Susan McDowell on The Grace of Being Seen
With a personal understanding of what it feels like to be seen, Susan McDowell, CEO of LifeWorks Austin, has made it a top priority for Austin's youth experiencing homelessness to be seen and heard as...
View ArticleStay Home. Work Safe. Serve Goodness.
Mobile Loaves & Fishes is considered an essential service and is joyfully still operating – serving goodness every day. The post Stay Home. Work Safe. Serve Goodness. appeared first on Mobile...
View ArticleBuilding on Phase II Continues
We have closely reviewed the ‘Guidance for Construction Industry’ related to the City of Austin’s Stay Home-Work Safe Order, and we are confident that construction on Phase II of Community First!...
View ArticleItems Needed for Community First! Village
As we all endure a new state of normal under the City of Austin’s Stay at Home Order, life in Community First! Village is adjusting to a different pace of life as well. One thing that has become...
View ArticleFood is Essential and our MLF Food Trucks are Still in Service!
Nearly 22 years ago, the founders of Mobile Loaves & Fishes acted on their call to feed the homeless and we are still answering that call today. The post Food is Essential and our MLF Food Trucks...
View ArticleLeaning on Faith, with Amber Fogarty
Everything we do at Mobile Loaves & Fishes is about relationships and connecting with other individuals human to human, heart to heart. So as you can imagine, in this unprecedented time of...
View ArticleStaying Connected While Practicing Social Distancing
Everything we do at Mobile Loaves & Fishes is about relationships. Connecting with each other human to human, heart to heart is how we build trust and community. So as you can imagine, in this...
View ArticleCommunity Partners Collaborating to Serve Goodness
We are so grateful for the overwhelming demonstration of kindness and generosity by so many friends and community partners during this challenging time. The post Community Partners Collaborating to...
View ArticleLoving Our Neighbor, with Tricia “Mama” Graham
Gospel Con Carne host Alan Graham always loves to say that "behind every great woman, there's just a man." This is your opportunity to meet that great woman in Alan's life, his wife Tricia Graham, who...
View ArticleCommunity First! Village Market Remains Open for Goodness!
While Community First! Village is closed in order to protect our neighborhood during the COVID-19 health crisis, the Community Market remains open and accessible to the men and women who live here. The...
View ArticleYou are Essential
During the recent weeks of uncertainty, it seems that use of the word essential has become more common. We are grateful that MLF is deemed essential as an organization that serves the homeless. The...
View ArticleNot In Kansas Anymore, with Jessica Mitchell
As an only child growing up with divorced parents, Jessica Mitchell says her upbringing in Topeka, Kansas was normal by all accounts. Her journey to where she is today in Austin, Texas, however, isn't...
View ArticleSocially Distanced but Close at Heart
Out of an abundance of caution and to help protect our most vulnerable neighbors, Community First! Village will remain closed to all visitors, volunteers and events for the month of May. The safety...
View ArticleThat Storm Named Katrina, with Neal Nolan
As our country continues to navigate a health crisis of unprecedented proportions, Gospel Con Carne host Alan Graham takes you back nearly 15 years to another significant event that drew Mobile Loaves...
View ArticleAn Equal Justice, with Chad Zunker
When Chad Zunker's NFL dreams were crushed by an All-American safety early in his college playing days at The University of Texas, he knew nothing of the journey that awaited him. In the years ahead,...
View ArticleWe asked and you answered in a big way! Thank You!
Your Content Goes Here Amber Fogarty, MLF President & Chief Goodness Officer, reports on how your goodness is providing relief for our Community First! Village neighbors and our friends still...
View ArticleCommunity First! Village COVID-19 Response Update
More than three months ago when the COVID-19 global pandemic made its way to Austin, we began developing a plan to keep our Community First! Village family safe. This plan has been very effective in...
View ArticleA Conversation about Racial Justice, the Gospel and Healing
Sherywnn Patton and Gospel Con Carne host Alan Graham are two men with vastly different upbringings and backgrounds, yet in recent years have found themselves collaborating in their work with a common...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Relief
During this health crisis, you have provided the resources necessary to keep our neighbors safe in Community First! Village, and ensured that those men and women still suffering on the streets have...
View ArticleFinding Order in Chaos, with My Neighbor Ed Lundin
There's a hot August day back in 2013 that is chiseled into the memory of Alan Graham and his guest on this episode of the Gospel Con Carne, Ed Lundin. During a hearing before the Travis County...
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