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'''Austin Beloved Community''' is an Austin texas based historical and activist website created in 2014 by [[Anne Lewis]]. It is closely affiliated with [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]]. | '''Austin Beloved Community''' is an Austin texas based historical and activist website created in 2014 by [[Anne Lewis]]. It is closely affiliated with [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]]. | ||
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Music by Sonoita, Fandango Tejas, [[Mario Garza]], [[Kiko Villamizar]], [[Kiya Heartwood]], and The Bronze Band! <ref>[http://renerenteriaphotography.zenfolio.com/p168365997/h24211365#h381ac036Rene Renteria PhotographyMay Day - El Dia Del Trabajo & Austin Beloved Community]</ref> | Music by Sonoita, Fandango Tejas, [[Mario Garza]], [[Kiko Villamizar]], [[Kiya Heartwood]], and The Bronze Band! <ref>[http://renerenteriaphotography.zenfolio.com/p168365997/h24211365#h381ac036Rene Renteria PhotographyMay Day - El Dia Del Trabajo & Austin Beloved Community]</ref> | ||
| + | ===Attendees included [[Anne Lewis]], [[Jacob Branson]] (MC), | ||
[[Category:Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] | [[Category:Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] | ||
Revision as of 22:10, 10 January 2016
Austin Beloved Community is an Austin texas based historical and activist website created in 2014 by Anne Lewis. It is closely affiliated with Freedom Road Socialist Organization.
Austin Beloved Community site launch
Thursday May 1, 2014 marked the InternationalWorker's Day.
Many grassroots organizations and activists gathered at Resistencia Bookstore to celebrate and to recogmize the official web launch for Austin Beloved Community.
- Austin has a rich history of social justice organizations, artists and activists who have worked hard to fix longstanding problems in neighborhoods and communities.
Organizations participating included: ACC/AFT Local 6249, ADAPT, ALLGO, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Challenger Newspaper, Creative Action, Code Pink, Democratic Socialists of America, Education Austin, Freedom Road Socialist Organization (/OSCL), Grassroots Leadership, Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition, International Socialist Organization, MonkeyWrench Books, People's History in Texas, PODER, Proyecto Defensa Laboral (Workers Defense Project), Resistencia Bookstore, Rise Up Texas, Texans United for Families (TUFF), The Sierra Club, The Rag Blog, Texas Jail Project, Third Coast Activist, Treasure City Thrift, TSEU/CWA Local 6186, Women's Community Center.
Event organizers were Anne Lewis and Jacob Branson.
Music by Sonoita, Fandango Tejas, Mario Garza, Kiko Villamizar, Kiya Heartwood, and The Bronze Band! [1]
===Attendees included Anne Lewis, Jacob Branson (MC),