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Report on 2024 Stand Up for Schools Events (March 4-7), including Videos

(Updated March 17, 2024) Austin Voices sponsored a week of events centered on the theme "Equity in Action" from March 4-7, 2024. The events included our annual "Stand Up for Schools" luncheon on March 4th, a national webinar on "High-Stakes Testing and Accountability" on March 5th, our first "Equity Bus Tour" visiting AVEY FRCs and [...]

By |2024-03-27T14:35:40-05:00March 24th, 2024|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Report on 2024 Stand Up for Schools Events (March 4-7), including Videos

HopeFest ’23 Bring Record Crowds to Northeast ECHS!

In its 18th year, HopeFest '23 attracted 4,235 attendees, 150 exhibitors, 11 performers/groups and 350+ volunteers to the Northeast Early College High School campus on Saturday, October 21. Sponsored by Austin Voices in partnership with local community organizations, schools, churches, service providers, and businesses, HopeFest has become Austin's largest campus-based family resource fair. From a [...]

By |2023-10-30T13:33:29-05:00October 30th, 2023|News|Comments Off on HopeFest ’23 Bring Record Crowds to Northeast ECHS!

AVEY Hosting “Our Voices” Community Conversations Spring/Summer 2023

Update (June 30, 2023) Austin Voices completed its 2023 round of "Our Voices" conversations, with meetings at 10 schools and 430 parents, teachers, students, staff and community member participating. Click here to see the final report, including a summary and notes from each of the sessions. Several common themes around challenges emerged from the ten [...]

By |2024-01-08T10:09:45-06:00May 4th, 2023|News|Comments Off on AVEY Hosting “Our Voices” Community Conversations Spring/Summer 2023

Austin Voices announces new Northeast Promise Neighborhood Initiative

(March 6, 2023) As part of the "Campaign for the Future," Austin Voices is announcing the launch of a transformational initiative in Northeast Austin called the "Northeast Austin Promise Neighborhood." Working together with over 40 city, county, AISD, campus, nonprofit and community partners, Promise Neighborhood will bring voices together, problem-solve, create new strategies, grow resources [...]

By |2023-03-06T08:05:55-06:00March 6th, 2023|News|Comments Off on Austin Voices announces new Northeast Promise Neighborhood Initiative

Read the Campaign for the Future Strategic Plan (2022-2030) to increase equity across AISD through Community Schools

Austin Voices, along with city, county, AISD, campus, nonprofit and community partners have developed a plan to bring the equity-focused Community School Model to schools across Austin's Eastern Crescent. The goal is to work with parents, teachers, students and community to develop thriving community schools in 75% of Title 1 campuses by 2030. What are [...]

By |2022-04-04T10:34:18-05:00April 4th, 2022|News|Comments Off on Read the Campaign for the Future Strategic Plan (2022-2030) to increase equity across AISD through Community Schools

Building a Safety Net for Families in North Austin

Since starting our first Family Resource Center in 2007 at Webb Middle School, AVEY has worked to support struggling families so that children are in school, every day, ready to learn. This is only possible when families have what they need to be stable stable and secure. FRC social workers, directors and staff help families [...]

By |2019-11-06T13:19:38-06:00November 6th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Building a Safety Net for Families in North Austin

Read Webb’s Alternative Plan to “School Changes”

In September, Austin Independent School District announced that, as part of its "School Changes" district-wide plan, Webb would be closing and consolidating with Dobie Middle School at the Dobie campus. No prior conversation about this possibility had been held with the Webb campus or community. As a school that has faced closure twice before, and [...]

By |2019-11-06T19:15:42-06:00November 5th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Read Webb’s Alternative Plan to “School Changes”

HopeFest ’19 Brings Resources to Northeast

In its 14th year, HopeFest '19 attracted over 3,500 attendees and 180 exhibitors and performers to the Northeast Early College High School campus on Saturday, October 26. Sponsored by Austin Voices in partnership with local community organizations, schools, churches, service providers, and businesses, HopeFest has become Austin's largest campus-based family resource fair. From a large [...]

By |2019-11-05T18:03:38-06:00November 5th, 2019|News|Comments Off on HopeFest ’19 Brings Resources to Northeast

Austin Voices (AVEY) and The Austin Project (TAP) Join Forces!

On October 1st, Austin  Voices for Education and Youth (AVEY) and The Austin Project (TAP) joined together as one organization. After 10 years of collaboration around starting Family Resource Centers and community schools, the two nonprofits will operate as Austin Voices for Education and Youth, housed at the TAP offices at 5221 Ledesma Rd., Austin, [...]

By |2018-01-18T13:43:29-06:00December 21st, 2017|News|Comments Off on Austin Voices (AVEY) and The Austin Project (TAP) Join Forces!

Fighting for After School Programs

When campuses faced the loss of after school programs due to funding shortfalls, Austin Voices worked with parents and students to successfully advocate for this vital support for kids. In June 2016, parents at Hart Elementary, as well as several other campuses, found out that they would not have after school funding for the coming [...]

By |2017-12-21T10:57:06-06:00December 20th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Fighting for After School Programs
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