by d5forblacklives_mmbpz1 | Mar 1, 2021 | Newsletters
Dear D5 Neighbors, Our letter this week brings hope that many of you are now (or soon) back in your homes lit by electricity, with running water that doesn’t need to be boiled, nor toilets that need to be flushed using buckets of snow. Like many of you, we worried...
by d5forblacklives_mmbpz1 | Feb 12, 2021 | Newsletters
When Council Member Kitchen’s “HEAL” initiative passed last week, it created a timeline for racial justice action. By March 4, City Manager Spencer Cronk must return to council with a plan to “disallow” camping in four high-visibility locations throughout the city. In...
by d5forblacklives_mmbpz1 | Feb 5, 2021 | Newsletters
Greetings D5 for Black Lives Community, Discomfort is not a public safety risk The argument against allowing unhoused people to camp in visible places is often phrased in terms of “public safety.” The data does not support that public camping makes the community less...
by d5forblacklives_mmbpz1 | Jan 15, 2021 | Newsletters
Dear D5 for Black Lives Community, Since our last newsletter, White supremacists attempted a coup on the US Capitol. A violent mob waved Trump flags and posed for selfies with Capitol police. As many have noted, if the perpetrators had been Black, police would have...
by d5forblacklives_mmbpz1 | Jan 8, 2021 | Newsletters
Hello D5 for Black Lives Supporters, It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of another violent incident at the hands of Austin police. We are all familiar with resolutions that don’t come to fruition, and the City of Austin is no stranger to this either. But...
