Book Description: When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz’s father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero—while the whole country is watching....
Austin Resource Recovery presents Fix-It at Home!, an interactive, online workshop series aimed at teaching Austinites repair and maintenance skills from home. Classes range from learning sewing basics and ‘patching’ up clothes, to fixing recreational equipment and household appliances. You’ll meet and learn from a local...
Solar Austin is doing something a bit different this month... Instead of our usual happy hour, we’re excited to invite you to the closing celebration of the trailblazing Equitable Clean Energy Jobs (ECEJ) Program! Launched in partnership by Solar Austin and Huston-Tillotson University (HT), the...
Join State Representative Erin Zwiener, Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Green Latinos, Environmental Defense Fund and Environment Texas and legislative leaders as we discuss a proposal on flaring by the Railroad Commission of Texas, federal rollback of air pollution rules on methane and what we...
Join A Functional Democracy co-founders, Amy Stansbury and Hal Wuertz, and Shoal Creek Conservancy for a crash course on all things Austin politics and ways to support parks, trails, and especially Shoal Creek! During this interactive virtual event on 8/26 at 5 pm, we’ll cover the basics...
Austin Resource Recovery presents Fix-It at Home!, a FREE interactive, online workshop series aimed at teaching Austinites repair and maintenance skills from home. Classes range from learning sewing basics and ‘patching’ up clothes, to fixing recreational equipment and household appliances. This class is for anyone...
Speakers will discuss their perspectives on the issues facing students, parents, teachers, and other employees as the school year starts up. Discussion follows individual presentations. Speakers Ms. Nu Chanpheng, Parent Advocate, AISD Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, FACEP, NRP; EMS System Medical Director for the...
The Parents' Climate Community offers an informal, supportive, and educational space to connect with other Austin-area caregivers who are concerned about climate change. This month, we'll brainstorm together on how to be our own "superheroes" during this time of intersecting crises. Once you RSVP, we'll be...
Please join us as we begin this journey together to be more active citizens from Registering to Advocacy with the first of this four part Civics Session Series, "Civics 101: The Vote". In this first session, we will cover "Voter Registration Information", where we will...
Join us at City Hall to receive or donate food, and to demand our leaders save our $600! The $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits has expired. President Trump’s proposed executive order on federal unemployment is a failure. We deserve the full $600, fully...
