PARSA MOTAHAR
TREASURER
Parsa Motahar is a sophomore at the UH Honors College. He is majoring in Nutrition with a minor in Chemistry. He plans to attend graduate school after obtaining his bachelor's degree. He enjoys being a Cougar Tutor because he believes it enhances students’ attitudes towards school. Outside of the organization, he enjoys skating, reading, and coding.
PARSA MOTAHAR
TREASURER
PARSA MOTAHAR
TREASURER
Parsa Motahar is a sophomore at the UH Honors College. He is majoring in Nutrition with a minor in Chemistry. He plans to attend graduate school after obtaining his bachelor's degree. He enjoys being a Cougar Tutor because he believes it enhances students’ attitudes towards school. Outside of the organization, he enjoys skating, reading, and coding.
PARSA MOTAHAR
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PROJECTS
University of Texas at Austin
Texas Civic Impact Council
Austin, TX | Focus: Civic Entrepreneurship | peac.tcic@gmail.com
Meet our Panelists
Schedule
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm- Opening Remarks
5:40 pm - 6:30 pm - Panel
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm - Closing Remarks
6:40 pm - 7:30 pm - Outdoor Reception
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Our Focus
About TCIC:
The Texas Civic Impact Council (TCIC) is a cross-college council at UT Austin leading campus collaboration on community-impact projects. TCIC will be a bridge for students to connect ideas with action in an effort to lead student progress on city-wide issues!
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Mission:
Embrace UT’s diversity by connecting colleges on campus to create nuanced solutions at the intersection of the arts, sciences, and humanities for Austin’s social issues
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Vision:
Create a blueprint for UT students to actively involve in solving city-wide issues and shaping Austin’s future
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Check out our 2020-21 project below! 2021-22 Applications are open now!
TCIC Student Fellowship
Learn about TCIC's role in Project Connect, a $7.1B investment in public transportation in Austin
Description
Project Connect is a $7.1 billion investment in public transportation in Austin. In TCIC’s view, it is more than just an infrastructure investment. Project Connect is an opportunity to connect communities, develop affordable housing (City has earmarked $300M for this), create new jobs, and design an equitable, innovative future for our city.
The best part: everyone has the chance to influence how it all plays out.
For these reasons, we launched our Fellowship to engage students and community members in this generational opportunity to shape Austin. Our Fellowship has the following goals:
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Directly connect Austin’s resident community with the city’s political, business, and developer communities
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Build an understanding of affordable housing and community development priorities along key transit corridors
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Present community perspectives and actionable solutions for city, community, and business leaders to work with the community to accomplish shared goals
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All in all, TCIC’s efforts are focused on empowering Austinites to build the future of their communities. Learn about how we plan to deliver on these goals and how you can get involved by reading our ‘Progression’ and ‘How’ below.
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Mission
Strengthen the connection between Austin’s residents and leaders to guide affordable housing development + design the future of community development
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Check out our 'How?' and project progression below!
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How?
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1. Student Fellowship Network (Applications open!)
We are offering three distinct Fellowships: Community Engagement, Data, and Design Fellowships. These fellowships provide meaningful avenues to serve Austin with trained experience.
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Community Engagement (CE) Fellows
CE Fellows are leading 1 on 1 conversations with community members in Riverside and Hyde Park to understand perspectives around affordable housing and community development. Find more information on our application page!
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Data Fellows are statistically organizing and generating trend data on insights collected by CE Fellows. Find more information on our application page!
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Design Fellows are creating written/digital content that presents community perspectives and implementable solutions to Austin’s city leaders. Find more information on our application page!
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2. Focus Groups (Dates coming soon!)
We will host casual focus groups with specific demographics to interact with community members in a more guided, meaningful way. These focus groups aim to generate differentiated, hyper-localized data.
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3. Findings Report
After identifying key trends by listening to community perspectives, TCIC will conclude by writing a report that:
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Clearly communicates community experiences + perspectives in an unbiased way
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Proposes solutions on how leaders can work with the community to accomplish shared goals
Learn more about Fellowship opportunities below
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The Texas Civic Impact Council has launched its Student Fellowship network. There are three fellowships: Community Engagement, Data, and Design. Learn more about these roles and apply by clicking the buttons below!
Eligibility: Active student from any of Austin’s higher education institutions.