Building a Healthy and
Thriving Community
We are community organizers breaking down barriers to healthy living and strengthening neighborhood stability in Austin’s Eastern Crescent
GAVA is a community-driven and resident-led movement of everyday folks leveraging their lived experience to shape a more equitable Austin.
Community-driven
Resident-led
Everyday folks
We envision a future in which a person’s neighborhood, income, race, ethnicity, primary language, and/or immigration status no longer serve as a predictor of health outcomes.

Why
Up to 80% of an individual’s health is determined by social factors including income, availability and distribution of local resources, and community culture.
While Austin is considered one of the nation’s healthiest cities, we experience large inequities in health outcomes in Austin’s Eastern Crescent, where racially and economically discriminatory policies and practices have resulted in inadequate investment and resourcing of community assets, creating barriers to healthy living in specific neighborhoods.
We also see that low-income communities of color are often economically displaced when improvements are achieved. Economic Development must be paired with anti-displacement efforts that center the well-being of all Austinites.
Community Leaders Supported by GAVA
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