Blog
April 19, 2021
When Sleeping Became a Crime
by Rhie Azzam Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TScNLhwkifA I was 23 years old the first time I experienced sleeping as a crime in...
April 7, 2021
Vote NO on Prop B
All Austin voters have a choice to make in the coming weeks. The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) is asking you to make the humane,...
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...