Jackie Velez - Texas Public Radio
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Writer, Stage Performer, Reporter 💜
I cover stories on accessibility in the disability community
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Writer, Stage Performer, Reporter 💜
I cover stories on accessibility in the disability community
Follow Texas Public Radio on here
Find my stories here: https://www.tpr.org/jackie-velez
Alice Wong, a writer and disability rights activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51.
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Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51
Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives
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November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and disability rights activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51.
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I must've watched this a dozen times! Took you long enough! 😄😈❤️👠😎💯
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I must've watched this a dozen times! Took you long enough! 😄😈❤️👠😎💯
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San Antonio’s cafécollege celebrated its 15th anniversary Friday with a quinceañera.
The city-funded education resource center was founded in 2010 under the leadership of then-mayor Julián Castro.
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The city-funded education resource center was founded in 2010 under the leadership of then-mayor Julián Castro.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
San Antonio’s cafécollege celebrated its 15th anniversary Friday with a quinceañera.
The city-funded education resource center was founded in 2010 under the leadership of then-mayor Julián Castro.
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The city-funded education resource center was founded in 2010 under the leadership of then-mayor Julián Castro.
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The 1954 court case Brown versus Board of Education declared unconstitutional any state laws that allowed for racial segregation in public schools.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Read my latest story on how The Mermaid Cafe has been doing since it opened earlier this year. 🧜🏻♀️☕️
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The Mermaid Cafe serves success and accessibility in San Antonio
The Mermaid Cafe is located at 14415 Blanco Road, Suite 110, in San Antonio.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Read my latest story on how The Mermaid Cafe has been doing since it opened earlier this year. 🧜🏻♀️☕️
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Covering the Mermaid Cafe today. It's a follow-up to the feature I did awhile back on its opening. Can't wait to get this out! 🧜🏻♀️☕️
Tomorrow, Museo del Westside! 🖼
Love it when I get to cover stories! 🥰
Tomorrow, Museo del Westside! 🖼
Love it when I get to cover stories! 🥰
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Covering the Mermaid Cafe today. It's a follow-up to the feature I did awhile back on its opening. Can't wait to get this out! 🧜🏻♀️☕️
Tomorrow, Museo del Westside! 🖼
Love it when I get to cover stories! 🥰
Tomorrow, Museo del Westside! 🖼
Love it when I get to cover stories! 🥰
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of Robert Roberson a week before it was scheduled to occur.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of Robert Roberson a week before it was scheduled to occur.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of Robert Roberson a week before it was scheduled to occur.
If you have information on other resources for residents impacted by the government shutdown, email jackie@tpr.org
The federal government shutdown began after Congress failed to set a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The shutdown affected federal workers and active-duty military service members. Here are some local resources for those impacted by the shutdown.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If you have information on other resources for residents impacted by the government shutdown, email jackie@tpr.org
Here are resources in San Antonio for federal workers and active-duty military affected by the government shutdown
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Resources for San Antonio residents affected by federal government shutdown
Here are resources in San Antonio for federal workers and active-duty military affected by the government shutdown.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here are resources in San Antonio for federal workers and active-duty military affected by the government shutdown
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October 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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On Saturday, September 13, the Deaf Association of San Antonio (DASA) held its Deaf Festival. This marked the return of the long-awaited festival after a yearslong pause that started during the pandemic.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Update: The 77th Emmy Awards are underway. Owen Cooper, Jean Smart, Seth Rogen, Tramell Tillman and Jeff Hiller are taking home awards. See our running list.
Emmys 2025: A running list of the winners
The 77th Emmy Awards are underway. Severance, The Penguin, The Studio and The White Lotus are among the most-nominated shows. Find out who is taking home awards so far.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Update: The 77th Emmy Awards are underway. Owen Cooper, Jean Smart, Seth Rogen, Tramell Tillman and Jeff Hiller are taking home awards. See our running list.
"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," President Trump wrote in a Truth Social Post. Kirk was shot during an outdoor speaking event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Public comments on the proposed rescission are being accepted and the deadline to submit them has been extended through September 17th at 11:59 p.m.
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Efforts continue to eliminate subminimum wage among workers with developmental disabilities
Public comments on the proposed rescission are being accepted through Sept. 2.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Public comments on the proposed rescission are being accepted and the deadline to submit them has been extended through September 17th at 11:59 p.m.
Read my original story here:
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Read my original story here:
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This is such a great topic. This author talks about how money doesn’t buy individuals with disabilities out of being disabled.
The barriers still exist
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The barriers still exist
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Can you buy your way out of being disabled?
YouTube video by Molly Burke
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September 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is such a great topic. This author talks about how money doesn’t buy individuals with disabilities out of being disabled.
The barriers still exist
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The barriers still exist
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Read the latest on efforts to eliminate subminimum wage among individuals with developmental disabilities
The DOL said last year it would phase out certificates allowing employers to pay some workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. That ruling was recently withdrawn but efforts continue.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Read the latest on efforts to eliminate subminimum wage among individuals with developmental disabilities
Makeup becoming accessible! Love it!
These beauty products have one unexpected thing in common… 💄
#accessibility
#accessibility
August 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Makeup becoming accessible! Love it!
This is so interesting!
Is this the first ever robot guide dog for the blind?? 🦮👀
August 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is so interesting!
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On #Fronteras:
Trinidad Gonzales has published a report that lists the victims of the matanza killed in a 5-month period in 4 Texas counties in 1915.
Hear our conversation and read the report here:
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Trinidad Gonzales has published a report that lists the victims of the matanza killed in a 5-month period in 4 Texas counties in 1915.
Hear our conversation and read the report here:
@gonzalest956.bsky.social
@refusing2forget.bsky.social
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Fronteras: ‘They simply ceased to exist’ — New report aims to identify those killed during state-sanctioned killings
The recent report, A Matter of Justice: The Uninvestigated Homicides of La Matanza, aims to pursue justice for the victims of la matanza.
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August 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Goodbye, General Zod. 😞💔
OBITUARY Terence Stamp, actor who played Superman villain Zod, dies at 87 reut.rs/4mkqJFr
OBITUARY Terence Stamp, actor who played Superman villain Zod, dies at 87
Terence Stamp liked to recall how he was on the verge of becoming a tantric sex teacher at an ashram in India when, in 1977, he received a telegram from his London agent with news that he was being considered for the "Superman" film.
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August 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Goodbye, General Zod. 😞💔
Tonight: I attended the San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists Scholarship and Gala! Here with my colleagues
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@camille-phillips.bsky.social
It was much needed fun! 💜
@normdog1.bsky.social and
@camille-phillips.bsky.social
It was much needed fun! 💜
August 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Tonight: I attended the San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists Scholarship and Gala! Here with my colleagues
@normdog1.bsky.social and
@camille-phillips.bsky.social
It was much needed fun! 💜
@normdog1.bsky.social and
@camille-phillips.bsky.social
It was much needed fun! 💜
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The University Health Surgery Center at Morgan’s MAC is an outpatient surgery center that caters to individuals with special needs and disabilities.
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August 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
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August 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
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One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series, which centers on a moon that orbits a fictional gas giant planet in this particular star system.
A planet from the Avatar movies may exist in real life
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August 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Hats off, Rhodes. Hats off! 🙌🏼
FULL RESULTS: wrestlingnews.co
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWS UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPION CODY RHODES!!! #WWE #SummerSlam
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWS UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPION CODY RHODES!!! #WWE #SummerSlam
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Hats off, Rhodes. Hats off! 🙌🏼