion a year in SNAP benefits statewide.

03/16/2026

🥕Food Access & Policy Coalition Meeting🥕
📅 Monday, March 16 | 6pm
📍 1906 S Flores St

We will be discussing:

🎬 Beyond Closure Community Screening – Final Planning
We’re just weeks away from our April 18th community screening. Come ready to finalize logistics, outreach, and volunteer roles to ensure this event uplifts community voice and builds momentum for school reclamation.

🍎 SNAP Benefits Updates
Significant changes to federal food assistance are impacting thousands of San Antonio families. We’ll discuss what’s happening, how it affects our communities, and how our coalition can respond.

💰 Proposed Sugary Beverage Fund
We’re exploring a new policy idea: a sugary beverage tax that could generate millions annually for food access programs—including incentives for fresh fruits and vegetables, community food infrastructure, and nutrition education. Join us for an initial conversation about how this could work in San Antonio and what questions we need to answer.

🗣️ Advocacy Training
Learn how to show up powerfully at City Council meetings, budget hearings, and other decision-making spaces. We’ll cover:
- How to structure effective public testimony
- Navigating the “Citizen’s To Be Heard” process
- Turning your lived experience into compelling advocacy

Whether you’re a longtime coalition member or just getting connected, your voice is needed. Let’s build together.
Join the Coalition using the link in our BIO!

10/18/2024

See you on Saturday, October 19! We will be at Chicho Boys Fruit Market from 11:30am - 1:30pm and you won't want to miss it. We have an amazing panel and community partners, along with Live From The Southside's April Monterrosa as our emcee.

This time, we're eating hot wings to raise awareness for the collective work being done to increase charitable food programs in San Antonio and to celebrate the 4th Anniversary of the Harlandale Sunshine Pantry!

A Hot Ones challenge panel! Learn about Double Up Food Bucks! Get your ebt ins answered. Learn about the MANY ways that River City Produce, Chicho Boys, and The Produce Lady SA is bringing great produce throughout Texas!

Join the Food Policy Council of San Antonio Coalition for food access and policy. Learn about mutual aid efforts. Register to vote!

Eat wings for the pantry ($2 each) Thank you Texas Sugar Daddies! Donating onsite? Free fruit cup with a donation of ($5 or more). Can't come?! Watch the lives streams and donate online. Donate before Saturday and our expert community panel will eat MORE AND GO HOTTER!

Produce bag giveaway to 100 attendees! (Giveaway for attendees - starts sometime during the event. It's a surprise so come out!

The excitement!

From the Pantry sisters!
📢📢📢Big shoutout to Jamie the Produce Lady, Chicho Boys Fruit Market , River City Produce, April Monterrosa, City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and the Food Policy Council.

📢📢📢 🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾 🌞🌞🌞 We would also like to recognize City of San Antonio Metro Health, The Free Little Pantry Network, Community First Health Plans, Radical Registrars, 210Underdog, HASH - Vegan Eats SA, Garden of Eatin Community Truck, Elves of SA, our various community partners and the community members that helped support us in the past, the present, and the future! 🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🌞🌞

🌞Without you, our community, there would be no The Harlandale Sunshine Pantry. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳Thank you all for your consideration and continued support!!!🌞🌞🌞 We love you all!!!🥳🥳🥳🥳Wooo for 4 years!!!


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