Can We Build a Beloved Community and Keep Austin Weird? “Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Over the…
Leadership Austin programs are centered around the concept of intersectionality. The important issues that affect our region – access to healthcare, jobs, transportation, childcare, etc. – are all connected. Our goal is to get representatives across these sectors into the same room at the same…
Dell Children’s Medical Center and Ascension Seton have been bringing Leadership Austin programming to the region for more than 10 years. As the presenting sponsors of Essential – the flagship program of Leadership Austin – as well as the Engage Breakfast Series, they help us…
Building Bridges Through Faith-Based Leadership “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members” – Coretta Scott King Amidst social changes in the Greater Austin area and beyond, the role of faith-based leadership in community dialogue continues to…
Valuing Veterans in Our Community According to the United Sates Census Bureau, there are 18.9 million veterans in the United States and nearly 1.5 million live in Texas. In addition, the Texas Veterans Commission notes that Texas is home to the largest women veteran population…
Immigration, Boundaries and Borders “Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.” ― John F. Kennedy, A Nation…
Homelessness in Austin By now, some of you may have come across news articles, radio broadcasts or city meetings on homelessness. Our homelessness issue is not just a shelter problem, a safety problem, a city official’s problem or even a health problem. Homelessness is a…
Join us as we return to the Austin Central Library and host ten breakfasts from September 2019 – June 2020. The Engage breakfast series provides well-rounded and thought-provoking conversations about complex issues impacting the health of our community. This season we will be discussing Homelessness,…