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We’re excited to announce the launch of our new

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new grassroots organizing strategy, DOPE (District Organizing: Project Engage)! DOPE will build community power in every district and invest in deepening trust and relationships with the communities we serve to maximize our mobilization efforts, maintain a community informed strategy and, shift the balance of who shows up in Austin for real progressive wins.

To sign up, get involved and learn more, join us on TOMORROW, July 29th at 6pm for an informational & strategy share! Link In Bio!

#austinjusticecoalition #ajcdope #buildingnewleaders #communityengagement

Join Austin Justice Coalition and Austin City Coun

Join Austin Justice Coalition and Austin City Council Member Greg Casar on Tuesday, July 27th @6 PM. We will be hosting a virtual town hall to discuss how the City will continue to fund community public safety solutions, including family violence shelters, mental health first responders, homelessness solutions, gun violence reduction efforts, and the other reforms inspired by last year's marches for justice, despite the impact of House Bill 1900 and Gov. Greg Abbott’s attacks on our city.

This is your opportunity to learn more about the City budget process, share your opinions, and ask any questions you have!

Link in bio to RSVP

#austinjusticecoalition

In partnership with the ATX Mobility Coalition we'

In partnership with the ATX Mobility Coalition we'll be hosting a Project Connect Community Conversation on July 24, 2021 at 12:00pm–2:00pm. This will be a virtual event that will give the community updates on the Project Connect time-line in regards to: 1) The creation of the CAC – Community Advisory Committee; 2) The creation of the equity assessment tool, and; 3) Community engagement opportunities. There will also be opportunities for Q&A.

Spanish translation will be provided for the event.

Link In Bio To RSVP

This event is hosted by:

People United for Mobility Action (PUMA)

Planning Our Communities (POC)

Workers Defense Action Fund (WDAF)

Austin Area Urban League (AAUL)

and Austin Justice Coalition (AJC)

#austinjusticecoalition #atxmobility #aaul #wdaf #poc #puma #atxjustice

Starting this week, unhoused people face arrest fo

Starting this week, unhoused people face arrest for having nowhere else to go. In order to help our neighbors stay safe and healthy, take action by contacting your property owners and managers and tell them you support opening units / houses to people exiting homelessness.

#howtohouse #austinjusticecoalition #echoatx #helpourunhousedfriends #supportyourneighbors

Join Austin Justice Coalition, Community Advocacy

Join Austin Justice Coalition, Community Advocacy & Healing Project, 10,000 Fearless First Responders, and the Fowler family on July 13th at 7pm as we host a press conference and rally to celebrate Sandra Bland Day celebration and the life of Tardrick "Trollie" Fowler, Jr. whose death was ruled a suicide. A ruling that was provided when evidence was ignored by the Austin Police Department and Travis County’s new district attorney Jose Garza.

Trollie’s death, like Sandra Bland’s death was deemed a suicide. Trollie, like Sandra Bland, had a bright future. Sandra Bland was 28 years old, and about to begin her dream job at her alma mater, Prairie View University. Trollie was 19 years old and on his way to living his dreams at the University of Texas. We will be honoring the life of Trollie and all those that have lost their life to injustices like Sandra Bland.

For more information, link in bio.

#austinjusticecoalition #justicefortrollie #sandrablandslifemattered

Join @cellomonnolly of AJC as stands in solidarity

Join @cellomonnolly of AJC as stands in solidarity with @austinliberation tonight. If you know housing is a human right and you want to play a part in making sure we take care of neighbors come out and show your support.

June 25 - 7PM
📍City Hall

#austinjusticecoalition #homesnothandcuffs #houseourneighbors

Our history, our day. It’s time to celebrate. Ha

Our history, our day. It’s time to celebrate. Happy Juneteenth!

#austinjusticecoalition

This band-aid doesn’t cover up the scars this na

This band-aid doesn’t cover up the scars this nation has left on our backs.

“How do you explain the significance of #JuneTeenth in Texas - its place of origin - when you can’t talk about Critical Race Theory in the classrooms?” - @igiveyoumoore

#austinjusticecoalition #juneteeth

We invite you all to join us THIS Saturday, June 1

We invite you all to join us THIS Saturday, June 19th, 2021 starting at 10AM. for Juneteenth, Stay Black and Live as we celebrate, remember, and dive into our culture. This year we partnered with @sixsquareatx , Carver Museum ATX, the @blackaustincoalition , Jump On It, the @atxurbanleague , and GEAYA.

This year’s theme reflects on Black people’s initiative and willpower to free themselves because no one else will do it for us, and how our collective strength leaves a mark wherever we go.

#juneteenthatx #austinjusticecoalition #blackatx #celebrateblackhistory

Justice For Trollie. Last week we joined @justicef

Justice For Trollie. Last week we joined @justicefortrollie and celebrated the life of Trollie. We remembered is smile, his kindness, and the impact he had while walking this earth. We are committed to the fight for #justicefortrollie and remain hopeful that the truth is reveled. It’s important to stand by victims of homicide who’s deaths often get ruled as suicide because they are black, and not just victims of police brutality.

#austinjusticecoalition #atxajc #celebratelife

We don’t need a women’s jail when there are cu

We don’t need a women’s jail when there are currently only 150 women in jail in Travis County.

Call the Travis County Commissioners Court and tell them to #voteno on spending 80 million into a new women’s jail. Tell them to support the Justice Reinvestment Plan instead. We need solutions, not cages!

#austinjusticecoalition #notowomensjail

Let these images serve as a reminder that the figh

Let these images serve as a reminder that the fight is not over. As many of us begin to get back to our “normal” lives, there is still work to be done.
How have you continued to show your solidarity? Are you still actively engaging with black leadership groups and uplifting their voices? History was made a year ago but change didn’t come that day. Do your part daily, do it when nobody is looking.

1st image: @crissyfish
Image 2-10: @_j.genevieve

#austinjusticecoalition #justiceforall

Vote No On New Women’s Jail. Instagram post 1789

Vote No On New Women’s Jail. Instagram post 17895164285115578

One year ago today George Floyd took his last brea

One year ago today George Floyd took his last breath and with it, lit the fire in the hearts and souls of people all over the world. With his last breath, he reignited a movement and shined a light on the dark corners of our culture where police violence goes unchecked and Black lives go unaccounted for. His legacy is hope across the world and reverence for breath.

Not only do we keep George Floyd's family and community in our thoughts but we organize and advocate every day until GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS is not a rare occurrence, until Black and Brown children and their mothers do not fear for their lives when they leave their homes, until our descendents study this thing from their history books called "the police" and write papers on the movements and those of us that fought to dismantle it so their futures would be safe, happy, and resourced.

Austin Justice Coalition will continue to organize, agitate and advocate for peace and justice everyday, to honor George Floyd's legacy and the legacy of the countless others whose lives have been stolen by police. SAY HIS NAME.

#sayhisname #sayhername #saytheirnames
#GeorgeFloyd
#AlexGonzales
#MikeRamos
#SandraBland
#BreonnaTaylor
#TamirRice
#PhilandroCastile
#TrayvonMartin
#EricGarner
#MichaelBrown
#countlessothers

Austin Justice Coalition Stands in Solidarity with

Austin Justice Coalition Stands in Solidarity with Juiceland workers fighting for a safe, just, and nontoxic work environment. Events that culminated over the Mother’s Day weekend—including management’s dismissal of reports of racism and harassment—brought employees to a tipping point where inaction was no longer a possibility. On Monday, May 10 a group of Black and Brown Juiceland brought these complaints to management, and on Friday, May 14, workers declared a strike at the warehouse in response to acts of racism, ongoing wage inequality, and other toxic aspects of the workplace culture—including a high volume of reported incidents of harassment, which have created a persistently unsafe work environment for women, queer, transgender, and nonbinary employees at Juiceland. Eight Juiceland shops were closed. Some of the demands put forward are better working conditions and sanitation, increase in base pay, having managers approved by employees, and for immediate action from management on reports of workplace racism. Detailed demands can be found on the strike IG account: @juicelandworkersrights.

Black and Brown employees took the courageous step to call out Juiceland’s management for its lack of fair compensation and working conditions, coupling this with ongoing documented instances of racism, including the use of the n-word in the workplace and a failure from management to adequately respond to those incidents.

We call on @juiceland to acknowledge the issues surfaced by their Black and Brown workers and acknowledge their stories and experiences. This must be included in any ongoing process of healing and reparations moving forward and begins with addressing the incidents of racism that have taken place by centering and listening to the voices that have taken risks in coming forward. Then, accept accountability for the ways in which Juiceland management has upheld systemic injustices towards their workers with clear steps to redress that harm and create a safe, inclusive and nontoxic work environment for all.

#austinjusticecoalition #juicelandworkersrights #atxcommunity #atxAJC #austintexasfood #juicelandaustin

Black Art Matters is Austin Justice Coalition's an

Black Art Matters is Austin Justice Coalition's annual art show and fundraiser. This space explores how Black artists are demonstrating their excellence and power to the world.

We are working hard to bring you our biggest and best Black Art Matters to date! More details coming soon.

If you are an artist who identifies as Black,Indigenous and/or brown we are calling you to submit art for participation in our 4th annual Black Art Matters. As well as calling all Black and Brown business owners who would like to set up shop during this event to submit.

Click the link in our bio for details and to submit. The deadline to submit is June 11th.

#austinjusticecoalition #blackartmattersatx #bamatx21 #atxartistcall #artistofcolor

The momentum is building: in two days our petition

The momentum is building: in two days our petition calling on Austin City Council and the County Commissioners Court to fund housing for our unhoused neighbors has collected over 1700 signatures. If you haven’t yet, please sign and share the petition:

LINK IN BIO

then call your council members and commissioners to let them know that this is an emergency: we want them to fund housing NOW.

#austinjusticecoalition

No matter the vote you cast on Prop B, our duty no

No matter the vote you cast on Prop B, our duty now is to see that the housing crisis in our city is prioritized.

The passage of Prop B on May 1st allows for more policing of our houseless neighbors without oversight or accountability. Our unhoused neighbors now face immediate threats to their safety and their ability to exist in public spaces throughout the city. Join us to demand timely, effective and unified action. Austin City Council and Travis County Commissioner’s Court will discuss American Rescue Plan budget priorities on May 18th.

Click the link in bio to sign our petition and ensure that funding to house our houseless neighbors is prioritized.

#austinjusticecoalition #fundthesummitplan #fundatxhousing #homesnothandcuffs #howtohouse

Justice For Alex Gonzales. Instagram post 17854806

Justice For Alex Gonzales. Instagram post 17854806167544826

The traumatic incidents of January 5, 2021 remain

The traumatic incidents of January 5, 2021 remain vivid in our collective memory. And even as we grieve the loss caused by this traumatic and painful act of violence—we are prepared to rise up, and to insist, loudly and boldly, that the family of Alexander Gonzales deserves nothing short of complete justice.

Join AJC, @arte_texas, and @austinlulac on May 8 at 2pm to demand justice and celebrate the beauty and power of Alex’s life, our collective power and the culture of Black and Brown families of East Austin. We will march and gather to celebrate the rich ancestral legacies that cannot be killed, harassed, beaten or erased. We will celebrate a coming time in which Black and Brown bodies will no longer have to fear for their lives at the hands of Austin’s police officers, in which families no longer have to mourn their lost sons and daughters.

For more information: Link In Bio

#austinjusticecoalition #sayhisname #alexgonzales

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