Racism has always been at work and people have been resisting it and other forms of oppression in Austin for a very long time. Local artist and activist Anne Lewis has chronicled this resistance and beloved community.
Austin Beloved Community is a collective project that is a shared space between organizations, artists, and all who hold close ideas of liberation, equality, and a just society. It is an experiment in collective memory, community, and expression.
Click here for a list of those who give freely of their memories and experience in this space and who struggle to build the social justice movement in our city.
This is a map of the Austin social justice organizations that provide a basis for the site – and others we hope to work with in the future. Click here to view Social Justice Organizations in a larger view. There’s an alphabetical list of social justice organizations, their addresses and links next to the map.
We now have an opportunity to create a new future
View Austin Beloved Community – Movement History in a larger map