You just found out that your child is dyslexic. Take a deep breath. You are very likely feeling a wide range of emotions, as we all have. …

Like many Austininites, within a few years of arriving here in 1996 I was having terrible seasonal allergies. When I went to the allergist and they did the standard test where they prick the skin on your back with a wide range of allergens, the doctor told me that I…

There is a significant literacy crisis in America today. Twenty-five million children in the U.S. cannot read proficiently, based on an analysis of National Assessment of Education Progress test scores, also called The Nation’s Report Card. The reasons why are complex but at the root of the problem is that…

Austin’s 1928 Master Plan racially segregated our city and continues to negatively shape Austin today. To learn more about the 1928 Master Plan and the other ways our city has been impacted by racism, start with this 2 minute video from the Austin American Statesman and read more in the…

The year 2028 will be the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Austin’s ‘1928 Master Plan’ that racially segregated our city and continues to negatively shape Austin today. The vision for Austin2028 is to find opportunities to redress Austin’s racist past by helping to reverse our inherited inequities. Here are…

Austin’s hometown HBCU, Huston-Tillotson University (HT) is a treasure for our community and it is grossly under-resourced. HT is Austin’s oldest college in our city and has an endowment of only $13M, when the median university endowment in 2021 was $200 million. HT’s endowment is dwarfed by UT Austin’s $30.1B…

An Open Invitation to Austin-Area Tech Founders and CEOs — Austin-area Tech Founders and CEOs: There are three things you can consider doing today that will allow you to 1) give back to our community, 2) build a more successful company, and 3) save significant taxes. I call this the Austin Three-Step. Two of the steps are ones you can take at any time, but…

Election day is right around the corner and, regardless of your politics, we should all exercise our right to vote. Elections have consequences and voting lets us tell our government what we want it to do. Voting is a right generations of Americans struggled to win, and people in other…

In April 2018 Mayor Steve Adler set a challenge that 100% of Austin residents take Beyond Diversity/Courageous Conversation and so far over 2,000 people have taken it. To support that challenge, I have a BHAG: I would love to see 100% of people in Austin’s tech community — startups to…