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RepresentUs – have endorsed local ballot measure Proposition E, which, if passed, would create ranked choice voting for city elections. Prop E is one of five propositions brought by a citizen-initiated petition from the Austinites for Progressive Reform PAC that will go before voters in the May 1 special election. Accountable to Whom? A report released by the University of Texas at Austin found that the intent of its alma mater song, The Eyes of Texas, was not overtly racist, despite describing the song s origin – its debut at a minstrel show organized to raise money for UT s track team, where white student singers most probably wore blackface – as a painful reality. ....
Amplify Austin Day raises $12.5 million for Central Texas nonprofits By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published AUSTIN, Texas - I Live Here I Give Here (ILHIGH) says that the ninth annual community-wide day of giving, Amplify Austin Day, raised more than $12.5 million in 2021 for 686 participating nonprofit organizations spanning seven Central Texas counties. The 24-hour day of giving began at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 4 and ended on Friday, March 5. In addition to providing the online giving platform, through the Amplify Fund, ILHIGH says it raised more than $325,000 in matching gifts and prizes available to participating nonprofits to incentivize their campaigns. Donating to local nonprofits on Amplify Austin Day ....
Austin 360 To accompany this year s community-wide philanthropic event, Amplify Austin, event organizers teamed up with local production company C3 Presents to create a 24-hour streaming event called Amplify Live. The stream, which kicks off at 6 p.m. Thursday, will be hosted by Judy Maggio of “ATX Together,” Trevor Scott of “We Are Austin,” and Joah Spearman, CEO and founder of Localeur. It will feature reports from nonprofits, DJ sets from DJ Mel, celebrity guests and performances filmed at Electric Deluxe Recorders, the East Austin studio helmed by Black Pumas guitarist and producer, Adrian Quesada. Acclaimed Austin musician and community leader Charlie Sexton created two new ATX supergroups to release songs for the event. The first track, People Are Dancing featuring the Black Angels Alex Maas and Night Glitter s Loulou Ghelichkhani, premieres during the Thursday primetime hours between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. The second track, Shake the Heaven ....
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No, wait: Today, if you re reading this on Thursday, March 4, or Friday, March 5, is Amplify Austin Day. The fundraising (and fund- matching) program runs for 24 hours – from March 4, 6pm, to March 5, 6pm. Also, this is Amplify Austin Day for 2021, so it s immediately following our first Year of COVID-19. Do we have to tell you how devastating that s been for everyone? No, we don t: If you re reading this, at least you re still alive and well enough to read . and also therefore aware of the economic and societal and emotional tolls the pandemic (and the response to the pandemic) has exacted upon our beleaguered species. And that s why, though there are an increasing number of noteworthy events here in the Arts Listings section, this annual Amplify Austin Day wrangled by the I Live Here I Give Here organization is currently the most important thing happening in this context. ....