Charities
The following are charities that are supported by each of the Texas Browncoat affiliate groups.
Austin Browncoats • Dallas Browncoats • Houston Browncoats
Austin Browncoats
Equality Now
Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. Through its Women’s Action Network of concerned groups and individuals around the world, Equality Now:
- brings public attention to human rights violations against women
- distributes information about human rights violations
- takes action to protest these violations
Can’t Stop The Serenity
www.cantstoptheserenity.com • www.cantstoptheserenity.com/austin
Can’t Stop The Serenity is an organization made entirely of Firefly and Serenity fans, your loving “Browncoats”. CSTS coordinates screenings of the motion picture, “Serenity”, to benefit Equality Now, an organization supported by your favorite director, Joss Whedon. Equality Now is a charity organization that works to protect the human rights of women around the world, focusing on reforming discriminatory laws and practices. Check www.cantstoptheserenity.com to find out if there is a screening near you! Can’t find a screening near you? Go to www.cantstoptheserenity.com/forum and start planning your own screening!
Heart House Austin
Heart House’s innovative afterschool program is the only daily program for school-age children in a neighborhood known for its high crime, high unemployment, and lack of affordable, quality care for children. At Heart House, children have access to caring adult mentors, homework assistance, art enrichment, computer learning, health and safety education, and literacy programs.
EmanciPET
EmanciPet, Inc., founded in 1999, is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt nonprofit organization located in Austin, Texas. EmanciPET is dedicated to preventing animal homelessness and putting an end to euthanasia as a means of population control by providing low-cost or free surgical sterilization of dogs and cats. This website is designed to inform pet owners (and future pet owners) about our services and raise awareness about the pet overpopulation problem in Austin and the spay/neuter solution. In the city of Austin alone, almost 1,000 dogs and cats are euthanized each month! If more pet owners had their pets spayed or neutered, the number of animals euthanized would decrease. If you own a dog or cat, we urge you to join us in combating animal overpopulation and euthanasia by having your pet spayed or neutered.
SafePlace
SafePlace exists to end sexual and domestic violence through safety, healing, prevention and social change.
Safety:
They do this through our emergency shelter, 24-hour hotline, hospital accompaniment programs and legal services.
Healing:
They do this with extensive counseling services for children, teens and adults as well as providing transitional housing, advocacy and life skills training to give people the resources and skills to stay safe.
Prevention:
Their disability services, school-based services and community education work are all focused on preventing violence and promoting safe and healthy relationships.
Social Change:
Working with others, they promote alternatives to the attitudes, behaviors and policies that perpetuate the acceptance of interpersonal violence, especially violence against women.
Kids Need To Read
Kids Need to Read Mission Statement:
- To purchase books by raising funds through auctions, sales of merchandise and other available means
- To provide books to libraries, schools and other institutions in need
- To provide books to children through established institutions
- To foster a love of reading in all children
- To encourage reading among reluctant readers
Dallas Browncoats
Equality Now
Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. Through its Women’s Action Network of concerned groups and individuals around the world, Equality Now:
- brings public attention to human rights violations against women
- distributes information about human rights violations
- takes action to protest these violations
Kids Need To Read
Kids Need to Read Mission Statement:
- To purchase books by raising funds through auctions, sales of merchandise and other available means
- To provide books to libraries, schools and other institutions in need
- To provide books to children through established institutions
- To foster a love of reading in all children
- To encourage reading among reluctant readers
Houston Browncoats
Equality Now
Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. Through its Women’s Action Network of concerned groups and individuals around the world, Equality Now:
- brings public attention to human rights violations against women
- distributes information about human rights violations
- takes action to protest these violations