Decolonizing Thanksgiving Through Community Voice & Gratitude
After surveying 5,000 nonprofits, Race to Lead found that white-run nonprofits are more likely to have larger organizational budgets than those led by people of color. With this in mind, MEASURE is working to decolonize Thanksgiving by highlighting three Black and Brown-led nonprofits that deserve credit and gratitude this season. Based in East Austin, […]
Who’s Answering The Call?
For Austin’s 2020-21 budget, the city council voted to divert police funds to third parties responding to mental health calls via 911. Some funds went to Integral Care’s Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (EMCOT), mental health clinicians embedded at the 911 call center, additional mental health training for 911 dispatchers, a telehealth tool for […]
