News and Events

The Index for Volunteer Involvement (IVE), an organizational self-assessment tool developed at UT Austin, is helping organizations better engage volunteers and community groups in their work.

Portfolio alum Lily Trieu is the Founder and Executive Director of Asian Texans for Justiuce, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated ti engaging Texas' diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the democratic process.

On Friday, October 4th, the Social Entrepreneurship Certificate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs launched.

The second annual Cine-Activism film festival was hosted by the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Lorenzo Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the end of September. Portfolio student Larissa Costa and LBJ student Geraldine Fandiño organized the event to bring together an alliance of vulnerable communities in conversation within academia.

UT Austin students and alumni gathered at the LBJ School last Tuesday to discuss the critical role of legislative advocacy in policymaking and to explore career opportunities in the field. Panelists discussed their personal experiences working in legislative advocacy through nonprofits and shared tips on squeezing the most out of the graduate school experience.