Empower Art

11/09/2015

Last Thursday, our executive director Laramie Gorbett presented to the Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking about our Empowering Hope Project in Thailand and Cambodia. Happy to share the news about the important work and meaningful partnerships.

10/28/2015

EMPOWER ART was happy to support UT's Voices Against Violence Break the Silence Event. Our Director Laramie Gorbett spoke about her advocacy and activism and the importance in speaking out against violence. What a powerful event!

10/19/2015

Empower Art was greatfull to spend time at City Hall this week. On Thursday, we supported Allies Against Slavery and Saturday, SafePlace's Survivor Voices Project No More No Mas! Working to spread awareness on gender based violence. Thanks Change Makers for all that you do! Brooke Axtell, John Nehme, Lisa Lynn, Anna Belle, and more!

08/20/2015

Empower Hope workshops with AFESIP Cambodia, Summer 2015. http://www.afesip.org/

08/20/2015

Empower Hope workshops with COSA (Children's Organization of Southeast Asia) in Thailand. http://cosasia.org/

05/27/2015

Our Executive Director, Laramie Gorbett will be traveling to Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, to volunteer with survivors of human trafficking. She will be facilitating Empower Art's hope and healing workshops with local organizations that are providing shelter, education, and raising awareness on the issue human trafficking.

If you can, please contribute to her GoFundMe page to help with traveling costs: http://www.gofundme.com/laramieneedsyou

This summer I will be leaving my job and traveling to Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, to volunteer with survivors of human trafficking. I will be facilitating Empower Art's hope and healing workshops with local organizations that are providing shelter, education, and ra...

03/28/2015

Empower Art is so lucky to work with such amazing women with Conspire Theatre. Check out our play "Any One of Us:Words from Prison" get tickets ASAP http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1357186

Any One of Us: Words from Prison" Benefiting Conspire Theatre & Empower Art

03/05/2015

Check out our friends from Conspire Theatre perform this weekend at the Women's Community Center of Central Texas 2nd annual Women's Empowerment Conference (WE Con).

More info about the event can be found here: http://weconaustin.org/

Women's Empowerment Confer­ence offers a space for women to tell their stories

02/11/2015

Our friend and supporter, Brooke Axtell, performed a powerful spoken word piece on domestic violence at Sunday's . We hope that her words inspire others in need to seek the help they deserve. You are loved.

http://youtu.be/Pcz_nQBksso

01/15/2015

We're gearing up for an exciting and productive year, which means we're also on the hunt to grow our board. Send us an email if you're interested, and please spread the word!!

Empower Art is looking to recruit Board Members to collaborate in decision making and participate in fundraising & events, program/curriculum development,

01/10/2015

We're excited to announce we'll be working with Conspire Theatre to produce Eve Ensler's powerful play, "Any One of Us: Voices From Prison."

Empower Art will be working with the cast of formerly incarcerated women and their allies to provide support and healing as the cast tackles personal and societal issues of race, class, violence and oppression.

12/18/2014

Thanks to Lucas Brown and Exact Science Productions for choosing Empower Art as their beneficiary.