Blog
March 31, 2021
What We Talk About When We Talk About Visibility
By Summer Wright For a period of my life, my choice to be visible as a homeless trans woman boiled down to whether or not I needed to leave my...
March 16, 2021
Social workers, trauma-informed care, and the winter storm
AUSTIN, Texas (March 16, 2021) - As the bitter cold set in across Austin and Travis County on Valentine's Day weekend, government and nonprofit...
February 26, 2021
White privilege in Austin’s unhoused community
by Alberta Phillips, Chair of the ECHO Board of Directors A blistering winter storm that swept through the state this month left millions of...
February 25, 2021
Our homeless services system is not racially equitable. Here’s how we’re working to fix it.
AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 25, 2021) – Austin/Travis County is one of eight communities across the country taking part in the first-ever Racial Equity...
February 3, 2021
ECHO Board asks City Council to delay HEAL initiative vote
AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 3, 2021) - The Board of Directors of the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) sent the following letter to members of...