UWSA's December 2021 Unlearning Circle will explore the People’s Institute principle: Undoing Racism, more specifically, Tensions Experienced by People Who Identify as White in Racial Justice Work. We can all agree that racism is harmful and we must work to eradicate it from ourselves and our systems....
Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom. We'll start off with Announcements on current events... Tonite's main program is the COP26 UN Climate Conference in Glascow, with Brigid Shea. Brigid Shea, Travis County Commissioner for Precinct Two, recently returned from the...
January’s UWSA Unlearning Circle will explore the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s principle - Networking: We recognize that the growth of a movement for social transformation requires networking – “building a net that works.” Networking means building principled relationships based on humane values. For some of...
Please gather with us virtually for our first chapter meeting of 2022 this Saturday, January 8. The national meeting goes from noon to 12:40: cclusa.org/meeting The local chapter meeting starts at 12:50 and runs to 2:00: https://citizensclimate.zoom.us/j/7237228489 Passcode: 123 In addition to our usual updates on...
Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom. We'll start off with Announcements on current events... Tonite's main program is the Zilker REWILDING Plan, with Robin Rather & Elizabeth McGreevy. Parts of ZiIker Park are being loved to death, while other parts...
Due to concerns around the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in the Austin-area, the 2022 MLK Festival has been canceled. Instead, we will hold a virtual MLK Rally program on January 17th.Join us virtually as we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther...
Are you ready for the 2022 Primaries? Do you need help making informed decisions regarding your ballot? Do you need help figuring out how to get to the polls? We will cover all that and more in our first Civic Session of the new year....
Planet Texas 2050 invites you to a semester-long Resilience Roundtable panel discussion series featuring leaders across the academic, non-profit, government, advocacy, and commercial sectors. Roundtables will include 2-3 speakers and a moderator from the Planet Texas 2050 leadership team and will be organized around topic areas drawn from...
Join us on Friday January 21, 2022 from noon-1pm for a talk with the City of Austin's Jim O'Donnell about the restoration efforts on City tracts of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. Jim is a Forest Ecosystem Biologist for the City of Austin’s Wildland Conservation Division....
Hear about the successes and challenges that civilian oversight practitioners are managing across Texas and learn how four large Texas cities are planting seeds of change and accountability in law enforcement during an upcoming virtual panel discussion. The Changing Landscape of Civilian Oversight in Texas will...
