In the District: Join Austin High School for their 2024 Gran Show de Primavera: Que Siga, this Friday!

Celebrating 20 years of Austin High's Ballet Folklorico with dances from diverse regions & mariachi music by Crockett ECHS's Mariachi de Oro. More info: allevents.in/austin/2024-gr…

Protestors should not be at President Hartzell’s house. I am upset w/him too, but this is threatening to him, his family & neighbors.

If you want to be purveyors of peace, use peaceful means.
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Tuesday is the deadline to consolidate loans for student loan forgiveness. Here's how statesman.com/story/news/sta…

Not only is unleashing the police state on student protesters straining resources, it’s not working. It grows crowd size exponentially putting more students at risk, creates more unrest & then just repeats.

Not much to report from UT today. A peaceful, quiet gathering on the lawn.

The American-Statesman Editorial Board says:
'We recommend Hanna, Wang and Lavine for Travis Central Appraisal District board'
First-ever elections for little-known board with an outsized role in Texas' property tax system

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Travis County and the City of Austin just held a press conference on yesterday's surge of overdoses. Here’s what we learned, and what you need to know. 🧵

Get ready to shape the future of our #txed schools! Join Austin ISD for the 2024-25 Budget Conversations tonight at 6pm. Discover priorities and plans for staffing, programs, and more. Let's work together to make a difference!
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Grateful for all the UT Austin faculty members standing up to defend students' first amendment rights. It's so affirming to see so many names I recognize (and deeply respect!) signing this open letter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Hook’em.

Texas, there are TWO elections in May! Good news: you can vote in the municipal election NOW thru 4/30. In Austin, pls vote for these Dems for Central Appraisal District Board!

The primary runoff is 5/28 (EV 5/20-24).

Information for both elections: vote411.org.

🗣️ University students, staff, and faculty have a constitutional right to make their voices heard without fear of violence or arrest.

They came ready for violence, when there was none , they made some themselves.

Note this photographer was only charged with criminal trespass, not with “assaulting an officer”

There is something broken when the threat of a “tent encampment” on a college campus elicits this level of brutality against our young people.

Republicans created this climate of fear by going after college presidents.

Democrats must reject it & absolutely stand for Freedom.

The criminalization of empathy. There is no conceivable justification for this.

Herzog is one of the big new voucher lobby players pushing voucher schemes.

They admit vouchers are about destroying public schools and pushing up church attendance rates.

It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, 'What are you doing?' That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.