Bob Libal is the Executive Director at Grassroots Leadership, a wonderful Austin organization that works to help us obtain a more just and fair society where prison profiteering, mass incarceration, deportation and criminalization are no longer a reality. Casa Marianella and Grassroots Leadership have long enjoyed a friendly working relationship, and recently we spoke with Bob [...]
UT Austin’s latest exhibit, more about Spatial Stories of Migration and Detention, highlights how architecture impacts detainee punishment. Casa Marianella is proud to be a part of this exhibit, with some of our residents lending their stories and experiences to UT Austin’s exhibit for the hope that their voices will help improve the current detention [...]
Are you happy the summer heat is subsiding a bit? We sure are! The Casa community had a wonderful time this past Sunday celebrating life, family, love, and hope at Convivio. We are so incredibly thankful for everyone's continuous support throughout Casa's history, and we look forward to many more wonderful Convivio celebrations to come. [...]
We had a blast at this month's First Wednesday event at Rio Rita on East 6th street! Local vendors set up shop to display their amazing work, and a portion of the proceeds from the bar went to supporting Casa Marianella. Talented Vendors There were so many cool, eclectic pieces of art showcased at Rio [...]
We had a blast at Convivio this past weekend, and it was such a joy to see so many members of the Casa community coming together to listen to some amazing Tejano music by Francisco Chávez and friends and enjoy delicious food provided to Casa by Aster's Ethiopian Restaurant. Some of our friends from the Hutto Visitation Group [...]
We're excited to announce that Casa's Executive Director, Jennifer Long, will be on a panel about Immigration at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary's third annual Hesed Lectures on April 2nd, 2016. What are this year's Hesed Lectures about? "The purpose of the HESED lectureship is to promote awareness and church involvement in the area of social justice, thus enabling [...]