Cover Woman Deborah Omowale Jarmon
Written by Blithe Wiley Deborah Omowale Jarmon CEO/Director, San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM) By Blithe Wiley | Photography by David Teran Deborah Omowale Jarmon, CEO/Director of the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM), is passionate about her organization’s mission and its plans for the future. The mission of SAAACAM is ‘To collect, preserve, and share the history and cultural heritage of African descendants of San Antonio and the Southwest region.” Jarmon’s father worked for CONRAIL when she was growing up, so she had the opportunity to travel all over the country by train, experiencing the different regional cultures of the U.S. “My parents were very intentional about exposing me to as many cultures as possible when I was growing up,” she said. They visited the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, the 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal, Canada, and ...
