The Power of Community Thank you to everyone who came out to support our efforts to clean up the backyard of Casa Salaam - our newest home for two-parent immigrant families. It has been a long road, but Casa Salaam is finally open to immigrant families, with our first family already moved in. Casa Salaam, [...]
We're thrilled to share that our friend, Nick Ramos, is launching a new project titled 'Build Hope, Not Walls', which will see 150 artists from across the United States coming together in one exhibit October 13-15 at the Big Medium Gallery in Austin, TX. Each artist is creating a brick/a work of art, which will then [...]
We had a fantastic time at our ESL Summer Show and Tell event this past Tuesday evening! As the sun set and the heat subsided, all three levels of students came together in the Level 2 classroom to share their stories, hobbies, photos, and more. The classroom was lit perfectly with twinkling lights, with a [...]
We are beyond thrilled to share with the Austin community that Casa Marianella has been awarded $52,000 to be used to renovate the back house of our newest home for two-parent immigrant families, Casa Salaam. On top of this fantastic news, we are pleased to share that Casa Salaam has also welcomed its first two-parent [...]
Sometime in the early 2000’s (no one quite remembers the year), mind Casa Marianella staff were faced with a practical problem. The shelter, prescription which houses around 40 people and serves dinner daily, was overstretched by the amount of former residents who were returning to spend their days and eat at Casa So staff member [...]
The 13th annual benefit for Casa Marianella was nothing short of heartwarming, powerful and inspiring. Held at the Asian American Resource Center, Austinites gathered to show their support for the immigrant community. As an emergency homeless shelter in East Austin serving recently-arrived immigrants and asylum seekers from across the globe, Casa Marianella strives to create [...]
The 4th Annual Awards Ceremony Was A Huge Success! We were thrilled to be nominated for 'Community Champion' at the 4th annual Armadillo Awards this year! We were honored to be listed within the same category as Wheatsville Food Co-op, TacoDeli, and Epoch Coffee for the category. We had a blast at the event, presented by [...]
Last week, our beloved ESL Student David Roman and his family generously provided a dinner for the ESL teachers and staff in appreciation for all. The food was fantastic and included delicious tacos of many varieties, fresh homemade salsa and ice cream (just to mention a few)! We would like to give a huge shout-out [...]
ESL Students Share Their Stories and Talents! We were so impressed with the amazing stories, photos and talents shared by our residents, ESL students and members of the Casa community- including a few of our ESL teachers and staff members! What we loved most was seeing the confidence exuded by our ESL students. For some [...]
Casa Marianella’s Community Center first opened its doors in 2007, ask setting up shop across the street from the original Adult Shelter on Gunter Street. From its humble beginnings, order the Community Center distributed donated clothing to the community and began offering Sonadores Anonimos, a 12-step program in Spanish, and a series of women’s work [...]