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Tuesday, June 21, 6:30 pm
“In the Shadow of the Dome: Slave Life in Austin”
Andres and Juanita Tijerina will speak about “In the Shadow of the Dome: Slave Life in Austin, Texas,” the title of a book in progress about slave life and emancipation in Austin that is based on Travis County Slave Narratives recorded in the 1930s. More information on the program, sponsored by the Austin History Center, is on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/1717691015136775/>.
Location: Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe Street, Austin, 78701

Thursday, June 23, 6:30 pm
“Austin Revealed: Chicano Civil Rights” Screening and Discussion
The most recent installment of KLRU’s Austin Revealed series, “Chicano Civil Rights<http://www.klru.org/blog/2016/03/austin-revealed-chicano-civil-rights-desegregation-and-education/>,” explores the struggle of the Chicano movement of the ‘60s and ‘70s and shows how the Mexican-American community of Austin united to fight for quality education, equal representation, and respect for their diverse culture. The discussion following the screening will feature some of the people from the film, including Gilbert Rivera and Modesta Treviño, along with filmmaker Joe Rocha.
Location: Monkeywrench Books<http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/>, 110 E. North Loop, Austin, 78751

Friday, June 24, 7 pm
Documentary: "Anne Braden: Southern Patriot"
            White Allies of Racial Equity is hosting a screening and discussion of a documentary about Anne Braden<http://annebradenfilm.org>  Charged with sedition for attempting to desegregate a Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood in 1954, Anne Braden used the attacks to turn herself "inside out" and embrace a lifetime of racial justice organizing matched by few whites in American history. She was hailed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail as a white southerner whose rejection of her segregationist upbringing was “eloquent and prophetic,” and named as one of only five southern whites he could count as allies.
            Anne Lewis, the film’s director, will be present for discussion and questions after the screening. Facebook event listing is here<https://www.facebook.com/events/1537463589892431/>.
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover Ave., Austin 78756
Thursday, June 30, 6pm
“Suspended Childhood” Teach-In on the School-to-Prison Pipeline
The Excellence and Advancement Foundation<http://breakthepipeline.com/> and Texas Appleseed<https://www.texasappleseed.org/> are sponsoring a teach-in on the school-to-prison pipeline and practices in AISD schools.
Texas elementary schoolchildren are suspended, sent to alternative schools, and expelled at alarming rates, often for minor Student Code of Conduct violations such as horseplay, disruption of class, or dress code violations. During the 2013-2014 school year, almost half of all suspensions in Texas were issued to PK-2nd grade students, removals that are not required under state law and are at teachers’ discretion. And school districts have the ability to create their own student codes of conduct that go well beyond the state law, allowing suspensions of young students for normal, age-appropriate behavior.
More information on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/1552882031681126/>, and register online<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/suspended-childhood-infancia-suspendida-tickets-25843729290> to receive snack and drinks, Spanish-English interpreting, and childcare. Contact Rocío Villalobos, rvillalobos at texasappleseed.net<mailto:rvillalobos at texasappleseed.net>,
512-473-2800 ext. 100.
Location: Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex, 1156 Hargrave Street, Austin, 78702

July 29-31, 2016
Worker Cooperative National Conference
The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives<https://usworker.coop/> and the Democracy at Work Institute<http://institute.coop/> will co-sponsor the Worker Cooperative National Conference in Austin this summer. Jose Antonio Vargas<https://twitter.com/joseiswriting?mc_cid=f7daa17df6&mc_eid=621426cf13> of Define American<http://www.defineamerican.com/page/about/about-defineamerican>, an organization that uses the power of stories to transcend politics and shift the conversation around immigration and identity, will keynote the conference.
Registration is open online<http://conference.coop/registration/?mc_cid=f7daa17df6&mc_eid=621426cf13>.
Location: Thompson Conference Center<http://www.utexas.edu/ce/tcc/files/forms/TCCparkingmMap.pdf>, University of Texas, 2405 East Campus Drive, Austin


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In Solidarity,
Third Coast Activist Resource Center

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