Austin Voices for Education and Youth creates community collaboration to strengthen families, support kids and improve schools. We believe our public schools can serve as powerful hubs for bringing neighborhoods, families and students together to increase equity and achieve positive change.
“Austin Voices for Education and Youth is the most successful model for building community schools that I’ve seen in my three-decades career in public education.”
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AVEY News & Updates
Report on 2024 Stand Up for Schools Events (March 4-7), including Videos
(Updated March 17, 2024) Austin Voices sponsored a week of events centered on the theme "Equity in Action" from March 4-7, 2024. The events included our [...]
HopeFest ’23 Bring Record Crowds to Northeast ECHS!
In its 18th year, HopeFest '23 attracted 4,235 attendees, 150 exhibitors, 11 performers/groups and 350+ volunteers to the Northeast Early College High School campus on Saturday, [...]
AVEY Hosting “Our Voices” Community Conversations Spring/Summer 2023
Update (June 30, 2023) Austin Voices completed its 2023 round of "Our Voices" conversations, with meetings at 10 schools and 430 parents, teachers, students, staff and [...]
Austin Voices announces new Northeast Promise Neighborhood Initiative
(March 6, 2023) As part of the "Campaign for the Future," Austin Voices is announcing the launch of a transformational initiative in Northeast Austin called the [...]
Read the Campaign for the Future Strategic Plan (2022-2030) to increase equity across AISD through Community Schools
Austin Voices, along with city, county, AISD, campus, nonprofit and community partners have developed a plan to bring the equity-focused Community School Model to schools across [...]
Building a Safety Net for Families in North Austin
Since starting our first Family Resource Center in 2007 at Webb Middle School, AVEY has worked to support struggling families so that children are in school, [...]
Read Webb’s Alternative Plan to “School Changes”
In September, Austin Independent School District announced that, as part of its "School Changes" district-wide plan, Webb would be closing and consolidating with Dobie Middle School [...]
HopeFest ’19 Brings Resources to Northeast
In its 14th year, HopeFest '19 attracted over 3,500 attendees and 180 exhibitors and performers to the Northeast Early College High School campus on Saturday, October [...]
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Austin Voices focuses its programs in four strategic areas:
AVEY’s impact, by the numbers
engaged in AVEY Youth Leadership Programs
served annually with wraparound services through six Family Resource Centers
engaged in 2018 in campus events and planning
mobilized to support public education since 2011 through Save Texas Schools