Under the Hood Cafe & Outreach Center

Fort Hood assault prevention chief under investigation

Carlos Lowry — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:32:31 +0000

A sergeant first class in charge of sexual assault prevention at Fort Hood is under investigation for sexual assault, the Pentagon announced Tuesday night.

Read story at USA Today, May 14, 2013.

Upcoming Hoodstock Event

Malachi Muncy — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:50:05 +0000

In the past Hoodstock has been a great opportunity for Austin community members to support the work of Under the Hood Outreach Center and Cafe while having a fun time to good tunes

Hoodstock V
Monday – May 27,2013
6:00P – Midnight

Frontier Bar
2421 Webberville Road
Austin, TX 78702

Current [...]

The Value of Organizing

Carlos Lowry — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:24:21 +0000

Under the Hood Cafe and Outreach center is proud to a be a recipient of a RESIST grant.
Read the RESIST December 2012 Newsletter.

Next Couple Weeks: The Peoples Response, The Telling Project, and Ryan Harvey.

Malachi Muncy — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:52:46 +0000

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 was a busy month

Malachi Muncy — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:53:12 +0000

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 [...]

Marching through March

Malachi Muncy — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:08:24 +0000

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 [...]

Pro Peace on Martin Luther King Day

Malachi Muncy — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:37:11 +0000

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 [...]

Check out this video and come see us in Austin on Jan. 21

Malachi Muncy — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 05:55:02 +0000

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 [...]

Defend the Soldiers’ Right to Heal

Malachi Muncy — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:29:59 +0000

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 [...]

Honoring All Who Served at Killeen’s Veterans Day Parade

Lori Hurlebaus — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:58:03 +0000

Defending the Service Members’ and Veterans Right to Heal from Invisible Wounds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

When: Saturday, November 10th, 2012
Time: 9:15am to 10:15am, then joining City of Killeen Veterans Day Parade at 11am
Location: Fort Hood East Gate (Rancier & Fort Hood Street)

Killeen, Texas- A group of service [...]