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In Austin, the nonprofits that have adapted technology to fit their missions tend to have a staff large enough and savvy enough to jump in (Capital Area Food Bank with its maps of food pantries and video stories) or small enough and entrepreneurial enough to go for it (Mobile Loaves & Fishes with its effective…
Gentrification can get ugly, but not as ugly as this. This week’s story about the bulldozing of a small business on East Cesar Chavez is putting Austin pretty close to the precipice of widespread gentrification backlash. While gentrification is driven by money, not race, it’s hard not to see race when so many of those…
Contributed by Jennifer Chenoweth Letter to Austin City Council: I am writing to you today to talk about issues that affect all of Austin – livability and affordability. Livability is why we live here, affordability is how we live here. Austin attracts people because it is a CREATIVE CITY, whether in technology, the arts, or…
Communities In Schools works from a simple premise: That every kid needs to know there’s an adult who cares about them. Many of the students served by CIS face obstacles like homelessness, abuse, neglect, violence, grief and suicidal thoughts. Working with kids and young people who are most at-risk of dropping out, CIS places “site…
While voter turnout continues to be a work in progress in Travis County, voter registration is actually making progress — thanks to volunteers. On January 15, the Travis County Tax Office recognized 48 county residents, businesses and nonprofit organizations at the Celebration of Democracy, an event that kicked off the 50th anniversary year of the…
Meet the hardest working volunteer group in Austin. You wouldn’t believe the details that go into planning Austin’s Women’s Resource…
Austin continues to attract the brightest and most cause-focused young professionals, and one of the best ways to channel that…
Spend time this weekend being part of the magical experience that is Special Olympics Texas. Hundreds of volunteers are still…
You’ve cleaned out the closets, put away the Christmas decorations and gone through all your drawers… now, what to do with all that stuff. Your first thought may be to drive it over to Goodwill, and that would be great! They accept almost any household item, clothing, books and media, toys, and anything you’d find…
Let’s find the “Austin way” to commemorate MLK Day. To appreciate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, you’ve got to know what it took for it to even exist. First, it took almost 20 years of rallying, petitioning, lobbying and calls on Congress to pass a law to establish a national Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.…
