When disaster strikes, people across Austin need trusted community spaces to meet basic needs. When paired with ongoing emergency planning, disaster response, and sheltering plans, a Resilience Hub Network can help provide relief during extreme weather events and other emergencies. At the same time, the...
Bring your families, neighbors, and friends to our first in-person DOPE quarterly General Assembly meeting! During this assembly, you will learn more about AJC’s grassroots organizing strategy and find specific opportunities to help create the organizing vision in your district. In addition, we will host...
We invite you to join us for our upcoming Unlearning Circle on Sat, August 13, 2022, where we will continue to explore our role in building accountable communities. In previous Unlearning Circles we have explored safety and policing, the policing that is (or is not) happening in...
Anne Braden (July 28, 1924 – March 6, 2006) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator dedicated to the cause of racial equality. In celebration of her birthday, UWSA is hosting an online, two-hour workshop, “White Antiracist History; White Antiracist Mobilization: Lessons From...
Policy Meeting June 26th, 3PM - Scholz Garden - 1607 San Jacinto, ATX 78701 REMINDER: In July, our policy team will return to regularly meeting on every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month from 3 pm to 5 pm. The meetings are hybrid, and we meet in-person...
Environmental injustice refers to the uneven distribution of environmental benefits and burdens based primarily on race, but also other marginalizing factors such as income and gender. In this conversation, Dr. Bruno will describe how this phenomenon spans across Texas and its history, with a focus...
The Townhall on Public Safety: People With Disabilities and Policing will take place on June 25, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both virtually and in person. About the event: The Office of Police Oversight, the Mayor's Office, the Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities, and...
Learn how you can eliminate adultification and change the narratives dictating how Black girls are viewed and treated. Presented by Truckers Against Trafficking & Busing on the Lookout (BOTL) 6 Ways to Protect Black Girls serves as a first step in learning what adultification bias is and...
Our next BRAVE Communities Conversation will be held in-person & live-streamed on BRAVE Communities Facebook on Tuesday, May 31st from 6:00pm - 7:30pm. (doors open at 5:30pm) Spicewood Springs Library 8637 Spicewood springs Rd. A survey released in October by the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) found that...
ANNOUNCING / CELEBRATING: THE AJC RADICAL ADVOCATES ACADEMY! APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN | https://bit.ly/3DM1CG3 | Get paid & certified to advocate for social justice #THEAJCWAY through our new 12-month training program! Register for our 2nd informational webinar on May 7th. WHY? The intersecting issues that impact Black, Indigenous, and people of...