The Political Education Committee (PEC) is a subcommittee of the Austin DSA Leadership Committee. Our purpose is to organize regular and special, one-off chapter political education events. Join us if you are interested in learning how to organize events like our Socialist Night Schools, book...
The City of Austin, the City's Ethics Review Commission, and the League of Women Voters Austin Area will sponsor virtual City Council Candidate Forums for city council candidates competing in the November 2020 election. Austin voters will elect council members in five Council districts on...
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...
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...
The Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis (IUPRA) and the Opportunity Forum present, “I Can’t Breathe: Approaching Police Brutality in the Black Community,” a forum on race and the justice system. Given increased tensions over how communities experience criminal justice, questions about the role...
Join us for our 2-week social distancing giving campaign, and have fun while supporting Shoal Creek Conservancy! Safely enjoy the Shoal Creek Trail and celebrate with Shoal Creek Conservancy during our self-led Photo Scavenger Hunt and Virtual Happy Hour. For 2 weeks, we encourage you...
We're devoting our policy meeting on September 20 to train up before the upcoming legislative session. Come learn how to advocate at the state level, how to read a bill and follow it through the legislative process, how session has shifted due to the pandemic,...
Book Description: By the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings, politicians finally worked to end the practice of redlining. Reasoning that the turbulence could be calmed by turning Black city-dwellers into homeowners, they passed the Housing and Urban Development...
We do safe, curbside voter registration. We will also have available for pickup - ballot-by-mail applications, election information, and Census information available. So, whether you're new to the county, just need to update your address, want to pick up an application to vote by mail,...
In the fifth session of the Civics 101 series, the League of Women Voters Austin Area and The Austin Common want you to Know the Vote. , LWV-AA Director of Advocacy, and , Editor-In-Chief of The Austin Common, will discuss Local and County Elections. ::...
