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The Black Leaders Collective and other organizations distribute food and supplies at the former Sims Elementary School on Saturday.
Black-led organizations have been working to provide food, supplies and shelter to underserved communities in Central Texas throughout this week’s winter storm. Now, as temperatures rise and the snow melts, leaders are mobilizing efforts to help people most in need face the aftermath.
“The sun is finally shining, the snow is melting away, but the pain and impact of this devastation is still there,” Terry Mitchell of the Black Leaders Collective said during a press conference Friday. “Now more than ever it is clear how important community is in times of disaster here in Travis and Williamson County.”