BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Austin Common - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://theaustincommon.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Austin Common
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20210314T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20211107T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20220313T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20221106T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20230312T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20231105T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220118
DTSTAMP:20260407T110649
CREATED:20220113T183022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T183254Z
UID:47383-1642377600-1642463999@theaustincommon.com
SUMMARY:United Way MLK Jr. Day of Service 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us Monday\, January 17 as we continue our annual tradition of gathering with our neighbors in service and learning to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\n \nDr. King believed in the power of individuals to strengthen communities and achieve common goals\, and all of us here at United Way do too. That’s what our mission – bringing people\, ideas\, and resources together to fight poverty in our community – is all about.\n \nFor our 2022 MLK Jr. Day of Service\, we invite you to join us for one or several socially-distanced activities\, all of which carry on Dr. King’s legacy of anti-racism\, justice\, and equity. \n\nLearn: Take our self-guided walking tour. Walk through part of the area of Austin that was originally created to segregate Blacks in 1928\, and reflect on how walking played a critical role in the Civil Rights Era.\nGive: Donate books to the “I Am Brave” book drive! We’re partnering with Brave Communities to provide reading material to young people from vaccine-hesitant populations\, and bring awareness of the importance of diverse representation and story-telling in books.\nAdvocate: Advocacy is volunteerism\, and we encourage you to use your voice to enact change in 2022. The Texas Primary Election is March 1. Voter education impacts voter turnout\, so take some time today to make sure that you and your loved ones are registered to vote.\nVolunteer: Get outside this MLK Jr Day with the Austin Parks Foundation. Check out their Evergreen Volunteer Opportunities to foster a community that recognizes how parks play an important role in bringing people together. Help measure your impact by filling out this form when you’re done! Some parks we love include Rosewood Park\, Walnut Creek Park\, and Old Settlers Park in Round Rock!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/united-way-mlk-jr-day-of-service-2022/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media.theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16132647/Screen-Shot-2022-01-13-at-12.29.20-PM.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220117T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T110649
CREATED:20220113T184937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T185429Z
UID:47387-1642410000-1642438800@theaustincommon.com
SUMMARY:MLK Day Food Drive
DESCRIPTION:On MLK Day each year\, we typically join the community March organized by the Austin Area Heritage Council to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. The March has been cancelled this year in light of current COVID circumstances\, but we still want to follow Dr. King’s leadership and celebrate his teachings. We will host a food drive at Pease Park in recognition of MLK Day that will support Central Texas Food Bank on Monday\, January 17th.\n \nWe encourage you to participate in this food drive in one of two ways (or both!).\n \n1. Sign up to help us collect the donated food items on January 17th. Two hour shifts are open for this volunteer job throughout the day. If you can help in this way\, please register through our Volunteer page here.\n\n\n\n2. Bring canned food donations to the park to contribute to our food drive on January 17th anytime between 9am and 5pm. Most needed items include:\n\n\npeanut butter \n\n\ncanned chicken breast or tuna \n\n\ncanned low sodium vegetables \n\n\ncanned fruit in its own juice \n\n\ndry pinto beans \n\n\nbrown rice \n\n\ndry pasta \n\n\nnon-fat dry mild powder \n\n\n100% whole grain cereal \n\n\n\n\nCentral Texas has a food insecurity rate of 17.3% and Central Texas Food Bank helps fill this need of nourishment for individuals and families. Last year\, Central Texas Food Bank brought nearly 54 million meals to our community and into the hands of families and local nonprofits that need food assistance. 34% of food bank clients are children and teens and 64% of client households have at least one working adult.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/mlk-day-food-drive/
LOCATION:Pease Park\, 1100 Kingsbury St\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media.theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16132643/Screen-Shot-2022-01-13-at-12.48.46-PM.png
GEO:30.281441;-97.7512854
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Pease Park 1100 Kingsbury St Austin TX 78705 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1100 Kingsbury St:geo:-97.7512854,30.281441
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220117T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T110649
CREATED:20220113T182249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T182656Z
UID:47381-1642413600-1642424400@theaustincommon.com
SUMMARY:Austin Creative Reuse MLK Day of Service
DESCRIPTION:Observed each year on the third Monday in January\, MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities.\n \nMaking time to volunteer for MLK Day of Service is a great way to engage with your community. Here at ACR\, we will have a variety of activities set up for folks to complete throughout the day. Sorting\, packing\, rolling\, tagging\, we will be bringing the value back to hundreds of pounds of gently used materials and preparing them for sale in our retail center. \nCome join us for an hour or 3! Bring a friend\, bring your family or come alone and meet new folks!\n \nNote\, this activity will take place outside. Masks still required\, please dress accordingly for the weather.\n \nRegister here!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/mlk-day-of-service/
LOCATION:Austin Creative Reuse\, 2005 Wheless Lane\, Austin\, TX\, 78723\, United States
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media.theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16132650/Community-Volunteering-.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220117T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220117T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T110649
CREATED:20220113T183910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220115T170807Z
UID:47385-1642416300-1642420800@theaustincommon.com
SUMMARY:Virtual MLK Rally
DESCRIPTION:Due to concerns around the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in the Austin-area\, the 2022 MLK Festival has been canceled.\n  \n\nInstead\, we will hold a virtual MLK Rally program on January 17th.Join us virtually as we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King\, Jr.\nWe are inspired to renew our commitment to recognizing and appreciating diversity while building bridges to unify and empower us all. Hear music from Blue Vinyl Crates\, Motivational Speakers\, and words from community leaders.\n\n  \nWe’d hoped to proceed with an in-person festival\, but the health and safety of our community is of the utmost importance. Please note that while the festival is canceled\, our other activities\, such as the Oratory contest and Youth Legacy Awards\, will proceed virtually.\n  \nSUPPORT THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK \nAlthough our virtual-only event won’t be able to offer an opportunity for you to bring in-person food donations\, we can all still support the Central Texas Food Bank by volunteering with them or donating to them directly.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/virtual-mlk-rally/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker,Volunteer
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media.theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16132645/Austin-MLK-Celebration.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220118T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T110649
CREATED:20220112T200842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220112T200842Z
UID:47364-1642507200-1642510800@theaustincommon.com
SUMMARY:New Texas Voting Laws - What you need to Know!
DESCRIPTION:New election laws are in place for the March 1st\, 2022 Primaries. We will provide tips to help with some of the new laws that impact Texas voters.\n\n \nSponsored by The League of Women Voters of Texas\, Texas Impact\, Texas LULAC.\n\n\nSpeakers: \n– Grace Chimene\, President League of Women Voters of Texas\n– Joshua Houston Advocacy Director Texas Impact\, Texas Interfaith Center \n\n \nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZAucO6qrj4rE9Nu0L7qq9me…\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/new-texas-voting-laws-what-you-need-to-know/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Class/Skill-Building
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media.theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16132735/be-informed.-vote-informed..jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220118T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T110649
CREATED:20220106T200052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220106T200052Z
UID:47357-1642530600-1642534200@theaustincommon.com
SUMMARY:Civics 101 Researching Your Ballot and Casting Your Vote
DESCRIPTION: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. The session will be hosted on Zoom and streamed on the LWV-AA Facebook Page.\n \n\nRegister in advance for this webinar:\nhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7beopC9GRr6XLuoj2y3J-g\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/civics-101-researching-your-ballot-and-casting-your-vote/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media.theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16132739/LWV-Researching-Your-Ballot.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220119T140000
DTSTAMP:20260407T110649
CREATED:20220113T164309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T164810Z
UID:47378-1642597200-1642600800@theaustincommon.com
SUMMARY:Resilience Roundtable: Linking Equity\, Research\, and Implementation - Climate Planning in Austin
DESCRIPTION: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 the City of Austin’s climate equity plan as well other topics that intersect with the issues of resilience\, climate justice\, disaster response\, biodiversity\, environmental humanities\, and more. Each panel discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A session and collective brainstorming towards continued action.\n  \n\nPanel Discussion One: Linking Equity\, Research\, and Implementation: Climate Planning in Austin\n \n\n  \n\nIn this first edition of our Resilience Roundtable series\, our panelists will provide the backstory for how Austin’s climate equity plan came together and ways in which researchers and local communities can be involved to help ensure equity throughout the plan’s implementation process. The format includes time for Q&A and a generative discussion towards brainstorming ideas for action. You can register here.  \n\n  \n\nZach Baumer is the Climate Program Manager at the City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability. There he leads the City of Austin’s Climate Program\, providing strategic direction to meet the city’s goal of net-zero community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. Zach has been with the City of Austin since 2011\, with prior experience working in the environmental consulting industry\, primarily assisting large industrial clients with environmental data management\, greenhouse gas inventories\, and sustainability planning.  Zach is a LEED Accredited Professional with an MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco. Zach is a native of Indianapolis and holds undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. \n\n  \n\nCeline Rendon is passionate about sustainability education and racial equity. She is the Texas Project Specialist at EcoRise where she supports the utilization of GIS mapping and data visualization to build coalitions at the local\, state and national level and identify strategies for effectively serving marginalized communities. Prior to joining EcoRise\, Celine was the Community Engagement Specialist with the Office of Sustainability\, supporting the development and community involvement of Austin’s 2021 Climate Equity Plan. Celine has a BS in Environmental Science and a Bridging Disciplines certificate in Public Policy from the University of Texas at Austin. In her spare time\, Celine enjoys film photography\, gardening\, and DIY projects. \n\n  \n\nMiriam Solis\, PhD\, MCP\, is an Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on infrastructure planning and design. She is on the leadership team of Planet Texas 2050\, UT’s campus-wide grand challenge research initiative. In 2020\, she served on the City of Austin Climate Equity Plan Sustainable Building’s committee. Raised in California’s Central Valley\, Dr. Solis is a first generation college graduate and the proud daughter of working-class Mexican immigrants. She received her doctorate in City and Regional Planning from the University of California\, Berkeley. Prior to her faculty appointment\, Dr. Solis was a Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation Environmental Fellow\, and worked for the cities of San Francisco\, New York\, and Richmond\, CA. \n\n  \n\nShane Johnson is the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter’s Clean Energy Distributed Organizer\, primarily supporting community pressure to transition cities in Texas to be powered by clean\, renewable energy\, as well as leading organizing at the state-level to fix the Texas grid. Shane was the lead organizer for the #FixTheGrid People’s Hearing that provided a platform for Texans to tell Texas’s so-called leaders what they lived through during the February black outs\, and he subsequently led a Town Hall and a rally to pressure the Public Utility Commission to start listening to the public to actually “fix” the Texas grid. Recently\, Shane served as a co-chair of the Steering Committee of the City of Austin’s ambitious Climate Equity Plan\, propelling a shift in city planning to center racial equity to begin addressing climate change’s root causes like systemic racism. Outside of his day-job\, Shane served as a volunteer on Austin Justice Coalition’s policy team that helped win crucial and unprecedented victories in Austin to fight against police brutality and for systemic criminal justice reform—experience that is actually crucial to fight the climate crisis and fix the Texas grid. Shane grew up in North Austin and Pflugerville\, trying to practice the ideal of working in your own communities first. \n\n 
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/resilience-roundtable-linking-equity-research-and-implementation-climate-planning-in-austin/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media.theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16132650/Screen-Shot-2022-01-13-at-10.40.43-AM.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220121T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220121T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T110649
CREATED:20220120T230840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T230840Z
UID:47422-1642766400-1642770000@theaustincommon.com
SUMMARY:Wild Neighbors Speaker Series: Reforesting Degraded Landscapes
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n \nJim is a Forest Ecosystem Biologist for the City of Austin’s Wildland Conservation Division. An important part of Jim’s work is to identify degraded landscapes on City-managed tracts of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve and lead a team of staff and volunteers to restore them to health. Jim will be talking about the restoration methods he uses\, including “bioswales\,” which promote water infiltration\, soil building\, reforestation\, and carbon sequestration. Community volunteers have been an integral part of these restoration efforts\, planting and caring for trees\, collecting and sowing native seed\, and doing erosion control. Jim’s work was recently recognized by the EPA with top honors for Low Impact Green Infrastructure Improvement.\n\n \nSIGN UP HERE (space is limited): https://traviscountytx-gov.zoomgov.com/…/WN_Iz4DiNS8QI…\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/wild-neighbors-speaker-series-reforesting-degraded-landscapes/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/media.theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16132548/Reforesting-Degraded-Landscapes.jpeg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR