Until city staff submit its report in June, it remains unclear if any of the campsites will be removed from the potential list (Courtesy of the Black Leaders Collective)
After last week s widely panned release of a long preliminary list of city-owned properties that could be designated as sanctioned campsites for people experiencing homelessness,
City Council has shown some sympathy for the staffers who had little direction and a tight timeline for their effort. But members are still befuddled as to how some locations could ever be considered. A historic Black cemetery? The vacant Home Depot whose neighbors spent years working with the city on plans for its future? The Colony Park tracts with an ambitious public-private master plan for community revitalization, which has yet to break ground on a single project?
Activists claim city camp map is example of Austin s racist policies
Activists claim city camp map is example of Austin s racist policies
Black leaders and community activists are voicing opposition to how many of the potential homeless campsites are located in East Austin.
AUSTIN, Texas - The historic Evergreen Cemetery in East Austin has been named one of 45 locations on a map released by the city of Austin that identifies possible locations for homeless encampments. Some of these places aren’t even a possibility, said Austin Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison.
On Monday morning, Harper-Madison joined a group of Black leaders and community activists voicing opposition to how many of the potential campsites are located in East Austin.
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Tessa Boyd-Scott, whose name means Gatherer, was born May 7th at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, RI. Tessa passed peacefully in the arms of her loving parents Dee Boyd and Jessie L. Scott III a brief 10 hours later.
Tessa’s life was a brief gift. However, as we prepared for her arrival and now as we say our goodbyes, news of her conception brought old friends and family members together who haven’t spoken to each other in years.
Tessa is survived by her maternal grandparents Lorraine and Marvin Boyd of Patterson, NJ, paternal grandmother Barbara Scott of Zachary, LA, paternal grandparents Linda and Jessie Scott Jr. of Baker, LA., and many wonderful aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends from across the country and around the world.