The Cipher Community Partners

The Austin Area Urban League envisions a community in which all citizens are free from barriers to education, economic and social success.

A Call To Men challenges men to reconsider their long held beliefs about women, in an effort to create a more just society. We achieve this by encouraging change in the behaviors of men through a re-education and training process that challenges sexism.

The Austin Community Foundation is a unique, not-for-profit connection between donors from all walks of life and the broad spectrum of efforts that improve our evolving community.

Austin Voices for Education and Youth is currently focusing our work of strengthening schools and expanding opportunities for Austin's youth by organizing around Creating student-centered schools, Engaging youth, Ensuring connected supports for kids and Building public responsibility for quality public schools.

Better Hip Hop Bureau Austin acts as a moderator for local artists, venue owners and operators, and promoters to come together and express their ideas, concerns, complaints and preserves the roots of hip hop culture through community-building activities in order to ensure a positive environment for future generations.

Ben Taylor's writer's workshop

Grounded in Music works with the Boys & Girls Clubs to expose kids to music starting in grades 4-12. Professional musicians come to the Clubs and give kids lessons on a variety of instruments, many of which have been generously donated.

Hip Hop Congress is a 501 (c) 3 Non Profit Corporation. The Hip Hop Congress mission is to use the culture of Hip Hop to inspire young people to get involved social action, civic service, and cultural creativity.

ReRoute believes that a good story well told can truly make a difference in how one sees the world. Whether it is a documentary, feature film, musical recording or magazine, ReRoute exists to tell compelling, entertaining stories that impact lives for the better. Specifically, we seek to entertain students while simultaneously equipping them with the necessary tools to make a difference in their lives and those around them.

Southwest Key's goal is to keep youth out of institutions, to reunify families, and to strengthen the fabric of their communities.

UpRise! Productions, a collaboration between members of several established arts groups in Texas including Xenogia Spoken Word Collective, Capoeira Da Rua, Ballet East Dance Theater, Cry Havoc Action Choreography, Public Offenders, and Blacklisted Individuals. This diverse band of alchemists blend artistic genres deeply rooted in a framework of social justice.