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Together We Rise
Together We Rise
'An inner joy that I could not explain': Combat medic becomes U.S. citizen through military | Together We Rise
Staff Sergeant Ifeanyi Anyaegbuna, a combat medic at JBSA Fort Sam Houston, never considered a career in the military. But one day, fate intervened.
Together We Rise
The history behind Pride that is too important to forget
San Antonio's first Pride march was in 1976, but the riots for LGBTQ+ rights commemorated every year happened in 1969 in New York.
Together We Rise
The search for San Antonio's Juneteenth history | Together We Rise
Researchers believe slaves in San Antonio got emancipation news like the enslaved in Galveston. But where are the documents, artifacts, and stories to back that up?
Together We Rise
San Antonio woman fled violence in India to pursue the American dream | Together We Rise
Kamlesh Chaudhry fled violence in India following the riots of 1984. After years of starting fresh in the U.S., she earned the nickname "Queen of Sunglasses."
Together We Rise
KENS 5 tackles race and cultural challenges in 'Together We Rise' news special
The hour-long program taking a look at how San Antonians are addressing issues of diversity and inclusion will be hosted by Audrey Castoreno and Marvin Hurst.
Featured Videos
'An inner joy that I could not explain': Combat medic becomes U.S. citizen through military
The search for San Antonio's Juneteenth history | Together We Rise
How an Indian woman's pursuit of the American dream brought her to San Antonio
Meet the UTSA archivists working to preserve San Antonio's LGBTQ history | Together We Rise
Anti-Semitic incidents surging across Texas and the U.S.
New owners evolve La Prensa Texas, the oldest bilingual newspaper in the state
Texas families with transgender children open up about navigating legislation, directives targeting trans youth
DoSeum's new exhibition allowing children to explore issues of race and equality | Together We Rise
'An inner joy that I could not explain': Combat medic becomes U.S. citizen through military
The search for San Antonio's Juneteenth history | Together We Rise
How an Indian woman's pursuit of the American dream brought her to San Antonio
Meet the UTSA archivists working to preserve San Antonio's LGBTQ history | Together We Rise
Anti-Semitic incidents surging across Texas and the U.S.
New owners evolve La Prensa Texas, the oldest bilingual newspaper in the state
Texas families with transgender children open up about navigating legislation, directives targeting trans youth
DoSeum's new exhibition allowing children to explore issues of race and equality | Together We Rise
Together We Rise
UTSA archivist works to preserve San Antonio LGBTQ+ history | Together We Rise
Melissa Gohlke is presented with a portal into the history of San Antonio's LGBTQ+ community on an almost daily basis.
Together We Rise
Anti-Semitic incidents surging in Texas and the U.S. | Together We Rise
Jewish families respond to the uptick in anti-Semitic hate in San Antonio.
Together We Rise
UTSA archivist works to preserve San Antonio LGBTQ+ history | Together We Rise
Melissa Gohlke is presented with a portal into the history of San Antonio's LGBTQ+ community on an almost daily basis.
Together We Rise
Anti-Semitic incidents surging in Texas and the U.S. | Together We Rise
Jewish families respond to the uptick in anti-Semitic hate in San Antonio.
Together We Rise
'It's my passion to keep it alive' | La Prensa Texas continuing to evolve century-old newspaper
"We will be bigger and I would like to say in the future we will be across the country.”
Together We Rise
Texas families with transgender children open up about navigating legislation, directives targeting trans youth
Pride in your identity can be a powerful thing. Texas families of transgender kids speak up about why it's harmful to threaten that agency.
Together We Rise
'It's my passion to keep it alive' | La Prensa Texas continuing to evolve century-old newspaper
"We will be bigger and I would like to say in the future we will be across the country.”
Together We Rise
Texas families with transgender children open up about navigating legislation, directives targeting trans youth
Pride in your identity can be a powerful thing. Texas families of transgender kids speak up about why it's harmful to threaten that agency.
Features
DoSeum's new exhibition allowing children to explore issues of race and equality | Together We Rise
The DoSeum is helping families discuss tough topics with the creation of their new exhibition, Uniquely Us.
Together We Rise
Minority-owned businesses face more than capital challenges | Together We Rise
Funding remains an obstacle for minority-owned businesses, but even successful entrepreneurs say they face discrimination.
Features
DoSeum's new exhibition allowing children to explore issues of race and equality | Together We Rise
The DoSeum is helping families discuss tough topics with the creation of their new exhibition, Uniquely Us.
Together We Rise
Minority-owned businesses face more than capital challenges | Together We Rise
Funding remains an obstacle for minority-owned businesses, but even successful entrepreneurs say they face discrimination.
Together We Rise
'I spent a lot of time making this work': Spurs team photographer seeks impact through images | Together We Rise
As the Spurs' first-team photographer, the pictures matter to Reginald Thomas. His lesson in imagery is one of joy and pain.
Together We Rise
Telling the untold story of America's Black cowboys | Together We Rise
"The only way to understand the future of Texas is to understand the past."
Together We Rise
When does freedom of speech become hateful? | Together We Rise
One San Antonio business owner knows better than most how free speech can be met with hate speech.
Together We Rise
'I spent a lot of time making this work': Spurs team photographer seeks impact through images | Together We Rise
As the Spurs' first-team photographer, the pictures matter to Reginald Thomas. His lesson in imagery is one of joy and pain.
Together We Rise
Telling the untold story of America's Black cowboys | Together We Rise
"The only way to understand the future of Texas is to understand the past."
Together We Rise
When does freedom of speech become hateful? | Together We Rise
One San Antonio business owner knows better than most how free speech can be met with hate speech.
Together We Rise
The number of young kids dying by suicide is staggering; the rate for Black children is double their peers.
Our new investigative series looks into a troubling trend for young Black children.
Together We Rise
'We still have a long way to go': San Antonio faith leaders discuss how close MLK's dream is to being fulfilled
We consider how far we've come since Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic speech, and take the question to the community.
Together We Rise
The number of young kids dying by suicide is staggering; the rate for Black children is double their peers.
Our new investigative series looks into a troubling trend for young Black children.
Together We Rise
'We still have a long way to go': San Antonio faith leaders discuss how close MLK's dream is to being fulfilled
We consider how far we've come since Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic speech, and take the question to the community.
News
Faith leaders recognize the challenges of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's unfulfilled dream | Together We Rise
Four faith leaders from San Antonio invoked hope over the challenges of an unaccomplished dream.
Together We Rise
KENS 5 team members share experiences of racism, bias, prejudice on solutions journey | Together We Rise
'Together We Rise' launched on KENS 5 in February 2021. Team members said the experiences that make up the diversity content collective started long before that.
News
Faith leaders recognize the challenges of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's unfulfilled dream | Together We Rise
Four faith leaders from San Antonio invoked hope over the challenges of an unaccomplished dream.
Together We Rise
KENS 5 team members share experiences of racism, bias, prejudice on solutions journey | Together We Rise
'Together We Rise' launched on KENS 5 in February 2021. Team members said the experiences that make up the diversity content collective started long before that.
Together We Rise
Sisters pay tribute to family and heritage with makeup business | Together We Rise
A pair of San Antonio sisters have gone into business together with a brand called Chica Beauty that draws meaning from their blended roots.
Together We Rise
Man says he's 'working hard' to show immigration judge he deserved decision that let him stay in US
Here’s a rare opportunity to hear from an immigration judge and a man who was once in his court – how the encounter 10 years ago turned out.
Together We Rise
Sisters pay tribute to family and heritage with makeup business | Together We Rise
A pair of San Antonio sisters have gone into business together with a brand called Chica Beauty that draws meaning from their blended roots.
Together We Rise
Man says he's 'working hard' to show immigration judge he deserved decision that let him stay in US
Here’s a rare opportunity to hear from an immigration judge and a man who was once in his court – how the encounter 10 years ago turned out.
Together We Rise
A dangerous journey to US citizenship: How an unaccompanied teen endured and reunited with his mother 10 years later | Together We Rise
After a Honduran mother left to provide for her family in the U.S., her 17-year-old son took the same journey—and found his second chance at life.
Together We Rise
The new blue: SAPD cadets share the weight of change before hitting the street | Together We Rise
By mid-December, the cadets of SAPD 2021-B should be on the street as San Antonio police officers. But do they bring anything different to the job?
Together We Rise
The power behind the paint | Together We Rise
Murals used in social movements as a form of silent protest often become icons for the communities they reside in.
Together We Rise
A dangerous journey to US citizenship: How an unaccompanied teen endured and reunited with his mother 10 years later | Together We Rise
After a Honduran mother left to provide for her family in the U.S., her 17-year-old son took the same journey—and found his second chance at life.
Together We Rise
The new blue: SAPD cadets share the weight of change before hitting the street | Together We Rise
By mid-December, the cadets of SAPD 2021-B should be on the street as San Antonio police officers. But do they bring anything different to the job?
Together We Rise
The power behind the paint | Together We Rise
Murals used in social movements as a form of silent protest often become icons for the communities they reside in.
Together We Rise
Women's group, psychology expert believe kindness leads to resolution | Together We Rise
Twelve women in San Antonio finally agreed to interview about six years of random kindness acts. They made the decision, hoping others would do the same.
Together We Rise
'A vocal and spectacular response' | Hispanic students' 1968 walkout led to long-lasting change in education
On May 16th, Edgewood High School students, many of them Hispanic, organized and walked out of school.
Together We Rise
Women's group, psychology expert believe kindness leads to resolution | Together We Rise
Twelve women in San Antonio finally agreed to interview about six years of random kindness acts. They made the decision, hoping others would do the same.
Together We Rise
'A vocal and spectacular response' | Hispanic students' 1968 walkout led to long-lasting change in education
On May 16th, Edgewood High School students, many of them Hispanic, organized and walked out of school.
Together We Rise
What some say a flood 100 years ago can teach modern-day San Antonio
The 1921 flood initially sparked uneven prevention measures across the city. Empowered residents organized for change, demanding improvements in their neighborhoods.
Together We Rise
San Antonio’s Maestro Entrepreneur Center helps local entrepreneurs and small business owners | Together We Rise
A partnership with the City of San Antonio will allow them to put guidance and grant money into the hands of more historically underserved entrepreneurs.
Together We Rise
What some say a flood 100 years ago can teach modern-day San Antonio
The 1921 flood initially sparked uneven prevention measures across the city. Empowered residents organized for change, demanding improvements in their neighborhoods.
Together We Rise
San Antonio’s Maestro Entrepreneur Center helps local entrepreneurs and small business owners | Together We Rise
A partnership with the City of San Antonio will allow them to put guidance and grant money into the hands of more historically underserved entrepreneurs.
Together We Rise
'Stolen from us': The Latinos who lost their language and the fight to recover it | Together We Rise
KENS 5's 'Together We Rise' dives into the deeper history behind why some Hispanics may not speak Spanish.
Together We Rise
Inside the organizations working to encourage safe gun ownership in the Black community | Together We Rise
With about 60,000 members nationally, NAAGA’s focus is the change the relation between Black people and guns through fellowship, education, and training.
Together We Rise
'Stolen from us': The Latinos who lost their language and the fight to recover it | Together We Rise
KENS 5's 'Together We Rise' dives into the deeper history behind why some Hispanics may not speak Spanish.
Together We Rise
Inside the organizations working to encourage safe gun ownership in the Black community | Together We Rise
With about 60,000 members nationally, NAAGA’s focus is the change the relation between Black people and guns through fellowship, education, and training.
Together We Rise
'There's no finish line': A desire for healing between police, communities of color | Together We Rise
Part Three of KENS 5's 'Police and Race' series focuses on the search for solutions to ease the friction between law enforcement and people of color.
Together We Rise
'I back the blue, but I wake up Black': Officers weigh in on policing and race | Together We Rise
"Police & Race" is a three-part deep dive into the complex relationship between law enforcement and people of color.
Together We Rise
Police & Race: The conflict, the conversation, the conclusions | Together We Rise
Resolution is the consensus. The problem is so-called opposing sides are not moving toward a table to quell issues between police and communities of color.
Together We Rise
'There's no finish line': A desire for healing between police, communities of color | Together We Rise
Part Three of KENS 5's 'Police and Race' series focuses on the search for solutions to ease the friction between law enforcement and people of color.
Together We Rise
'I back the blue, but I wake up Black': Officers weigh in on policing and race | Together We Rise
"Police & Race" is a three-part deep dive into the complex relationship between law enforcement and people of color.
Together We Rise
Police & Race: The conflict, the conversation, the conclusions | Together We Rise
Resolution is the consensus. The problem is so-called opposing sides are not moving toward a table to quell issues between police and communities of color.
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