Each fall, a new group of undergraduates begin their year of service in the Austin City Hall Fellows Program. A partnership between the Longhorn Center for Community Engagement (LCCE) and the Office of the Mayor of the City of Austin, the program empowers students to become effective agents of change.… read more
Mission Moments: Virginia Cumberbatch, Director of the Community Engagement Center
Breaking Away
The words “spring break” conjure up images of sunny beaches and parties galore. But for a group of UT Austin students, this much anticipated week away from school means something else entirely: Making the world a better, more equitable place. Last March, three groups of students journeyed to Louisiana and… read more
April 2017 Recap: Health Disparities in Communities of Color and the Impact on Mental Wellness
Of all the major challenges facing society, issues regarding mental health are perhaps the most overlooked and least understood. Community members gathered for the season’s last Front Porch Gathering on Tuesday, April 18th to discuss health disparities in Austin and the impacts on mental wellness, particularly in local communities of… read more
April 2017 Recap: Health Disparities in Communities of Color and the Impact on Mental Wellness
Of all the major challenges facing society, issues regarding mental health are perhaps the most overlooked and least understood. Community members gathered for the season’s last Front Porch Gathering on Tuesday, April 18th to discuss health disparities in Austin and the impacts on mental wellness, particularly in local communities of… read more