Austin Parks and Recreation invites the public to attend a ceremony at Barton Springs Pool on Saturday, April 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to honor Joan Means Khabele. Her courageous act of swimming in Barton Springs to protest segregation at the pool sparked the civil rights era...
Join us as we wrap up our three-part series on Transformative Justice. We have explored what transformative justice is, the movement away from punishment as a solution to harm and a focus on the socialization of shame and blame which are embedded in us as...
It's time again for the Austin CCL monthly meeting, which will be this Saturday, April 9. Learn about Austin Earth Day events and how to help, as well as social media and other actions CCL is taking in support of Ukraine and moving away from...
Indian handheld fans, known as “Haath pankha”, have been used since ancient times. From highly embellished kinds with luxurious embroideries and fabrics used for royals to basic ones for the commoners, they were a part of daily life. Each region of the subcontinent had its...
ACR's Crafty Hour takes place on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays of each moth. It's a time to come hangout in our workshop and create with others! We'll have tons of materials available for you to play with, with a heavy focus on the Reuse...
Are you ready to take your next step toward caring for our environment? Inspired by the shmitta year, CAA is leading a 4-part series, open to the entire community, focused on learning and action around climate change. In the words of Pirkei Avot, “We do...
As the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) goes through its federally mandated environmental review for its $4.9 billion redesign of I-35 through Central Austin, TxDOT is holding a series of meetings to periodically receive feedback from the community throughout the process. The next VOICE meeting for the...
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 “Discovering the Lost Planet Underfoot - Useful Wild Plants of Texas", with Scooter Cheatham. Texas is the hub of a botanical domain spanning the...
The nation’s 2020 U.S. census touched virtually every person and household in the country. It reflects our racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity and is a major foundation of our nation’s representative democracy. Census data informs decisions related to redistricting, the number of seats per state...
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