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The Equity Action Team (EAT) is a coalition of community members and City of Austin staff focused on advancing racial equity in our communities through partnerships with City departments, non-profits, philanthropic entities and community-based groups. The EAT meetings are dedicated to critical discussions and strategizing on how to best improve the quality of life for most directly impacted communities in Austin. Join the EAT and find more information on the dashboard.
Everyone is welcome to join the EAT! As a member, your responsibility is to attend and bring your community with you. During our meetings, we hear from community members and City staff to understand community needs and City projects and work together to produce better outcomes for all.
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EQUITY OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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The proposed FY23-24 city budget is scheduled to be presented next week. We decided to host and extra Equity Action Team meeting this month to provide extra space for community to come together and discuss. We'll provide additional updates as the budget is released. In the meantime, visit the 2023-2023 Budget Engagement website: https://www.speakupaustin.org/y2607
Join us at our regular meeting spot at the Street-Jones Building, 1000 East 11th Street, Suite #120. We'll be meeting on the 4th floor in Conference Room 400A. You know we'll come through with the food, you bring your community with you!
REGISTER TODAY!
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✨Save the Date - Second July EAT Meeting!✨
Register here!
In addition to our pop-up EAT meeting on 7/19, we'll still be hosting our regularly scheduled meeting on Saturday, July 29, 2023.
We are excited to connect with the Office of Resilience team to learn more about their resilience framework and their mini grant program. We'll also have space for additional follow-ups regarding the proposed budget and additional community updates.
We know that not all of our community can make a weekday dinner so we are switching things up with a Saturday brunch! We are also traveling away from our Equity Office home base to the COA/YMCA Community Recreation Center since the center is a Resilience Hub pilot location.
We'll connect over coffee and light breakfast starting at 10:30AM and get our meeting started by 11:00AM. Lunch will also be provided!
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It is Mini-Grant Season! Apply Today!
Equity Mini-Grants
It is not too late to apply for an Equity Mini-Grant provided by our office! The Equity Mini-Grant Fund, offered annually since 2018, is now open. We are focusing on services provided to two priority populations in Austin & Travis County: immigrant communities and the unhoused community. A total of $250,000 in funding is available. Recipients can apply for funding ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. Applications are open until July 20, 2023 11:59PM CST. To learn more and apply, visit our Grant Programs website: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/grant-programs
Resilience Mini-Grants
The Office of Resilience has created a mini-grant program to support community organizers and organizations that serve racially and economically diverse Austinites to help reduce stresses while mitigating the impacts of shocks. Apply by August 4 th, 2023 for a chance to receive up to $3,000 in funding for preparedness training, supplies, workforce development, or any other initiative that supports Resilience Hubs. Learn more and apply: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/get-involved-5 |
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We are excited that the Enhanced Library Card pilot program has officially begun! This has been a successful collaboration between Austin Public Library, the Equity Office and several other city departments and community organizations. Talk about a net that works! Stop by one of the three pilot locations and get yours today and help us spread the word within your communities. To learn more visit library.austintexas.gov/enhanced |
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Toni Cade Bambara said "the role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible." Music has been integral to the history of social movements in the U.S. Two classic collections of freedom songs, We Shall Overcome (1963) and Freedom Is A Constant Struggle (1968), are reprinted here in a single edition, which includes a major, new introduction by the editors, words and music to songs, important documentary photographs, and scores of firsthand accounts, by participants in this key movement which reshaped U.S. history.
Gov. Greg Abbott is sending 30 additional Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to continue patrolling Austin, even though city leaders ended a widely criticized partnership in which state troopers helped local police hampered by staffing shortages. |
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Taking it to the Streets: A Visual History of Protest and Demonstration in Austin Online Exhibit
Austin has a long history of mobilization and direct action. From mass marches in support of academic freedom during the Rainey controversy in the 1940s to student walkouts opposing gun violence in 2018, protests intersect race, class, and gender identity and are a mark of U.S. democracy. They are timeless in that they are an inherent part of the human experience.
Taking it to the Streets: A Visual History of Protest and Demonstration in Austin is an online exhibit which presents a snapshot look at how the public confronted the political and social issues of their time. Curated by Molly Hults and our very own Amanda Jasso!
Image Credit: [Martin Luther King Demonstration], April 4, 1968. AS-68-59915-005,
Austin American-Statesman Photographic Morgue. Photo by Ed Malick. ©
Austin American-Statesman. |
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BASTA is a team of tenants, organizers, attorneys, and paralegals working to create a future where all Austinites have access to healthy and affordable housing. We are always look for talented and passionate folks to join our team!
Casa Marianella is Hiring!
Casa Marianella welcomes displaced immigrants and promotes self-sufficiency by providing shelter and support services. Learn more about their open positions today!
Colors of Austin Counseling is a community of helping professionals working to enhance the mental well being of kids, adults, families, and couples in our community.
Ecology Action is currently seeking an Education Coordinator and Education Specialist to help lead an outdoor education program. Learn more and apply today!
Love the outdoors? Join Earth Native Team to help people build lifelong connections to nature and wild places. They are hiring a Director of Programs.
Join the team at Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) to help prove dynamic, proactive leadership that engages policymakers and the community to end homelessness.
THRA is currently seeking applications for a Drop-In Support Specialist!
The mission of Waterloo Greenway Conservancy is bold, forward-thinking, and even a touch audacious — just like the team that upholds it every day. We’re collectively bound by the knowledge that Waterloo Greenway is making real and enduring change in the unbelievable city we call home.
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CITY & COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS |
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Due to extreme heat, all Parks and Library facilities will serve as Cooling Centers during normal operating hours. All Parks and Library facilities can serve as a Cooling Centers during normal operating hours. Service animals are permitted in City facilities. To view the current list of cooling centers, locations and hours of operation, please visit austintexas.gov/alerts.
Need transportation to a cooling center? CapMetro is able to provide free rides to anyone seeking a cooling shelter without the means to pay a fare.
For more tips on how to stay cool and safe, we invite you to watch and share this episode of MY API LIVE.
English - Stay Cool, Stay Safe and Prepared This Summer
https://youtu.be/GzIJ7qx_PI8
中文 - Stay Cool, Stay Safe and Prepared This Summer
https://youtu.be/MRj8oXz5l-w
Tiếng Việt | Stay Cool, Stay Safe and Prepared This Summer
https://youtu.be/VJQWp43_Nhw
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Join us for a Community Town Hall with updates on new policies Travis County has implemented that can affect you or your loved ones. We would love to receive your input and feedback as well as next steps on how to take action. Monday, July 17th at 6:30pm - 8pm. 7910 Cameron Rd. Austin, TX 78754
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The REBEL Fund Deadline extended to July 21!
It has been a vision of Rosa Rebellion since our inception to support the disruption of the very white-centric systems of philanthropy and impact funding that largely exclude the voices of women of color and/or under-values our work. Rooted in the work of equity and racial justice, we've envisioned unapologetically writing checks, as an act of investing in the bold, beautiful and brilliant creative activism of women of color across this country. The Rebel Fund applications are now open July 1-21 . Three women will be selected to receive $10,000 each and be enveloped in a practice of decolonized support and community.
Get those applications in while you still can. And at just 2,000 words describing your project idea and vision for our collective BIPOC futures it’s worth a try. If you haven’t already, apply today!
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Saturday, July 22 | 10AM-1PM
Terrazas Branch, Austin Public Library, 1105 E Cesar Chavez
Preservation Austin and the Austin History Center welcome community members to this oral history workshop for individuals who participated in or have memory of Community Activism during the 1970s Chicano Movement in East Austin. The Economy Furniture Strike, colloquially known as the “Austin Chicano Huelga”, was the initial spark of the Chicano movement in East Austin that birthed a generation of Chicano politicians and activists. Participants will learn how to conduct oral histories for their families and friends, with an option to sign up and be interviewed about their experiences during this time in Austin’s history. (Participants will be signing up to be interviewed on a separate day) Participants will learn how to conduct an oral history interview with the same professionalism and skills that historians use. The group workshop will inform members of the community how to ask historical questions, and how to conduct a great oral history interview!
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Participate in the Austin/Travis County Food Planning Process!
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Summer Free Furniture Market Returns
The Free Furniture Market returns to the UT Austin Wright-Whitaker Sports Complex with the annual MoveOutATX donation program. Austinites can take furniture pieces from the Free Furniture Market and must be able to load and transport items themselves. Items are made available on a first-come, first-served basis. There may be a two-item per-person limit, depending on supply.
The Market will be open daily July 28-31, 6:30-8:15 p.m. If items remain, the market will open on August 1, 10-11 a.m. Note: Items cannot be picked up from any other MoveOutATX location except the Free Furniture Market.
UT Austin Wright-Whitaker Sports Complex, open 6:30-8:15 p.m. daily, July 28-31, 2023. 287 W 51st St., Austin, TX 78751 (Parking lot on 51st St. near the tennis courts).
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Casa Marianella shelter is currently over capacity and does not have enough space for all the new individuals and families showing up to their doors every day. They are looking for ATX locals to host some of our residents for a preferred 3-month period (shorter stays can be accomodated). You will make a big difference in someone’s life and this is a great opportunity if you are interested in cultural connection and language learning. If you live centrally or have access to a bus line, you would be an especially great fit! Contact Jennifer Long at jlong@casamarianella.org if you are interested. Visit our website for details and DM us with questions! |
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RESN, a project of Communities of Color United, provides food distribution and political education for Black, Indigenous, Latine, and other folks of color in ATX. Stay tuned for details and in the meantime sign up to volunteer and learn. |
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Show us what a digitally-connected world looks like to you!
Put your imagination and artistic skills to the test and enter the City of Austin's ArtConnect art contest for ages 10 - 18. Winning entries may be hosted in various gallery spaces across the City and include a cash prize. Winners will be announced during Digital Inclusion Week (DIW), October 1-7. DIW raises awareness around home internet access, personal devices and local technology training and support programs. Deadline for entry is August 31, 2023 at 11:59 PM CT. Learn more and submit today: ArtConnect 2023 | AustinTexas.gov
Artwork by past winner, Luis Angeles
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One Austin: Our Resilience Framework for Action is based on stakeholder engagement, review of previous and current relevant initiatives, and preliminary research. As a result, the CRO and Office of Resilience, Community Advisory Committee, City departments, and Resilient Cities Catalyst developed the cross-cutting priorities, aspirations, and discovery questions outlined in this Framework. This Framework is a starting point and will be fleshed out over the next year through extensive community engagement—resulting in the release of Resilient Austin, which will articulate the city’s collective vision of a more resilient Austin. Check it out today! |
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