RIGHT. JUST A FEW SECONDS AWAY. WE’LL DO A QUICK AND INTRO IN THE WILL GET GOING.
> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF
THE NEW YEAR FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE, THAT MEANS HOPE IT
MEANS A FRESH START AND A MEANS
TIME FOR CHANGE. THAT’S RIGHT.
PERFECT TIMING BECAUSE
DREAMWEEK IS RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER. AND FOR THE LAST
DECADE, SAN ANTONIO HAS HOSTED
AN EVENT THAT FOCUSES ON OUR
FUTURE. PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS
OF LIFE. GET TOGETHER TO TALK
ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT
PRETTY MUCH AFFECT US ALL AND
HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER.
AND THIS YEAR IS SPECIAL
BECAUSE IT IS THE 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THAT EVENT.
JOINING US NOW ON THE KSAT QNA
WE HAVE SHOW CAR REINECK PODIA
WHO GOES BY SHOW FOUNDER OF
DREAM WEEK DREAM VOICE, THE
ORGANIZATION BEHIND THIS EVENT
SHOW. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
FIRST. TELL US WHAT IS DREAM
WEEKEND AND WHO PARTICIPATES
IN THIS?
>> MY SECOND AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR HAVING IT’S A
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO
GET STARTED RIGHT TO YOU AS
YES, REMAKE IS ABOUT TOLERANCE,
DIVERSE, THE QUALITY TO BOB
IDENTIFYING AND CREATING AN
ENVIRONMENT FULL CIVIL.
ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE HIS.
>> ZOOM LINK THERE JUST FROZE.
I’M HOPING MAYBE WE CAN GET
HIM BACK SOON. BUT FOR NOW, I
KNOW THAT WE CAN TELL YOU DREAM
WEEK IS HAPPENING. JANUARY 13TH
THROUGH THE 30TH. YOU CAN GO
ONLINE. JUST DO A QUICK GOOGLE
SEARCH FOR DREAMWEEK SAN
ANTONIO. 200 EVENTS THAT ARE
TAKING PLACE DURING THOSE DAYS.
A LOT OF THEM VIRTUAL BECAUSE
OF COVID, OF COURSE. AND WE DO
HAVE A LOT BEAMS THAT THEY WE
CAN EXPLORE ENTERTAINMENT ARTS
CULTURE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHOW IS BACK WITH
US. ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO LET’S GO TO
THAT. IF YOU CAN TELL US WHO’S
WHO’S PARTICIPATING WEEK?
>> SHES, I’M SORRY. I DON’T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THAT.
BUT ALL WE HAVE ABOUT 200
EVENTS SAN ANTONIO IS VERY
UNIQUE IN THAT SENSE IS THAT WE
HAVE ABOUT 175 POP MS TAKING.
IT’S KIND OF THE ONLY COMMUNITY
Q A THAT EVENT OF ITS KIND IN
THE NATION. SO WE HAVE ABOUT
175 POP UP. BASICALLY.
COMING UP WITH WAYS. AN IDEA
IS CELEBRATING TOLERANCE,
DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY. SO
DREAMWEEK IS ESSENTIALLY AN
ENVIRONMENT FULL CIVIL AND
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THAT PLACE
WHERE WE LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER
AND KIND OF MAYBE EVEN GET WE
INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER AS
WELL AS THE CITY.
THIS IS A POTENTIAL UNIVERSITY,
AS YOU MENTIONED. AND WE HAVE
LIKE 200, 13 EVENTS COMING UP.
AND WE’RE REALLY, REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT. HE’S GETTING
OUT. THEY GET PUTTING OUT, YOU
KNOW, TELLS OUT THERE AND
TESTING THE WATERS AGAIN
HOPEFULLY GET MEET SOME FRIENDS
AND SOME PEOPLE WE HAVEN’T
ACTUALLY SEEN IN MONTHS
LEAVING. YES, YOU KNOW, WE
WE’VE SHOWED IMAGES OF
CONCERTS. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE
HAVE BEEN SPEECHES MADE SMALL
GROUPS TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER,
EVEN A WORKOUT
>> EVENT TO EXERCISING EVENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE. SO WHAT IS THE
OVERALL THE GOAL OF ALL OF
THESE 200 PLUS EVENTS. WHAT’S
THE THEME HERE?
>> ALL RIGHT. I’LL GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE. I MEAN, JUST BROUGHT
UP ONE. WE HAVE A MEDIAN PUSH
OUT
CHALLENGE RIGHT? WHERE ARE WHO
YOU ARE TOO
WHO RUN A DISNEY HAVE CHALLENGE
THE ENTIRE CITY TO ACTUALLY
COME UP WITH AMELIA PUSH-UPS.
EVERYONE COUNTS. AND THAT’S
ACTUALLY THE
MATTER I THINK DID WRITE OFF IN
THE 800 THOUSANDS NOW. AND WE
HOPE THAT BY DOING WEEK IN 2
WEEKS, TIME WILL BE BUSY AT
COMPANIES THAT THE CITY.
100 I STARTED MEETING WITH
SHOPS AND WHAT THAT MEANS
ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, IS THAT
WE GET
EVERYONE BELONGS TO THIS ONE,
BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU CAN ONLY
DO ONE, WE SHALL WE WOULD HAVE
A PUSH OUT ACTUALLY. AS TO THE
TALLY. AND SO DREAM IS ALL
ABOUT THAT THAT NO ONE SHOULD
BE LEFT BEHIND. WE DO NOT KNOW
WHERE THE VOICES THAT I CAN
TO GREEN.
>> ABOUT THE IN OUR COMMUNITY
COME FROM AND WE SHOULD ALLOW
EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY.
TO VOICE. AND EXPRESS
THEMSELVES AND HOPEFULLY THE
TRUTH WAS ALWAYS ALWAYS GOING
TO TRY.
>> AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S AN
INTERESTING TIME ALSO TO TO
HOLD. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT’S
THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THESE NEW
YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS, RIGHT, OF
OF BEING POSITIVE BEING
OPTIMISTIC. AND SO THIS IS SORT
OF DELIBERATE, RIGHT? THE
TIMING OF THIS.
>> I THINK WE WHEN WE FIRST
STARTED THIS 10 YEARS AGO, WE
WERE SURPRISED THAT SENATOR,
YOU HAVE THE LARGEST MARCH IN
THE NATION AND WE CAN
OVEREMPHASIZE THAT, RIGHT?
IT’S KIND OF A THE YOU KNOW,
THAT’S WONDERFUL.
JUST SOME WONDERFUL THING TO
HAVE. I SAID TO HAVE A CD THAT
WE HAVE THIS HUGE, HUGE, MUCH
300,000 PEOPLE IN THE MONDAY
MONEY MARCHING.
WHO WAS ONE OF THEM. YOU NEED A
UNIFIED GOAL. SO WE WONDERED
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE YOU
KNOW, IF YOU GET OUT THE WAY
TOO.
INVITE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT
NECESSARILY.
COULDN’T GET AND MONDAY
MORNING, THIS IS THE ONE WHO IS
NOW THE OTHER. COULDN’T ATTEND
THE MARCH. FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY
WOULD RATHER DO. AND WE FOUND
OUT THAT WE HAVE THIS GREAT,
WONDERFUL, WELCOME ME
ENVIRONMENT HERE WHERE WE ASKED
ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST
EVENTS CELEBRATING TOLERANCE,
DIVERSITY, EQUALITY HAVE.
YOU KNOW, KOREAN FIREMEN WITH
PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SHARE IDEAS
AND WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD
SOMETHING INCREDIBLE GET.
AND SO WE HAD ACTUALLY JUST
CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT
OF
THE TEAM DECIDES ABOUT TEAM
GOOD, BUT WE COULD REALLY.
RIGHT ON THIS. THEY HAVE 4,
500, 600 EVENTS QUITE EASILY.
SURE YOU STARTED TO SEE THAT ON
THIS STORY. WELL KNOW AT THE
EXCUSE ME BEFORE WE LET YOU GO,
I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT
DREAMWEEK DOT ORG WHERE YOU CAN
FIND A LIST OF THESE 200 PLUS
EVENTS. THESE ARE OPEN TO
EVERYONE AS WELL. AND I JUST
WANT TO ASK YOU BEFORE YOU GO.
>> YOU STARTED THIS 10 YEARS
AGO. IS THIS WHERE YOU EXPECTED
IT TO BE? I MEAN, HAS IT.
HOW HAS IT CHANGED WHEN IT
COMPARED TO YOUR INITIAL
VISION?
>> YES,
IT GREW PATHOS IT OVERWHELMING
SO, YES, I DIDN’T EXPECT IT
TO GROW AS QUICKLY, BUT I THINK
WE’VE REACHED A POINT NOW.
TANG IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AS A
2020 AS AN INITIATIVE AT THAT
TIME, I THINK WE’VE REACHED A
POINT WHERE THAT WE HAVE TO
GET BEYOND A WHILE AND SAY THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
THAT’S VERY UNIQUE TO THE CITY.
EVERY WANT IS UP.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE’S A CHAMPION
OF THIS WITHIN THE CITY AND
MAYBE WE HAVE A MORE FAVORABLE
TYPE OF SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST OF
THAT UNITY AS WELL. FOR WITH
WE WORK INTO WHAT’S HAVING A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY CAN COME IN
AND TRY TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE.
CONFLICT, MAYBE NOT RESOLVE
IT BUT AT LEAST MAKE THE
ATTEMPT AND HAVE A CIVIL AND
CIVIC DISCUSSIONS ACROSS THE
TABLE.
>> ALL RIGHT, JOE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WE’LL HAVE TO LEAVE
THINGS RIGHT DREAMWEEK DOT ORG
IS THE WEB SITE THAT WE SHOULD
BE VISITING TO FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
WONDERFUL EVENT. AND I LOVE
WHEN YOU PUT ALL THE PICTURES
TOGETHER, YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL
COME POSITIVE, EVERYTHING THAT
SAN ANTONIO AND THEREFORE
AMERICA IS. SO THANK YOU SO