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Welcoming Kanoa Arteaga as our Development Manager!
October 1, 2019 by mreza
Grassroots Leadership is honored to welcome Kanoa Arteaga to our team this month as our development manager. Read more about Welcoming Kanoa Arteaga as our Development Manager!
Exciting transitions ahead for Grassroots Leadership
September 26, 2019 by Bob Libal
Dear friends and family,
In the spring of 2020, after seven years as executive director at Grassroots Leadership and more than 16 years on staff, I will transition out of my role. I’m deeply honored to have been a part of an organization of people who are bold, unafraid to rise up, take on cutting-edge work, and speak truth to power. Read more about Exciting transitions ahead for Grassroots Leadership
Grassroots Leadership files FOIA litigation against ICE to obtain T. Don Hutto contract
AUSTIN — Community members and advocates gathered Tuesday to announce litigation filed Monday in their ongoing campaign to close the T. Don Hutto detention center and end the abuse and confinement of 512 immigrant women who remain detained there. Read more about Grassroots Leadership files FOIA litigation against ICE to obtain T. Don Hutto contract
New regulation would allow migrant children and families to be held indefinitely in detention camps
AUSTIN, Tex. — The Trump administration announced earlier today a new regulation that would allow the government to detain children and families caught crossing the border indefinitely. Read more about New regulation would allow migrant children and families to be held indefinitely in detention camps
Freedom Cities Report Reveals APD Failure to Comply with Policies
Austin, TX -- Austin’s Freedom City Policies went into effect on November 1, 2018 to reduce discretionary arrests for citation-eligible offenses and racial disparities in arrests overall. Last Friday, August 9, 2019, the Austin Police Department (APD) issued its second round of quarterly reports covering the April - June timeframe as required by the Policies. In response, a coalition of community groups issued the following statement: Read more about Freedom Cities Report Reveals APD Failure to Comply with Policies
