Archive Category: Equity Blog

RESOURCES & ENGAGEMENT: Mental Health During COVID-19

RESOURCES & ENGAGEMENT: Mental Health During COVID-19 Most of us have been practicing social distancing and sheltering in place...

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BOOK REVIEW: White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

BOOK REVIEW: White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

Raul Alvarez
February 28, 2020

BOOK REVIEW: White Fragility:  Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo This...

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BOOK REVIEW: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Book Review – The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander  In this...

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RESOURCES & ENGAGEMENT: City of Austin Equity Office’s 2nd Annual Equity Forum: Critical Love in Practice

2nd Annual Equity Forum: Critical Love in Practice Hosted by City of Austin’s Equity Office As we celebrate Martin...

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BOOK REVIEW: What Truth Sounds Like by Michael Eric Dyson

What Truth Sound Like: RKF, James Baldwin and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson This...

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CCDI TOOLKIT HIGHLIGHTS: Resources Relating to Minority Mental Health

Minority Communities are More Likely to Experience Poor Mental Health In 2008, July was designated as Minority Mental Health...

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BY THE NUMBERS: 10 Reasons to Love the CAN Dashboard

The CAN Dashboard is a rich source of local information about the socio-economic well-being of Austin and Travis County,...

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CCDI TOOLKIT HIGHLIGHTS: Resources Relating to Asians & Asian American Community

CCDI Toolkit Includes Resources Relating to the Wide Ranging Cultures and Nationalities Comprising  the Asian American Community CAN has...

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BY THE NUMBERS: Housing Affordability

BY THE NUMBERS: Housing Affordability

Raul Alvarez
March 13, 2019

Data on Income, Home Values and Rents Suggest That Housing Affordability Worsened from 2013 to 2017. The Travis County Snapshot...

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BY THE NUMBERS: Growing Senior Population

BY THE NUMBERS: Growing Senior Population

CANinfo
February 27, 2019

Seniors in Travis County Have Fastest Rate of Population Growth and a Rising Poverty Rate The Travis County Snapshot...

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