Supporting DACA Students
The University of Texas at Austin stands by students protected under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers
The 124,000 people in Texas who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, commonly known as Dreamers, face a frightening future. With DACA hanging in legislative limbo, many of these young people who are enrolled in our state’s...In Times of Tragedy, We Are Stronger Together
We stand in solidarity as we work to make our communities inclusive, healthy places to live.
Making Mental Health a Collaborative Effort
“People from different vantage points are going to see different changes, and they’re going to see different opportunities,” Katy Bourgeois says. When it comes to community-based mental health projects, a mutual desire to collaborate doesn’t necessarily promise a job...
Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD
Meadours’ self-advocacy skills have been honed by nearly a decade of practice. He gives regular talks at a local rape crisis center, leads training sessions with first responders, and has presented at The Arc’s National Convention.
Bexar County’s Collaborative Approach to Community Mental Health
To conduct a mental health intervention at the community level requires reckoning with certain caveats and risks.