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Restore Rundberg is about neighborhoods helping neighborhoods with the mission to improve the quality of life, health, safety, education, and well-being of individuals living and working in the Rundberg neighborhood.   This community-driven initiative is a partnership between neighborhoods, the community, government, higher education, public safety, researchers, and stakeholder groups.  Residents in the Rundberg corridor are leading this revitalization effort since December 2012.

The project is supported by a three year grant from the Department of Justice running until September 2016.  The goal is to develop innovative crime solution and complementary social services. Rather than short-term fixes, it is important that these crime solutions are sustainable over time. Much research is under way in partnership with The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work.  For the Restore Rundberg project to be successful, it takes a community collaboration of local residents and leaders, area businesses and nonprofits, the Austin Police Department, a number of City of Austin departments, The University of Texas, and the community at large.

To be successful, this project requires a high level of participation from community members and here are ways to get involved!

  • Sign up for Restore Rundberg emails and meeting notifications here.
  • Restore Rundberg meetings and events, including monthly community meetings on the fourth Thursday of each month is an opportunity for input. Find upcoming events on the homepage of this website and on their Facebook page.
  • Meet your Austin Police Department District Representatives host weekly community meetings at the YMCA, 1000 W. Rundberg Lane, on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.  These meetings are a great way to meet and connect with area District Representative. The meetings generally focus on issues important to community members and stakeholders who live, work or have an interest in improving the quality of life in Restore Rundberg grant area.
  • The Revitalization Team Workgroups are tackling specific priority areas and related outcomes identified by the Team. The committees are staffed by volunteers who join based on their expertise and/or willingness to take a leadership or hands on-role in completing project objectives and activities.  Restore Rundberg Priority Areas: 1. Revitalization of Key Properties 2. Healthcare 3. Afterschool Programs 4. Code Comp;liance 5. Homelessness Intervention 6. Housing Affordability 7. Economic and Workforce Development 8. Prostitution Prevention and Intervention. Volunteer today!
  • Some positions in the Restore Rundberg Revitalization Team leading the neighborhood revitalization project are up for election at Restore Rundberg January team meeting, on January 28, from 6:30pm.  If you’re interested in taking a leadership position in the project, please fill the Revitalization Team membership application and send it by January 21 at 3pm.
  • Click here to take the Restore Rundberg survey that’s being conducted by the University of Texas at Austin. This survey seeks to understand how Rundberg community members view their surrounding area, neighbors, and police.

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Capital IDEA, a Career Expressway Partner with Austin Community College

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Austin is the No. 1 city is America for overall tech job creation!  These careers have the opportunity for good wages and a career path that rewards hard work. An Associate Degree can get a profesional started in their career path and as more experience is gained,  salaries will keep growing.

Capital IDEA is a Career Expressway Partner with Austin Community College (ACC). Together they are helping hard working, low-income adults succeed in Tech Careers. ACC provides the self-paced training and stackable credentials while Capital IDEA offers financial assistance for tuition, books and childcare.

Consider This. If you’re a current ACC student, or thinking about going back to school, consider this: Career Expressway Tech Careers include a year-long paid internship at $11/hour or more! Tech careers are taking off in the Austin area for individuals that need a great job and employers who need great people.

Enter the Career Expressway. Get started by attending an Orientation find out more about qualifications and the application process. Orientation is mandatory to apply: Upcoming Orientations

Career Fact sheets (pdfs):

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For more information, visit here  .

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Austin Job Opportunities with American Cancer Society

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One hundred years ago, the American Cancer Society (ACS) began the fight of a lifetime – the fight against cancer.  After 100 years of saving lives and creating more birthdays, ACS leads the way in working tirelessly to transform cancer from deadly to treatable and from treatable to preventable.  Below are two postings to apply for with the American Cancer Society.
Cancer Information Specialist:
As a Cancer Information Specialist your primary role is to empower cancer patients, their families, caregivers and health professionals through supportive discussion and the delivery of high quality cancer related information. The CIS conducts an evaluation of stated and implied needs to further enhance the patient’s ability to increase decision making and patient activation. The CIS assesses psycho-social stress and addresses opportunities for improving emotional needs throughout the cancer journey. The CIS further matches national and local resource support leading to improved quality of life in the areas of prevention, detection, ‘diagnosis and treatment’ to survivorship. ACS patient programs are matched to patient’s needs and offered as additional support. Inquiries are answered by telephone, email and chat. The CIS demonstrates exceptional relationship- building skills to increases loyalty between callers and the American Cancer Society, as well as other arms of the organization.
 
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology or Health Related field preferred.
  • Two years professional experience preferred.
  • Exposure to medical terminology, social services, and non-profit health organizations preferred.

Save Lives. Fulfill Yours.

Apply today and start using your skills to literally end the fight against Cancer as a Cancer Information Specialist at the American Cancer Society!
https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_acs/external/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetail&jobPostId=51601&localeCode=en-us
 
Bilingual Cancer Information Specialist:
As a Bilingual Cancer Information Specialist your primary role is to empower cancer patients, their families, caregivers and health professionals through supportive discussion and the delivery of high quality cancer related information. The CIS conducts an evaluation of stated and implied needs to further enhance the patient’s ability to increase decision making and patient activation. The CIS assesses psycho-social stress and addresses opportunities for improving emotional needs throughout the cancer journey. The CIS further matches national and local resource support leading to improved quality of life in the areas of prevention, detection, ‘diagnosis and treatment’ to survivorship. ACS patient programs are matched to patient’s needs and offered as additional support. Inquiries are answered by telephone, email and chat. The CIS demonstrates exceptional relationship- building skills to increases loyalty between callers and the American Cancer Society, as well as other arms of the organization.
 
Qualifications:
  • Associate’s Degree  
  • Bilingual (Fluent in English and Spanish)
Preferred Skills / Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology or Health Related field
  • Two years professional experience
  • Exposure to medical terminology, social services, and non-profit health organizations desirable. 

Save Lives. Fulfill Yours.

Apply today and start using your bilingual skills to literally end the fight against Cancer as a Bilingual Cancer Information Specialist at the American Cancer Society!
https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_acs/external/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=51604&localeCode=en-us
ACS is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks candidates from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBT community, veterans, and people with disabilities.
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Casa Superhero Run: Every child needs a hero but abused children need superheroes!

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CASA speaks up for children who have been abused or neglected by empowering our community to volunteer as advocates for them in the court system. When the state steps in to protect a child’s safety because the people responsible for protecting them have not, a judge appoints a trained CASA volunteer to make independent and informed recommendations and help the judge decide what’s best for the child.

The CASA programs of the Greater Austin Area (serving Travis, Williamson, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe & Hays Counties) have united to gather all superheroes for children for the 2015 CASA Superhero Run. This year’s fundraiser will be on Sunday, September 13th, 2015, starting at 7:00 AM, at The Domain Central Park, 11100 Alterra Pkwy, Austin, TX 78758.

For children who’ve been abused or neglected, CASA means having a home instead of feeling lost, and being a priority instead of feeling invisible. For volunteers, CASA is a life-changing experience that makes our community a better place.

CASA volunteers come from every walk of life and share a commitment to improving children’s lives, a willingness to learn, and an open mind towards life experiences different from their own. Volunteers complete an interview, background checks and intensive training. After being sworn-in by a judge, volunteers are appointed to a child or family of children and spend an average of 15-20 hours a month advocating for these children for at least a year. They get to know the child while also gathering information from the child’s family, teachers, doctors, care-givers and anyone else involved in the child’s life. Judges highly value CASA’s recommendations which help them make informed decisions in the child’s best interest.

For more information and/or to register to the upcoming event, visit: casasuperherorun.com

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4th Annual School Supplies Packing Event at Dell Jewish Community Center

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After a successful fundraising event in May, the Hindu (Hindu Charities for America) and Jewish (Jewish Federation of Greater Austin) communities of Austin have purchased enough school supplies for over 1,000 homeless and other economically disadvantaged children in Manor, Austin, and Del Valle.  Now the group is seeking volunteers to help pack the school supplies for students to start the 2015-2016 school year right while getting to know their neighbors on August 16th at Dell Jewish Community Center (7300 Hart Ln, Austin, TX 78731). The volunteer event will include music, dancing, snacks and an opportunity to make cards for the children.

According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, 1.2 million children are homeless on any given night in the United States. Analysis of recently released federal data shows that the number of homeless children and youth identified in public schools has increased for the second year in a row, and by 41% over the past two school years.

Hindu Charities for America is a non-profit, charitable organization making education possible for economically disadvantaged students.  Hindu Charities for America (HC4A) was conceived for the purpose of providing Indian communities across the United States an opportunity to give back to the communities who have embraced us and given us the chance to prosper.  HC4A has been recognized for assisting in the improvement of the quality of life back home in India, too. The group has contributed their time and money to build schools, temples, hospitals and more. HC4A has launched various initiatives to help Indian communities in USA get involved in giving back to their local societies.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Austin is Shalom Austin’s philanthropic and community development branch that connects people, organizations and resources to strengthen Jewish life at home and around the world. The Jewish Federation of Greater Austin Annual Campaign, the Jewish community’s primary annual philanthropic appeal, strengthens Jewish life and supports critical humanitarian needs in Austin, Israel and around the world.  The campaign funds social service, outreach, educational and community building programs.

If planning to volunteer to be a group leader, please arrive at noon time or call (512) 994-4638 for more information.  The packing tends to go quickly so volunteers are asked to arrive at 1 PM.

Click here for preview of 2014 Event!

Facebook event:
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Meet Harish Kotecha, Founder of Hindu Charities for America

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Harish Kotecha was born in Uganda, studied Electrical engineering in UK and settled in the U.S. when Dictator Idi Amin ousted most of the foreigners out of Uganda.  He retired early from IBM where he worked in hardware development, contributing in the areas of semiconductor, system board, software and later in the area of quality improvement. He has almost two dozen US patents.  Kotecha is a co-founder of an instant yogurt product, Yokit.  Since retirement, Harish spends most of his time in volunteer work – he actively volunteers in religious, civic, cultural, service, and social organizations in the Austin area Indian community holding leadership or Advisory positions.  Harish Kotecha has been recognized by the 2014 President’s Volunteer Service Award for addressing the most pressing needs in the community and country.

Since 2009, Harish has been helping with the resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in Austin working across resettlement agencies, temples, and other organizations that are assisting in the resettlement process. He is on the Advisory Board of Refugee Services of Texas and is on the panel of the Refugee Round Table. In recognition of his services, Harish was awarded 2009 Samaj Seva(community service) by the India Community Center.

Harish founded Hindu Charities for America (HC4A), a non-denominational charity, with the vision of Indians helping with Education of Homeless Children in the U.S.. Since 2010, HC4A successfully donated school supplies to most school districts in Austin area as a joint project with Greater Austin Area Jewish Federation. Since 2013, Jewish and Indian communities have joined hands and raised funds together with a fundraiser – Bollywood Meets Borscht Belt.

To help with income disparity in Austin area, an initiative to provide vocational training to economically disadvantaged children was launched in 2013. This resulted in 2014 awards of $20,000 in scholarships to Capital Idea, Manor ISD and ACC. This year $25,000 is slated to be awarded to ACC, Capital Idea, Manor, and Austin  ISDs.  Current efforts are to make HC4A a mainstream charity with involvement of all communities. Efforts are underway to establish an Executive Board, each Board member contributing annually $2,500 toward scholarships.

Recently the third annual ‘Bollywood Meets Borscht Belt’ fundraising event, organized by Hindu Charities for America and the Jewish Federation of Greater Austin, brought together the Indian and Jewish communities once again to help over a thousand homeless children with school supplies for the upcoming school year in Austin, Del Valle and Manor. The event was covered in an article in the India-West, the largest and most prestigious among weekly Indian newspapers on the West Coast of U.S. established in 1975.

Harish is married to Shobhna, has a daughter Sonia who is activist and works at CASA, and son Savan who is a very successful international songwriter to over songs 100M sold.  Harish and his wife Shobhna often act as a resource to Indian residents who are newly settled in Austin. They have also helped overseas University of Texas Austin students by providing accommodations, transportation and settle in the area. Harish helps to do outreach for many organizations as well as those seeking to make connections with temples and cultural organizations.

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Meet Dr. Kazique J. Prince, Change Agent for Driving Diversification

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Dr. Kazique J. Prince, founder and chief executive officer at Jelani Consulting, LLC , provides executive and leadership consultation and coaching services focused on cultural competency for individuals, teams, and organizations in business, education, government, healthcare, and for non-profit groups for more than 20 years. As a change agent who seeks the broader view in all situations, Dr. Prince draws upon resources and deep knowledge base to assist others in utilizing their own strengths and capabilities. He collaborates with clients working on managing cultural differences by trailblazing through opposition, spearheading forward-thinking, cutting-edge initiatives and programs while successfully uniting team members behind common goals.

Dr. Prince received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at The University of Georgia at Athens, Ed.S. in Counseling Psychology at Georgia State University, Ed.M. in Counseling Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and B.S. in Psychology from the Benjamin Banneker Honors College at Prairie View A&M University. He is a Board Certified Diplomat in African Centered/Black Psychology through The Association of Black Psychologists and certified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory through IDI, LLC.

Dr. Kazique J. Prince serves as Senior Policy Advisor & Education Coordinator, Office of Mayor Steve Adler.  Mayor Steve Adler tapped Community Cabinet members to help the city uncover long-term solutions worthy of public support and balance urgent short-term matters against strategic long-term policy objectives. The Community Cabinet is a diverse talent pool of civic-minded thought leaders drawn from public, private, and nonprofit sectors with expertise in education, neighborhoods, health and human services, environment, business, and urban land use. In collaboration with other senior policy advisors, Dr. Prince’s primary focus has been on education; equity, diversity, and inclusion, workforce solutions, public safety, and health and human services.

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The March of Dimes Works to Improve Health of Babies

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Every year in the United States, more than half a million babies are born too soon, almost 54,000 of them in Texas. The March of Dimes helps Texas moms have full-term pregnancies and research the problems that threaten the health of babies.  With support from the community, the March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies and support families if something does go wrong.

The March of Dimes – Austin Division has partnered with Dell Children’s Medical Center to offer support and education to families experiencing the hospitalization of a baby.  The NICU Family Support program provides free children’s books to parents and siblings to read to the baby during their NICU stay.  Scientific data has shown that the parent’s voice is stimulating and comforting to the baby. Book donations ensure that families have continued access to materials that will offer support and comfort to siblings and NICU babies.  If considering making a book donation, should be new preschool or under reading level book (no used books due to risks of infection) in English or Spanish.  Board books preferred.

Sarah Wauters, NICU Family Support Specialist of March of Dimes, may be contacted for more information at [email protected] . Visit their web site for other ways to get involved including http://www.marchofdimes.org/

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Meet Tania Rodriguez, Co-empowering a Sustainable Future

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Tania Rodriguez is a visionary and entrepreneur committed to the development of projects and ideas, which contribute to environmental protection and sustainability. A trained architect with over a decade of experience in residential and commercial projects in the USA, she combines her technical acumen with her management and leadership skills to advocate for the dignity and quality of life through the practice of green architecture to empower individuals and communities globally to live holistically and in harmony with nature. CEO and Founder of Green Habitat, she is dedicated to design projects based in energy efficient solutions and clean energy in urban and rural communities, she is also the Co-Founder of EVO Formance a LED lighting company supplying the automobile industry from a base in Asia through global representation.

Tania Rodriguez shows us how sustainable business models promoting an evolved consciousness and ethical production and consumption cycles (Fair Trade) are urgently needed for our world today in order to achieve sustainable relationships between Humankind and our natural Eco-systems which sustain us. She recently presented within the context of the principles of “Eco-Feminism” which present a major question about the relationship between the current perception of the Feminine, in many cultures and societies today, and the current condition of Planet Earth.
This talk was given on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at TEDxTulum. The theme was “Inspiring Ideas from the Maya.” For more information, visit http://tedxtulum.com  To view Tania Rodriquez’s  speaking at TEDxTulum on Co-empowering a sustainable future — Eco-feminism view here.

Tania designed the architectural model for the ‘School-out-of-a-Box’ project, incorporating green technologies and sacred geometry, and is currently managing the construction of the first prototype in the Mayan region of Mexico. Tania collaborates with projects dedicated to empower economic and productivity practices in indigenous communities around the world, and believes in the expansion of permaculture and urban agriculture as a societal solution for humankind. She is now working on co-creating sustainable models for affordable “Green Housing” in North America.

She is the President of the McCombs Mexican Alumni Network; in which capacity she presented on the subject of ‘Social Responsible Practices in Business’ at the 1st and 2nd Annual McCombs-EGADE Business Schools Speaker Series in Mexico City; is a Member ofNEXUS; an international network created to promote social responsible investments and innovation in philanthropy, she recently participated in a Global Youth Summit at the United Nations; and is a Board Member of the Mnemosyne Institute base in Dallas, TX; a non-profit organization whose main propose is to create programs supporting education around the world. Tania was formally invited to head the formation of a new national organization ‘The Club of Budapest Mexico’ which proposes a change of practices around the world to activate social change for environmental protection.

Tania received a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations from The University of Texas at Austin – The Red McCombs School of Business and currently serves in the MBA Alumni Advisory board in the same institution. She holds a second MBA from the – EGADE Business School – in the Monterrey Institute of Technology, accredited by the Association of MBA’s (AMBA) in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the – Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education – accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

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Meet Alexis Adauto Ferguson, Advertising Executive Veteran to Mompreneur

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Alexis Adauto Ferguson made a name for herself early, becoming president of Austin Advertising Federation at 26, and has taken on leadership roles ever since. “I have a keen talent of being able to translate between creatives and clients – keeping the art alive while keeping the client’s objective front and center. Stickler for deadlines and love to “make it happen”.  Have learned from the best of the best and continue to seek out opportunities that add to my knowledge base,”  Alexis describes her journey.  A 21 year advertising executive veteran by the age of 41, she left the fast-paced world of advertising to reinvent herself and define her true purpose.

Now, she helps other women (and men) chase the dream of entrepreneurship through her direct selling venture with Rodan + Fields.   Alexis is an executive consultant with Rodan + Fields Dermatologists – a clinical skin care line from the doctors who created ProActiv Solution, the world’s most successful skin care line. What the doctors did for acne, they are now doing for anti-aging. She is a pioneer in the Texas market and excited that she has partnered with the two most trusted names in dermatology in the business that will be their legacy.

She also puts her passion to work as a board member of the Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas – Austin Chapter and a volunteer with Con Mi Madre . Both organizations align with her mission of empowering women of all ages to be their best selves. “Giving my free time to making a difference in the community by volunteering for organizations focused on helping Hispanic girls with higher education.”

Since adopting two amazing little boys, she feels like her best self when she’s spending time in her biggest leadership role yet – Mom.

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