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Via Getty Images During the already painful summer of 2020, Garrett Foster s death dealt another shocking blow to Austin protesters for racial justice. They lost a friend and dedicated activist; Austin Direct Action lost a leader. Foster was a founding member of the mutual aid group that provided food and supplies to the unhoused people living next to APD headquarters on Eighth Street, in the thick of the protests. When Foster died, the group was reeling and others stepped in to help. They were still in their grieving process, says Devin Robertson-Surfass, who volunteered that summer with his wife and a couple friends. We had only planned to maybe do it for like a couple weeks, couple months, just as kind of a stopgap until they were able to start again. But as many of the members split off to form different groups, Robertson-Surfass, his wife, and a couple of friends took over permanently, providing 150 meals every Wednesday to the encampments at APD and ....