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Dear Equity Action Team,
Our September meeting is September 17th at 11 am! In the meantime, we have important updates for you, including job opportunities, City-related input, and announcements. Keep reading! |
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📅Mark your calendars!📅
Equity Action Team Meeting is on September 17th from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM!
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/EATmeeting
Every EAT Meeting will start at least 10 minutes early to give everyone a chance to connect with one another, chat, get a drink, and enjoy our EAT Playlist! If you have song recommendations or would like to present at future EAT meetings, email Public Information Officer, ena ganguly at enakshi.ganguly@austintexas.gov.
You don't have to register to join but you do have to create or sign in to a free Zoom account to join the meeting. This may pose a barrier for folks to join, but we are trying to keep this space as secure as possible for attendees. If you feel we can do a better job of keeping the space secure and more accessible, please let us know!
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Apply for The Youth Forest Council!
The Youth Forest Council provides an opportunity for young people to use their unique skills and talents to support our urban forest. Everyone brings something important to the table. While the main focus of the Youth Forest Council is forestry and environmental stewardship, we encourage young people with interests in arts, community organizing, business, and more to apply.
Youth Forest Council members are:
- Curious about our environment and interested in exploring careers related to it
- Passionate about getting involved in their community
- Able to attend 1 full council meeting and 1 visiting leader meeting each month
- Able to work about 10-15 hours per month for a full year (January – December 2022)
There are no academic requirements for participation in the Youth Forest Council.
The Urban Forest Program seeks to enhance Austin’s quality of life by fostering a healthy urban forest for all. In alignment with the City of Austin’s Strategic Direction 2023, we highly encourage young people from communities of color and communities facing systemic barriers to apply.
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What you will need to apply:
Timeline and deadlines:
- Youth Forest Council Member Applications are due by 11:59 pm on Sunday, October 10, 2021.
- Recommendation Forms are due by 11:59 pm on Sunday, October 17, 2021 (one week after Member Applications).
- Following the Recommendation Form deadline of October 17, 2021, all completed applications will be reviewed by Urban Forest Program staff. After this point, applicants will be contacted regarding next steps, including interview decisions.
If accepted:
If selected to participate, applicants will become employees of the City of Austin and must follow all City rules and policies. Youth Forest Council members must agree to do their best to represent the City's Urban Forest Program in their communities with respect and professionalism. Additionally, accepted Youth Forest Council members will be required to:
- Complete necessary hiring documents and verify their work eligibility with acceptable documents
- Attend a 30-minute in-person session with our human resources representative to review paperwork and provide copies of work eligibility documents
- Attend an orientation either virtually or in-person (this will be evaluated based on public health recommendations as defined by Austin Public Health)
More information regarding these processes will be sent following acceptance decisions.
ART HEALS FESTIVAL ADDS BLAQ AWARDS AND CELEBRATES BLACK AND QUEER CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTIN
In observance of LBGTQIA+ Suicide Prevention Awareness Day, WhatsintheMirror? present its second annual Arts Heals Festival including the 5th Annual BlaQ Awards and the 5th Annual Night of Love. This one-day multidisciplinary art festival will highlight social justice issues and advocate to eliminate HIV and mental /health stigma through a healing justice framework on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at the George Washington Carver Museum in Austin, Texas.
The goals of the Art Heals Festival are to:
Provide an inclusive and impactful platform that engages the community around social justice topics through artistic expression
Celebrate black queer contributions to the art and social community in Austin
Hold brave spaces for meaningful involvement of people living with HIV and/or mental health conditions and all gender identities and body types
The festival will also feature the following artists and more:
Performances by local performance artists, including Theo Love
DJ sets from Legendary Chicago’s own DJ Shani
And more to announce.
We will also honor and celebrate the contributions from:
*Rocky Lane
*Natalie Sanders
*Yolanda Daniels, & more.
This event is free and open to the public. The livestream can be accessed through the Whatsinthemirror? website www.whatsinthemirror.org, Zoom, and Facebook.
Additional information and tickets can be reserved on eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-heals-festival-2021-5th-annual-blaq-awards-tickets-166884677563?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Art has the capacity to move us, to open up new ways of thinking and understanding, to increase our empathy, and inspire us to take action. Join us in creating an artistic celebration where everyone can enjoy photography, paintings, theater, performances, poetry, and more!
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CALL FOR MUSIC
Submissions open September 1 - 30, 2021
Austin Public Library’s Electric Lady Bird (ELB) delivers commercial-free, curated music from Central Texas artists. The Live Music Capital's best is served up, 24/7, through a user-friendly digital music platform.
Want your music in this collection? Well, we do too! We welcome and encourage submissions from artists who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, immigrant, international, performers in languages other than English and/or otherwise from communities underrepresented in U.S.
Upload 1-3 full-length tracks representative of your overall work to the submission form. The tracks should be from a full album or EP released within the last 2 years that you own the rights to. More details are at our FAQ.
Jurors from the Austin music community will select the best albums. Selected musicians will be awarded $200.00 for their album/EP. In exchange, the Library will receive non-exclusive rights to stream the album/EP for a 3-year term. If selected, you will be contacted with instructions on how to join Electric Lady Bird.
More information at library.austintexas.gov/elb
LISTEN TO MUSIC
Start streaming now. From rock, hip hop, country, Americana, pop and more, ELB has sounds for everyone. New playlists are added monthly to help you explore the collection.
More information at library.austintexas.gov/elb
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Electric Lady Bird de la Biblioteca Publica de Austin (ELB) le ofrece música de artistas del centro de Texas, libre de comerciales y que ha sido cuidadosamente seleccionada para usted.
ENVÍENOS MÚSICA
La convocatoria estará abierta del 1 al 31 de septiembre, 2021.
¿Quiere incluir su música en esta colección? ¡Nosotros también queremos que lo haga! Le damos la bienvenida e invitamos entregas de los siguientes artistas: personas de color, indígenas, inmigrantes, personas de otros países, los que cantan en idiomas distintos al inglés y/o representantes de otras comunidades minorías en los EE.UU.
Durante el tiempo en que la convocatoria esté abierta envíe de una a tres pistas completas como muestra de su trabajo. Las pistas deberán ser parte de un álbum completo o de un EP lanzado en los últimos 2 años cuyos derechos le pertenezcan.
Un jurado con miembros de la comunidad musical de Austin seleccionará los mejores álbumes. Los músicos seleccionados recibirán $200. A cambio, la Biblioteca recibirá derechos no exclusivos para transmitir el álbum o EP por un plazo de tres años.
Si resulta seleccionado, nos comunicaremos al siguiente mes con indicaciones sobre cómo unirse a ELB.
Para más información, puede visitar a library.austintexas.gov/es-elb
ESCUCHE MÚSICA
Escuche música en reproducción a tiempo real. Aquí encontrará música latina, rock, hip hop, country, americana, pop y más. ELB tiene música para todos los gustos. Nuevas listas de reproducción se agregan mensualmente para ayudarle a explorar la colección.
Para más información, puede visitar a library.austintexas.gov/es-elb
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Tappy Guide is looking for volunteers!
Tappy Guide is seeking compassionate volunteers to serve as navigation guides for people with disabilities in a pilot program coordinated with Austin Transportation and Ford Mobility through the City:One Challenge in 2019. During the pilot, a caller will open the mobile app and
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place a video call which will be answered by a live guide. The guide will have access to the caller’s GPS location and live video feed from the caller's camera. Volunteers will be able to serve as guides from the convenience of their own home and schedule shifts based on their availability. Volunteers will also be provided software and sensitivity training developed by mobility specialists from the Texas School of the Blind.
Through the City: One Challenge, the project team worked with several community partners and community members to identify major barriers in accessing healthy living in East Austin. After eight months of research, community engagement, and equity training, Tappy Guide was selected as one of the winners of the Challenge and awarded support to pilot and launch their application with the City. Over the last year the application has been developed and beta testing has begun.
To learn more about this program or volunteer for the pilot, please contact Hannah Barron at Hannah.barron@austintexas.gov. |
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Take Our Survey: Influence Where Sidewalks, Urban Trails, and Bikeways are Built!
Your insight will shape the future of Austin’s streets and urban trails!
We’re inviting the community to help us create more welcoming places for everyone. You don’t need to be an expert to help us improve ways to walk, bike, or roll in Austin. We want to hear from residents with unique views and different skills. That way, what we hear represents the community at large. Please take the time to complete our first public survey, open now through Sept. 26.
Want to collaborate with ATX Walk Bike Roll? Invite us to your meeting!
Our team is available to present to local organizations. Let's talk about how to get your group involved! To find a time that works best for you, email us at: spuente@cultural-strategies.com.
Visit the ATX Walk Bike Roll website to learn more.
Questions? Contact ATXwalkbikeroll@austintexas.gov.
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Austin Transportation seeking stories for Vision Zero!
The Vision Zero team has been working to connect with families and friends who have direct experiences with car crashes. We are asking your help to spread our call for stories from people impacted by crashes through your organization’s various social media or email channels and/or any of your personal connections in the community. In particular, we want to emphasize the need for stories from those in our community who are overrepresented or a growing share of traffic crash victims (Black / African American and Hispanic /Latinx communities) to ensure they have an opportunity to share their experiences.
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MetroBike is making long-term service improvements and would like your input!
These improvements include expanding the number of bikes and stations, integrating with existing and planned CapMetro transit services, improving services and reaching communities outside the downtown core, and providing an all-electric fleet. These changes will take time, require funding, and will build from the existing network.
By participating in this short survey MetroBike hopes to learn how to make the system more attractive and useful to you . Click the link below to make your voice heard!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PFKYDZ6
¡MetroBike está haciendo mejoras a largo plazo de su servicio y les gustaría conocer su opinión! Estas mejoras incluyen aumentar el número de bicicletas y estaciones; integrarse con los servicios de tránsito actuales y futuros de CapMetro; mejorar su servicio y alcanzar a las comunidades fuera del centro de la ciudad; y proporcionar una flota de bicicletas totalmente eléctrica. Estos cambios llevarán tiempo, requerirán financiamiento y expandirán la red existente de bicicletas/estaciones.
Al participar en esta breve encuesta, MetroBike espera aprender cómo hacer que el sistema sea más atractivo y útil para usted. ¡Haga clic en el enlace a continuación para compartir su opinión!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RJQ9T5S
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Austin Area Mental Health Consumers hiring two contracted positions!
AAMHC provides its services at The Self-Help and Advocacy Center (The SHAC). We are proud to report that we make a difference for people with lived experiences of mental health, substance use, and homelessness experiences. Our members receive life affirming services, embrace RECOVERY and healthy living, become gainfully employed, and give back to their communities.
OPERADOR DE LÍNEA CALIENTE CONTRATADO- $ 400/mes
CONTRACTED WARM LINE OPERATOR (Bilingual-Spanish)- $400/mth
Los Operadores de Línea Caliente contratados son clave y críticos para los pares que se conectan con sus pares. Esta posición hace de la Warm Line un lugar cálido y acogedor. Los operadores de Warm Line llaman y se conectan con sus compañeros y ayudan, si es necesario, a encontrar recursos comunitarios. Creemos que las conexiones de igual a igual son poderosas y que todos merecen tener el apoyo que necesitan para prosperar, por lo tanto, se utiliza el compartir su propia experiencia vivida de los desafíos de salud mental para generar confianza y esperanza. Como operador de Warm Line, obtendrá experiencia en el trabajo en los campos de la salud mental y las organizaciones sin fines de lucro, desarrollará habilidades de apoyo entre pares a través de nuestro programa de capacitación, aprenderá más sobre otros recursos locales y organizaciones comunitarias, y ayudará a las personas que llaman a sentirse escuchadas. , entendido y apoyado por alguien que también ha estado allí. Este puesto es para el nuevo Programa de Servicios de Recuperación de Compañeros, que se financia mediante subvenciones.
Contracted Warm Line Operators are key and critical for peers connecting with peers. This position makes the Warm Line a warm and welcoming place. Warm Line Operators call and connect with peers and assist, if necessary, in finding community resources. We believe that peer-to-peer connections are powerful, and that everyone deserves to have the support they need to thrive, therefore, sharing their own lived experience of mental health challenges to build trust and hope is utilized. As a Warm Line Operator, you will gain on-the-job experience in the mental health and nonprofit fields, build peer support skills through our training program, learn more about other local resources and community-based organizations, and help our callers feel heard, understood, and supported by someone who has also been there. This position is for the new Peer Recovery Services Program which is grant funded.
CONTRACTED FACILITATOR- $200-$700/mth
Contracted Facilitator is contracted through Austin Area Mental Health Consumers. Work hours include day, evening, and weekend options. Work involves telling your recovery story, providing structured support groups around the Austin area for 1 hour, providing end of the month reports using documents provided by the contractor, and attending a monthly Facilitator meeting. Works under general supervision with latitudes for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Support group topic suggestions: coping skills, WRAP, wellness and recovery strategies, creative expressions (arts), Co-occurring recovery, and self-support.
For any questions, contact Shannon Carr at 512.442-3366. Submit your resume to scarr@austinmhc.org by 5:00 pm Tuesday, September 21st.
Start date: October 11, 2021
Defenders of Wildlife is hiring a Texas Representative (Austin-based) and many other positions across the U.S., including philanthropy positions in Washington, D.C.
United Way for Greater Austin is hiring!
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy is hiring for three positions (September 16th deadline):
St. David's Foundation is funding grants of up to $25,000 per project to Central Texas nonprofits testing evaluation practices designed to advance racial equity. Applications open September 1st and the deadline to apply is October 1st. RSVP for the September 9th virtual info session here (1:00 p.m.)
The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Austin (YNPN Austin) is seeking board members for 2022. Applications open August 30th. RSVP for the virtual lunch and learn session on September 14th to hear more about the open positions and board service with YNPN Austin.
Mission Capital is hiring! EarthShare of Texas seeks a highly organized individual with strong attention to detail to serve as a campaign and events coordinator 20 hours per week. Starting salary $17-20 per hour, depending on experience. Three-month probationary period. Ideal candidate is looking for a flexible part-time position for the next year, with opportunity for growth into a fulltime role the following year. Apply here.
Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy is hiring! BIPOC, LGBTQ, and women are particularly encouraged to apply for this position as a Texas Regional Organizer for Gulf South for a Green New Deal particularly focusing on climate. The Texas Regional Organizer will support local groups to address the climate crisis and its impacts in the region through the advancement of equity and justice along with the creation of millions of living wage, ecologically sustainable jobs.
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#ICYMI
(In Case You Missed It)
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Project Connect will transform Austin, and we want your help shaping the development of this important transit initiative.
As part of a working group, you will volunteer with your neighbors and local businesses in your area to meet with the project design team, give honest feedback, and help the design team understand more about how Project Connect can best serve our community.
How to get involved:
- Learn More About Working Groups >> We hope you can help spread the word in your neighborhoods and organizations.
- Review the Working Group Map >> Find the Orange and Blue Line project area(s) that are most important to you (below).
- Join a Working Group >> Sign up to get invitations to working groups launching in May and June.
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JOIN A WORKING GROUP TODAY!
BLUE LINE WORKING GROUPS | launching May 25th
Three (3) working groups have been established to inform the proposed Blue Line:
- South Shore: Waterfront to Lakeshore
- East Riverside: Riverside to Montopolis
- Metro Center/Airport: Metro Center to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
ORANGE LINE WORKING GROUPS | launching in June
Seven (7) working groups have been established to inform the proposed Orange Line:
- North Line: Tech Ridge to Rundberg
- North Lamar: North Lamar Transit Center to Koenig
- North Guadalupe: Triangle to Hemphill Park
- Drag: From 29th St. to MLK Blvd.
- SoCo: Auditorium Shores to Oltorf
- St. Edward's to Stassney
- South Line: William Cannon to Slaughter Lane
DOWNTOWN WORKING GROUP | launching in June
The downtown working group will provide feedback on the Orange Line from MLK Boulevard to Lady Bird Lake, and on the Blue Line from Republic Square to MACC/Rainey.
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Austin Independent School District is hiring!
This position serves on district committees; provides advice to other district administrators; responds to ad hoc information requests from the Superintendent, other administrators, teachers, and the public; integrates data collection and work across multiple projects in creative and efficient ways; and performs other duties, as assigned. Apply here. |
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Palm District Planning Input: The City is now taking feedback on the Palm District planning stuff, to include expansion of the Mexican American Cultural Center and a possible creation of a Mexican American Cultural Heritage Corridor/District stretching to Republic Park.
Facing Homelessness is hiring!
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The Library Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Austin Youth Poet Laureate Program in collaboration with the Austin Public Library and the National Youth Poet Laureate Program led by Urban Word. This year, Austin will join over 40 other cities with Youth Poet Laureate programs.
The Austin Youth Poet Laureate program aims to identify and uplift young writers and leaders who are committed to poetry and performance, as well as civic and community engagement, across Austin. The Austin Youth Poet Laureate will have numerous opportunities and platforms to share their voice, leadership, and love of Austin.
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