As dozens of people stepped out of a tour bus and lined the side of Quintana Road on Friday morning, Cheyenne Rendon looked to the sky.

“Welcome to the South Side,” she yelled.

At the same time, a train chugged on Amtrak tracks as multiple fighter jets landed at Kelly Field.

This loud experience is not one that all people in San Antonio are used to, but Rendon said it’s a clear example of the inequities of living on the South Side.

“We are targeted not by someone specific, but by all,” she said. “We’re here to speak our lived experience and share with you what we are living with in 2025.“

Rendon was one of the speakers on the Environmental Justice Bus Tour. Multiple nonprofits put on this experience to give people living south of Highway 90 a platform to share their health concerns.

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