Tag: Web Features
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Seed Money: Austin residents launch community garden with help from Texas Grants Resource Center
By Jessica Sinn • August 1, 2018 While mowing the vast fields surrounding St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hal Hughes often smiles to himself when he sees someone strolling along the spiraling pathway within the labyrinth garden. “I see a lot of familiar faces, but I also see people from the neighborhoods walking the gardens with their dogs and enjoying the…
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The Long Way Home: For Octavio Martinez, all roads to mental health equity led back to Texas
By Jessica Sinn • October 15, 2020 Growing up in a large military family, Dr. Octavio Martinez and his four younger brothers didn’t settle in one town for very long. But there was one place that always felt like home: their grandmother’s rural East Austin farmhouse. “I remember those summer days playing football out in the open, surrounded…
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Honoring Our Crowned Beauties
A Q&A with ‘Peace to the Queen’ Lead Curator Ja’nell Ajani By Jessica Sinn • July 20, 2022 For more than 40 years, New York City-based photographer Jamel Shabazz has been telling stories through powerful images that capture the energy and spirit of Black life in the city. Using photography to reveal our shared humanity, Shabazz provides a…
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Diversity Rocks!
Renowned Geoscientist Scott Tinker explains why diversity is critical for building a better world By Jessica Sinn • November 30, 2022 After another year of record-breaking weather events, concerns about the toll of our rapidly changing planet continue to rise. As we grapple with the realities of climate change, we turn to STEM scientists for answers. However, national…
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