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Wanted to let folks know what the UTH Community is getting into in the next couple of weeks…
“Telling: Austin, TX”
When: April 25-27, May 2-4, 2013
Where: Emma Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St., Austin, TX
Detailing military service from WWII through to the [...]
March has been a busy month with the Musicians March for Peace at the end of SXSW in Austin, IVAW banner drops in Austin and Killeen on the 10 year anniversary of our invasion of Iraq, and a chalking event to remember the cost of lives at Fort Hood. We chalked the names of 509 KIA [...]
Here at Under the Hood we are running on all cylinders going into March. The attendance at recent Ribs and Right and poetry nights as been high and we’ve got some new faces in the space in the last weeks of February.
We’ve got a lot of things going on in March. IVAW members [...]
It was nice to see a strong veteran turn out at the Pro Peace Austin event in Austin. Among them, key note speaker, Mike Prysner of VFP. Afterward a few of us hung out in Austin, which is always nice.
Heres a link to some news coverage. You need a Time Warner account [...]
Thanks to those who helped produce this.
Also want to let everyone know about Monday January 21, MLK Day.
Join Under the Hood and Iraq Veterans Against the War and Austin Pro Peace at City Hall (Austin, TX)
January 21, 2013 (Martin Luther King Day) 5pm – 7:30pm
“I refuse to accept the cynical [...]
By Alice Embree and Terry DuBose, The Rag Blog
Malachi Muncy’s vision was obscured, but he could hear a boy’s voice saying: “It’s a soldier in a pill bottle. Break out! Break out!”
The boy, a spectator along the Veterans Day parade route in Killeen, Texas, got it. So did most of those who saw [...]
On the 11th anniversary of war in Afghanistan, help a military resource center stay afloat
By Liz Williams, Austin Chronicle.
“We’re in for the long haul,” said Jim Turpin, a volunteer at Under the Hood Cafe and Outreach Center. On Sunday, Oct. 7, the 11th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, the cafe will [...]
On Saturday, September 1, we hosted WARRIORWriters: Write to Heal Workshop at Under the Hood.
It was really great to have a chance to slow down, take a minute to breathe, and put pen to paper. So often we are rushing around and stressing out over things that [...]
On Friday, April 20 at 5604 Manor in Austin, Texas we exhibited “War Is Trauma”, a portfolio of handmade prints produced by the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative in collaboration with the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). For this project over 30 artists* from Justseeds, IVAW, and their allies have each created a print that addresses [...]
