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Operation Turkey Elgin YAM JAM

Shametra McGregor, Operation Turkey Elgin City Leader Media Contact 2026 Austin Yam Jam Brings Live Music and Community Together to Support  Operation Turkey Free benefit concert at Foxy’s Proper Pub will feature Austin-area performers and raise  funds to provide Thanksgiving meals to neighbors in need The 2026 Austin Yam Jam, a live music benefit concert and  fundraiser supporting Operation Turkey, will take place Sunday, November … Continue reading Operation Turkey Elgin YAM JAM

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Around Town, Austin Texas, Community, Education

The Fair Housing Conference 2024

The Fair Housing Conference will be hosted on April 16 – 17, 2024 at Norris Conference Center. The program will start at 8:00 a.m. with an opening and welcome followed by a pre-conference tour of Colony Park. The Colony Park Sustainable Community Bus Tour is an opportunity for conference attendees to tour the site of the future Colony Park Sustainable Community and existing adjacent neighborhoods … Continue reading The Fair Housing Conference 2024

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Austin Texas, Black History, Community, Memories

Ujima Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Damita Miller-Shanklin As I sit and write this post today, it is 21 degrees with a wind chill advisory. This means the MLK Day celebration has been canceled but postponed for a better weather day. We may cannot march or meet at the MLK statue on the UT campus, however we can still each celebrate his memory and continue our fight for justice and equality for … Continue reading Ujima Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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