About Stronger Austin

Providing FREE group exercise classes and nutrition education virtually and at local community sites. Classes available in Spanish and English.
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Group of women participating in a ZUMBA class as part of the Stronger Austin programming

What is Stronger Austin

Stronger Austin, powered by It’s Time Texas, in collaboration with the Austin Parks and Recreation Department, the Austin Public Health Department, the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, and My Brother's Keeper, partners with local communities to improve access to health and wellness programs in both Austin, Texas, and across the entire state of Texas, through virtual programs.

Stronger Austin delivers FREE fitness classes and nutrition education programming, removing any financial barriers facing our most vulnerable communities and allowing for health to be accessible to all Texans. Stronger Austin’s FREE fitness classes are led by local community leaders in Austin, and are offered at community sites like schools, recreation centers, parks, churches, and clinics. Since April of 2020, Stronger Austin classes have been available virtually through the Zoom platform, providing access to community members lacking transportation or childcare, as well as opening up the programming to a statewide audience.

By bringing together a network of community leaders, organizations, programs, and nonprofits, Stronger Austin partners with all of Texas to build a healthier, more equitable community.

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How is Stronger Austin Different?

Accessibility

All of Stronger Austin’s group fitness classes are FREE, removing any financial barriers facing our most vulnerable communities. Classes are offered at accessible community sites like schools, recreation centers, parks, churches, and clinics. Since April of 2020, Stronger Austin classes have been available virtually through the Zoom platform, providing access to community members lacking transportation or childcare, as well as opening up the programming to a statewide audience

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Community Input

Stronger Austin provides services and resources that are right for each individual community. Residents will identify the programming they want or need, and watch it come to life in the middle of their neighborhood. Stronger Austin believes that no one knows what’s better for a community than the people that live there. We listen, learn, connect, and help communities grow depending on their specific needs.

Local Leaders

Stronger Austin instructors are the backbone of our program. In addition to being skilled fitness professionals, our instructors are local leaders that have strong ties to the communities they serve, sharing a common history, culture, and language with class participants.

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Accessibility

Driven by community input, Stronger Austin’s founding partners joined together with Austin residents, agencies, businesses, and nonprofits to create more accessible health and wellness programs across the city.

For many of Austin’s most historically underserved neighborhoods, relevant services aren’t a reality. Programs that are costly or hard to get to block participation.

Community Input

Stronger Austin provides the services and resources that are right for each individual community. Residents will identify the programming they want and watch it come to life in the middle of their neighborhood.

Stronger Austin believes that no one knows what’s better for a community than the people that live there.

Removing the Barrier

By bringing a wide range of free services available through community organizations, city programs and nonprofits directly into Austin’s most underserved neighborhoods, Stronger Austin removes barriers to participation such as inability to pay, lack of transportation, or lack of knowledge of existing services.

Consulting directly with community members to understand each neighborhood’s culture and build on its strengths, Stronger Austin delivers programming and services for which residents are expressing interest and need.

Accessibility

Driven by community input, Stronger Austin’s founding partners joined together with Austin residents, agencies, businesses, and nonprofits to create more accessible health and wellness programs across the city.

For many of Austin’s most historically underserved neighborhoods, relevant services aren’t a reality. Programs that are costly or hard to get to block participation.

Community Input

Stronger Austin provides the services and resources that are right for each individual community. Residents will identify the programming they want and watch it come to life in the middle of their neighborhood.

Stronger Austin believes that no one knows what’s better for a community than the people that live there.

Removing the Barrier

Stronger Austin removes barriers to participation such as inability to pay, lack of transportation, or lack of knowledge of existing services.

Consulting directly with community members to understand each neighborhoods culture and build on its strengths, Stronger Austin delivers programming and services for which residents are expressing interest and need.

Sekoya Waddy

Instructor Spotlight

Sekoya Waddy

“My participants are what keep me going. Knowing that I want to give them a fun, yet effective, workout each class pushes me to keep my endurance up (because I have to be able to motivate them) as well as keep my playlist updated. I don’t like doing the same thing over and over every day so I have to really utilize my memory bank with learning or coming up with new routines to introduce to the class over time (thank goodness for my youthful good memory... For now lol).”.

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