About Us

As citizens of the most powerful country in the world, Americans increasingly understand why it is so crucial to analyze and attempt to influence U.S. policy. After 9/11, there is no doubt just how much decisions about foreign policy, military operations, and trade affect not only the rest of the world, but us as well.

The Third Coast Activist Resource Center was created to help people in the Austin area in their efforts at sustainable organizing. The Center's two main goals are (1) to distribute educational resources and organize community events about U.S. policy around the world, and (2) to strengthen the local activist network that is part of a national and international movement for global justice.

• organizing guest speakers, panel discussions, and films.
• maintaining a website, ThirdCoastActivist.org, with a local events calendar and directory of activist groups, downloadable materials, event fliers, and news links.
• coordinating local speakers, videos, and print materials for use in classrooms, churches, and community groups.
• producing video programs for cable access and community use.
• maintaining an email announcement list for events in the Austin area -- the NOWAR list.

Please direct feedback and ideas to Pat Youngblood, pat@thirdcoastactivist.org.

The Board of Directors consists of:

Donna DeCesare, UT Professor and photojournalist. - donnadecesare.com.

Robert Jensen, UT Professor and author of "Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity" and "Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margin to the Mainstream." - uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/home.htm

Rahul Mahajan, foreign policy analyst and author of "The New Crusade: America's War on Terrorism" and "Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond." He also serves on the Administrative Committee of United for Peace and Justice. Rahul is currently blogging at empirenotes.org.

Third Coast Activist Resource Center is a 501c3 non-profit corporation. Donations are tax-deductible.