BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Austin Common - ECPv5.10.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Austin Common X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://theaustincommon.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Austin Common BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230615T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230615T140000 DTSTAMP:20240109T064857 CREATED:20230601T211349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T211623Z UID:50137-1686823200-1686837600@theaustincommon.com SUMMARY:Black Land Matters\, The Symposium DESCRIPTION:The City of Austin Housing Department will host Black Land Matters\, The Symposium on Thursday\, June 15\, 2023\, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Austin Central Library\, 710 W Cesar Chavez St\, Austin\, TX 78701\, Special Event Center. You can RSVP here.\n \n\nOpens at 10 a.m.\nProgram begins at 10:30 a.m.\nLunch served at 12 p.m.\n\n\nBlack Land Matters\, The Symposium – explores the ongoing challenges that Black Americans continue to face regarding land ownership. This event will examine resources available to help secure black land ownership in the face of ongoing land loss and/or threat.\n \n\nThe purpose of this symposium is to cultivate a space where communication and dialogue can be the fuel to generate ideas\, resources\, strategies\, and networks to help black communities:\n \n\nReaffirm the value of land ownership.\nPursue methods and resources to expand landownership for wealth building\, cultural sustainability\, and improved health outcomes.\nDevelop plans to maintain communal properties\, and\nExplore the expansion of ownership models that lead to equitable and conscious community developments.\n\n\nPartners include the City of Austin Economic Development Department\, Austin Public Health\, and the Austin Public Library.\n \n\nParking is free to the public. URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/black-land-matters-the-symposium/ LOCATION:Austin Central Library\, 710 W. César Chávez St.\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://theaustincommon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-01-at-4.12.11-PM.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR