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    • 5604 Manor Community Garden group:

      The 5604 Manor Community Garden has activities most Saturdays that are open to anyone. Read more about the project at thirdcoastactivist.org/5604-manor-community-garden/.

      Volunteer:

      Volunteering with 5604 Manor is a rewarding experience. On occasional weekend work days, we need help on tasks such as painting, yard work, and cleaning. We also need help with regular maintenance and improvement projects during working hours. Interested volunteers should fill out the form below.

      Contribute:

      Become part of the 5604 Manor family that is helping build a more just and sustainable world right here in Austin. As of January 2011 we have raised $242,600, including $61,000 in-kind donations, we still have to pay off over $450,00 to complete our vision for 5604 Manor. Every contrition counts no matter of the amount. If you interested in attending an open house or learning more about how to make contribution contact wesley@workersdefense.org Donations can also be made easily and securely on-line by clicking here

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      • What we’re up to:

      • “Apocalyptic Journalism” and Why We Need Reporters to Face the Reality of Our Crumbling Society

        In his essay “The collapse of journalism and the journalism of collapse: From royal, to prophetic, to apocalyptic,” UT professor Robert Jensen uses those theological terms to talk about the challenge facing secular journalism: We have no choice but to deal with the collapse of journalism, but we also should recognize the need for a [...]

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      • New Job Opening in our Austin Office!

        The Workers Defense Project’s Austin office is looking for a strategic researcher to impact public policy and the Texas construction...

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      • Arguing for Our Lives

        In Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialog, published by City Lights, Third Coast co-founder and University of Texas professor Robert Jensen explores the anxiety and anguish so many feel in the face of economic and ecological crises on a global scale, when the stakes that seem higher than ever before. In [...]

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      • WDP in the Daily Texan!

        WDP made it in the news for the offer submitted to UT officials demanding the UT community to stand up...

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