Community Calendar

Want to join a book club, but don't want the pressure of reading a particular book and pretending you liked it? Then do we have the club for you! Join us for our No Pressure Book Club. Think of it as a gathering with other book centric folx to chat about books, any books, the one you're reading, one you did read, or even one you'd like to.

This group offers a safe and nurturing space where survivors, current battlers and their loved ones can openly discuss their experiences, challenges, and triumphs. Whether sharing personal stories, offering advice, or seeking guidance, the group provides a platform for survivors and their support networks to connect, learn from one another, and find solace in knowing they are not alone. JOIN US!!

The Nightmares from Nowhere Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss the book club selection from two months ago. We'll be discussing Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez!

Bexar Deaf Club
Thursday, August 13, 2026
All about drought

5:00 - 6:00 social time and information displays
6:00 Rene Gonzalez, Senior Resource Analyst of Water Resources of San Antonio Water System
+ What is drought?
+ How do we know when an area is in drought?
+ How does drought affect the San Antonio Water System supply? Does it affect the water delivery system?
+ What can we as residents do to protect the water supply from effects of drought?
+ Are we in drought now?
+ How will drought affect us in future?
8:00 Building closes.

Working on a sweater? Got some beadwork to do? Gluing a bunch of sequins onto a denim jacket? Bring your project and share some space with us. Enjoy our happy hour drink specials and hang out in our community room with other crafters.

The Sierra Club Alamo Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of most months (excludes November and December) to discuss timely and interesting topics pertaining to the natural and human environments. Always free and open to the public.

Meetings generally consist of a meet-and-greet followed by a presentation by an invited speaker, with discussion. For more information, visit https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/alamo

Bill Barker, FAICP, FITE, of San Antonio and longtime member of the Sierra Club Alamo Group, will discuss how we must adapt to the climate-related hazards already facing our region of south Texas.

Program topic:
The 13-county Alamo Region faces intensifying climate-related hazards that demand coordinated adaptation planning across all levels of government. These hazards are not abstract future risks; they are already reshaping infrastructure vulnerability, water availability, ecosystems, military readiness, and public safety. The region’s greatest climate threats are four interrelated hazards: flooding, drought, extreme heat, and wildfires.
While reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remains a moral and global responsibility, local resilience in our region will depend far more on adaptation investments than on local emissions reductions alone, since even immediate worldwide elimination of GHG emissions would not reverse accumulated atmospheric warming possibly for centuries.

About our presenter:
Bill Barker (BA in physics and MA in urban affairs) is passionate about helping San Antonio prepare for the challenging realities that changing climate is already bringing to our area. Having moved here in 1997 to be Planning Director for VIA Metropolitan Transit, he is currently an advisor to the Great Springs Project, and has served as Executive Director of Solar San Antonio, as a Project Manager in the City’s Office of Sustainability, and as Adjunct Associate Professor in the UTSA graduate urban and regional planning program. He is also on the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club Alamo Group.
Bill’s career started in mission simulation at NASA (Houston) for the Apollo lunar mission, and then took a terrestrial turn with the US Department of Transportation and North Central Texas Council of Governments. Bill has served as a consultant for public and private clients in seven states, Canada, and Mexico as well as the US DOE, DOT and USAID, and many other organizations. Bill is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Read stories by Bill in the San Antonio Report at: https://sanantonioreport.org/author/bill-barker/

Bill Barker, FAICP, FITE, of San Antonio and longtime member of the Sierra Club Alamo Group, will discuss how we must adapt to the climate-related hazards already facing our region of south Texas.

Program topic:
The 13-county Alamo Region faces intensifying climate-related hazards that demand coordinated adaptation planning across all levels of government. These hazards are not abstract future risks; they are already reshaping infrastructure vulnerability, water availability, ecosystems, military readiness, and public safety. The region’s greatest climate threats are four interrelated hazards: flooding, drought, extreme heat, and wildfires.
While reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remains a moral and global responsibility, local resilience in our region will depend far more on adaptation investments than on local emissions reductions alone, since even immediate worldwide elimination of GHG emissions would not reverse accumulated atmospheric warming possibly for centuries.

About our presenter:
Bill Barker (BA in physics and MA in urban affairs) is passionate about helping San Antonio prepare for the challenging realities that changing climate is already bringing to our area. Having moved here in 1997 to be Planning Director for VIA Metropolitan Transit, he is currently an advisor to the Great Springs Project, and has served as Executive Director of Solar San Antonio, as a Project Manager in the City’s Office of Sustainability, and as Adjunct Associate Professor in the UTSA graduate urban and regional planning program. He is also on the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club Alamo Group.
Bill’s career started in mission simulation at NASA (Houston) for the Apollo lunar mission, and then took a terrestrial turn with the US Department of Transportation and North Central Texas Council of Governments. Bill has served as a consultant for public and private clients in seven states, Canada, and Mexico as well as the US DOE, DOT and USAID, and many other organizations. Bill is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Read stories by Bill in the San Antonio Report at: https://sanantonioreport.org/author/bill-barker/

Bill Barker, FAICP, FITE, of San Antonio and longtime member of the Sierra Club Alamo Group, will discuss how we must adapt to the climate-related hazards already facing our region of south Texas.

Program topic:
The 13-county Alamo Region faces intensifying climate-related hazards that demand coordinated adaptation planning across all levels of government. These hazards are not abstract future risks; they are already reshaping infrastructure vulnerability, water availability, ecosystems, military readiness, and public safety. The region’s greatest climate threats are four interrelated hazards: flooding, drought, extreme heat, and wildfires.
While reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remains a moral and global responsibility, local resilience in our region will depend far more on adaptation investments than on local emissions reductions alone, since even immediate worldwide elimination of GHG emissions would not reverse accumulated atmospheric warming possibly for centuries.

About our presenter:
Bill Barker (BA in physics and MA in urban affairs) is passionate about helping San Antonio prepare for the challenging realities that changing climate is already bringing to our area. Having moved here in 1997 to be Planning Director for VIA Metropolitan Transit, he is currently an advisor to the Great Springs Project, and has served as Executive Director of Solar San Antonio, as a Project Manager in the City’s Office of Sustainability, and as Adjunct Associate Professor in the UTSA graduate urban and regional planning program. He is also on the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club Alamo Group.
Bill’s career started in mission simulation at NASA (Houston) for the Apollo lunar mission, and then took a terrestrial turn with the US Department of Transportation and North Central Texas Council of Governments. Bill has served as a consultant for public and private clients in seven states, Canada, and Mexico as well as the US DOE, DOT and USAID, and many other organizations. Bill is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Read stories by Bill in the San Antonio Report at: https://sanantonioreport.org/author/bill-barker/

Bill Barker, FAICP, FITE, of San Antonio and longtime member of the Sierra Club Alamo Group, will discuss how we must adapt to the climate-related hazards already facing our region of south Texas.

Program topic:
The 13-county Alamo Region faces intensifying climate-related hazards that demand coordinated adaptation planning across all levels of government. These hazards are not abstract future risks; they are already reshaping infrastructure vulnerability, water availability, ecosystems, military readiness, and public safety. The region’s greatest climate threats are four interrelated hazards: flooding, drought, extreme heat, and wildfires.
While reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remains a moral and global responsibility, local resilience in our region will depend far more on adaptation investments than on local emissions reductions alone, since even immediate worldwide elimination of GHG emissions would not reverse accumulated atmospheric warming possibly for centuries.

About our presenter:
Bill Barker (BA in physics and MA in urban affairs) is passionate about helping San Antonio prepare for the challenging realities that changing climate is already bringing to our area. Having moved here in 1997 to be Planning Director for VIA Metropolitan Transit, he is currently an advisor to the Great Springs Project, and has served as Executive Director of Solar San Antonio, as a Project Manager in the City’s Office of Sustainability, and as Adjunct Associate Professor in the UTSA graduate urban and regional planning program. He is also on the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club Alamo Group.
Bill’s career started in mission simulation at NASA (Houston) for the Apollo lunar mission, and then took a terrestrial turn with the US Department of Transportation and North Central Texas Council of Governments. Bill has served as a consultant for public and private clients in seven states, Canada, and Mexico as well as the US DOE, DOT and USAID, and many other organizations. Bill is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Read stories by Bill in the San Antonio Report: https://sanantonioreport.org/author/bill-barker/