Support Blackland CDC
Your support helps community members put down roots in East Austin.
Stewart Conservatory
Stewart Garden
Professional/Specialized support
How You Can Help
1. Volunteer
2. Connect
Learn about Blackland
We will show you the simple way you can give forward to a household struggling with basic needs by assembling a simple care package for BCDC to share with neighbors.
If you would like to host a gathering, either at our location or one of your choosing, one of our BCDC ambassadors will be available to attend and share a story of resilience, growth and community with your neighbors.
Alternatively, introduce us to someone in your network!
Administrative support, Blackland History Project
Help maintain and plant the Community vegetable garden so the neighborhood can have free food in times of need.
Professionals offering pro bono services and activities that support our work and community members. (eg., Legal, financial tenant workshops, professional consultations, specialized projects)
One introduction could change everything...
Email Andy: Admin@blacklandcdc.org
Host a Lunch and Learn
Lead a Group Volunteer Project
Bubbles at Blackland
Assist BCDC in assembling our historical exhibit of newspaper articles and other historical documents in our historical Stewart Center; OR Assist us in the office with your IT, organizational skills, cleaning, or other skills. (May require background check.)
Garden support/volunteering
In-Kind
Care Packages
Garden support/volunteering
Host a lunch hour with your coworkers and an ambassador from Blackland will come out and give a presentation on our mission, our work and ways you and your organization can support that.
Strategic Advisory Council Members
What is the Advisory Council?
As an Advisory Council member, you attend quarterly meetings and participate in work-groups, or committees, that focus on your area of expertise. Our goal is to keep expanding our team of dedicated community members. Learn how you can help us connect to new opportunities and strategically plan for a brighter future!
Calling All Leaders Who Are:
Primary Responsibilities
Engagement Structure
Believers in the Mission - Understand and champion Blackland's history and anti-displacement work
Connectors - Know how to bridge the gap between their networks
Culturally Receptive - Open to learning about and/or a member of the African-American culture that is central to Blackland
Action-oriented - Motivated to do groundwork, make introductions, drive initiatives
Strategic Thinkers - Can help articulate and advance the $20M vision
Committed - Will stay engaged with vision and purpose as organization grows
Strategic planning and 5-year vision development
Cultivating and Maintaining foundational donor relationships
Opening doors and making high-level introductions
Collaborating with external perspectives and guiding on best practices
Organizational reputation building and advocacy
Assisting with marketing, media, and visibility strategy
2-year renewable terms
Maximum of 3 terms (6 years total)
Annual review/renewal for continued engagement
Vincent Harding
Member
Suzanne Valentine
Chair
Socar Chatmon-Thomas
Member
Lisa De Simone
Board Liason
Alina Sanchez
Member
Stephanie Lang
Member