March 19, 2024 – Today, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Austin Voices for Education and Youth as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Austin Voices received $2 million. Founded in 2003, Austin Voices for Education and Youth creates community [...]
Update: Austin Voices is hosting two virtual "Our Voices" virtual conversations on Wednesday, February 21 (English) and Thursday, February 22 (Spanish), focused on continuing equity issues in east Austin schools. These conversations will be facilitated by our Community Block Leaders, in preparation for the week of "Stand Up for Schools" equity-focused events, March 4-7. Zoom [...]
Click here to read Austin Voices' latest newsletter (12-31-23).
As AISD campuses recovered from the effect of COVID (and a round of devastating budget cuts by the district under the previous superintendent), Austin Voices Family Resource Centers brought much needed stabilizing resources to families, community events, parent engagement and leadership training, adult education and and dozens of community partnerships that brought volunteers, mentors, services [...]
AVEY By the Numbers (July 1, 2022) The past school year has been a challenging time for students, campus staff and families as schools have transitioned to in-person learning, even as the pandemic has continued. In addition to helping students close learning gaps caused by the pandemic, schools have also had to deal with health [...]
11 Campus Teams Join Together for Youth Equity Summit '22 on April 23 (April 25) Student leaders from four AISD middle schools and seven high AISD schools gathered for a Youth Equity Summit on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Dobie Middle School. The event was sponsored by Austin Voices for Education and Youth, Civic Arts, [...]
"Stand Up for Schools" is Austin Voices' annual fundraiser and awards luncheon, recognizing parent, student, teachers and community partners who have demonstrated outstanding support for public education. This year's event on Monday, March 8th was a hybrid virtual/in-person event, with 30+ parent leaders joining our panel and speakers at Dobie Middle School. The event honored [...]
(Update-April, 2022): Since the beginning of the federal HRSA COVID-19 vaccination grant, Austin Voices has hired and trained 40 parents as "Promotoras" (community health workers) who are active in the community supporting vaccinations. 5,206 recipients have been vaccinated and completed a survey that helps HRSA focus federal vaccine efforts more effectively. Local grant partners have [...]
(August 23, 2021) Just a day before schools opened in Austin, AVEY parent leaders, along with their children, joined Mayor Steve Adler and County Judge Andy Brown to speak out against Governor Greg Abbott's refusal to allow school districts to mandate masking during the current surge in COVID-19 infections. A photo of parent leaders Manuela [...]
Starting on March 2, Austin Voices will be launching a community-based "Campaign for Equity" that will run from March through May. The goal is to specifically answer the question, "Do our campuses and communities have what they need to educate all children?" Partner organizations, including Child Inc., River City Youth Foundation, the Harvest Foundation and [...]
