Anne Braden, editor of the “Southern Patriot,” interviewing Rosa Parks, May 31, 1960. Photo used with permission from the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Austin Beloved Community is a collective project based on the documentary film, Anne Braden: Southern Patriot.  Braden was hailed as “eloquent and prophetic” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail.  Ostracized as a red, she fought for an inclusive movement community and mentored three generations of social justice activists.

The site is a shared space between organizations, artists, and all who hold close ideas of liberation, equality, and a just society.  It is an experiment in collective memory, community, and expression.

Click here for a list of those who give freely of their memories and experience in this space and who struggle to build the social justice movement in our city.

This is a map of the Austin social justice organizations that provide a basis for the site – and others we hope to work with in the future. Click here to view Social Justice Organizations in a larger view. There’s an alphabetical list of social justice organizations, their addresses and links next to the map.