Civic Engagement

Keep up with Culturingua's latest Art + Civic Engagement Event series happening each month and check out our previous events below!

Voices in Action: A Civic Engagement & Art Experience

Culturingua hosted the second event of our series at Crepeccino Cafe and Creperie for a night of delicious food, amazing conversation, and creating a beautiful community mural.

Verse & Vote: A Poetry Night for Civic Action

Culturingua's first Art + Civic Engagement event was launched on National Voter Registration Day of 2024 at Tripoli's Restaurant, where we had incredible local poets perform amazing pieces throughout the night.

Voter Mobilization

Culturingua partners with the National Network for Arab American Communities to conduct voter outreach in Bexar County. During election season, our VDRs on staff engage in the community and partner with the League of Women Voters of San Antonio to produce voter materials in Arabic and Pashto, register voters, and inform the community on important voter information. We also host civic engagement events like our annual Verse and Vote: A Poetry Night for Civic Action series and others.

Check out our translated Voter Materials!

National Arab American Service Day

Culturingua partners on an annual basis with the National Network for Arab American Communities to participate in National Arab American Service Day where thousands of volunteers come together to better their communities across the country. 2023 Culturingua and community members volunteered at Rudder Middle School to clean the school's outdoor garden used for gardening club and other student activities. In 2022 and 2024 Culturingua and community members volunteered at the Rock Creek Drainage easement to clean the greenspace and bring greater visibility for the need for more parks and walking spaces in the Medical Center north and south of Wurzbach Road between Fredericksburg and I-10.

2020 Census Outreach & Art Contest

In preparation for the 2020 Census, Culturingua held multiple outreach events and competitions to engage local community members and inform them of the importance in making sure you are counted! Culturingua promoted the Census 2020 efforts among the Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian residents through multiple events, advertising materials, and an art competition which resulted in beautiful community artwork to be displayed in local supermarkets like Ali Baba and in community libraries.