The Community Engagement Center (CEC) was honored with the Community Service Award at the Austin NAACP banquet held on Dec. 1 at the Hyatt Regency Town Lake.

Speakers at the event focused on an issue that is especially important in Austin’s rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods: Affordable housing. This issue, among other socioeconomic barriers embedded in underserved Austin communities, is also being addressed by faculty and staff at the CEC who spearhead community-wide discussions at the monthly Front Porch Gathering events.

Go to this website to learn more about the good work of the CEC and how it is working to leverage university resources for the public good.