Community Leaders Come Together to Address Vandalism at Black Cemetery
byBlack community leaders and Black-led organizations are uniting to celebrate and highlight the value and significance of Evergreen Cemetery after the site was vandalized…
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Facebook Announces Small Black Business Grants Program
byThe grants program is a part of Facebook’s overall commitment to invest $100 million this year in the Black community.
Oh Thank Heaven! for Our 7-11
byThis time last year, we were celebrating a wonderful milestone for the only black-owned 7-11 franchise in the Austin Metro area.
Mask On Austin
bysoulciti recently caught up with Austin’s Assistant City Manager, Christopher Shorter, to discuss the “Mask On PSA” he participated in as well as some ongoing concerns with the city as it relates to Austin mitigating COVID 19.
BLACK AUSTIN LEADERS UNITE FOR CHANGE
byWe’re focused 100% on rebuilding the infrastructure of the Black community. We are unified as one.
Why Are You Still Here Man(ley)?
byA lone police officer makes the decision that a black man no longer has the right to occupy any space on earth if he disapproves of his behavior. We see it time and time again. Not following orders fast enough? Boom! You’re gone.
Austin Walks the Talk: Black Lives Really Do Matter
by“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will,” Frederick Douglass spoke those words in 1857. Those same words are ringing loud and clear across the United States and the world in 2020.
Black Lives Matter in Austin
byThe country had not even caught its breath from the shocking death of Ahmaud Arbury when we found ourselves witnessing yet another daytime lynching of a black man on an American street.
Austin’s African American Community Bands Together to Offer Aid
byJust like that, in a matter of weeks, our beloved city has become a casualty of a world war raging in all four corners…
Puff Puff – It Passed.
byWith a recent unanimous 9-0 City Council Vote, the City of Austin has essentially directed the Austin Police Department to end the enforcement of “low-level” marijuana possession offenses.
Travis County Proposition A: Good for East Austin
byIf voters pass Travis County’s Proposition A this election cycle, it will be a first step in a long journey to rebuild and revitalize…
Black Love Is in the Air in Texas
byWhen the founders of Black Love Texas created the Facebook group in late March, they were hoping to create a forum for singles to connect on a regional level. The serial social entrepreneurs, (one a marketing consultant and the other a dentist), could not have imagined that in under five months, the group would have burgeoned into an online collective of over 2,300 members and would host several regional events and panels.
