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Thank you for your interest in the Week of Action to Support Ending Homelessness! This page shares engagement from the 2020 Week of Action. Look for more actions and engagement at SpeakUp Austin! and at www.austintexas.gov/homelessness.
Join us THIS WEEK as organizations and individuals across Austin take actions to support ending homelessness!
Even during a pandemic, every person can act in their own way to help end homelessness. Whether you are a long-time activist or just finding your voice, you can be part of the movement to make Austin a safe, caring, and thriving community for all.
This first ever Week of Action to Support Ending Homelessness is a seven day campaign empowering community members to be part of the change in our city. Each day has a different different theme, allowing participants to choose an action that is accessible and meaningful to them. After all, the true success of this campaign will come folks like you amplifying the call and demonstrating what's possible when we work together toward a common goal.
Thursday, 8/27 - Prepare for our Week of Action
Friday, 8/28 - Learn about homelessness in our community
Saturday, 8/29 - Create something to help end homelessness
Sunday, 8/30 - Share what you have created, #HelpNotHide
Monday, 8/31 - Call on our community to take action
Tuesday, 9/1 - Give what you can to keep momentum going
Wednesday, 9/2 - Thank the helpers all around us
Leading up to and during the Week of Action, this page will operate as our hub for sharing ideas, actions, and impact!
You can also access ideas, language, links and graphics through our Week of Action Toolkit!
Join us THIS WEEK as organizations and individuals across Austin take actions to support ending homelessness!
Even during a pandemic, every person can act in their own way to help end homelessness. Whether you are a long-time activist or just finding your voice, you can be part of the movement to make Austin a safe, caring, and thriving community for all.
This first ever Week of Action to Support Ending Homelessness is a seven day campaign empowering community members to be part of the change in our city. Each day has a different different theme, allowing participants to choose an action that is accessible and meaningful to them. After all, the true success of this campaign will come folks like you amplifying the call and demonstrating what's possible when we work together toward a common goal.
Thursday, 8/27 - Prepare for our Week of Action
Friday, 8/28 - Learn about homelessness in our community
Saturday, 8/29 - Create something to help end homelessness
Sunday, 8/30 - Share what you have created, #HelpNotHide
Monday, 8/31 - Call on our community to take action
Tuesday, 9/1 - Give what you can to keep momentum going
Wednesday, 9/2 - Thank the helpers all around us
Leading up to and during the Week of Action, this page will operate as our hub for sharing ideas, actions, and impact!
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Organize yourself and/or your group to take coordinated action to support ending homelessness.
8/28 - Learn
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Take time to learn about homelessness in our community and what is happening to make it rare, brief, and non-recurring.
8/29 - Create
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On this day actions should create something - a car pack, a story, an artistic expression, etc. - that can help a person and/or the movement to address homelessness.
8/30 - Share
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Whatever you created, today is the day to share that product with an individual and/or our community.
8/31 - Call
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Use your actions this day to call on more people to join or step up the effort to support ending homelessness in Austin.
9/1 - Give
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Act by giving what you can - time, money, talent - to groups doing the work to address homelessness.
9/2 - Thank
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Take the time to thank leaders, helpers and dedicated community members for all that they do to address homelessness.
