Chas Moore and Austin Mayor Steve Adler stand together holding the Key to the City of Austin, 2022
Chas Moore receives the Key to the City from Mayor Steve Adler, October 29, 2022
Chas Moore seated at a community gathering alongside another community member
Community event, Austin, Texas
Chas Moore in a black blazer holding a red pyramid award at the NGAN Gala
NGAN Community Organizer of the Decade Award, Next Generation Action Network Gala
About Chas

A Decade of Organizing. A Lifetime of Purpose.

Chas Moore grew up in Houston, Texas, raised by his grandparents after losing his mother at age seven. That early exposure to grief, survival, and a system that too often fails Black families shaped the person he became and the work he would build.

He arrived at the University of Texas at Austin and never stopped organizing. In 2015, he founded the Austin Justice Coalition, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for Black, Brown, and low-income Austinites through advocacy, community building, and direct political pressure.

"Find your hammer. Find your chisel. And chip away."

His organizing helped produce Austin's largest Black Lives Matter march, drawing over 10,000 people and resulting in a landmark city budget reallocation that moved millions of dollars away from policing and toward community health and public safety alternatives. That work became a model cited nationally.

On October 29, 2022, Mayor Steve Adler proclaimed it Chas Moore Day in Austin and awarded him the Key to the City for a decade of transformative work.

Accomplishments

The Record Speaks.

October 29, 2022
Key to the City of Austin
Awarded by Mayor Steve Adler alongside an official proclamation of Chas Moore Day in the City of Austin, Texas.
2022
NGAN Community Organizer of the Decade
Honored at the Next Generation Action Network's 10th Anniversary Gala for sustained, transformative community organizing across ten years.
2020
Austin's Largest March
Organized the largest protest in Austin's history with over 10,000 people, catalyzing direct city policy change on public safety.
2020
City Budget Overhaul
Led advocacy resulting in millions redirected from APD toward mental health response and community investment, a model cited nationally.
2024
TEDxSSTX Youth Speaker
Delivered "Reimagining Justice for a New Era," challenging audiences to build new frameworks for justice in America.
2015 to Present
Founder, Austin Justice Coalition
Built AJC from the ground up into a 501(c)(3) driving policy reform in policing, education, civic engagement, and economic equity across Texas.
Speaking

On Stage. On Record.

Reimagining Justice for a New Era
TEDxSSTX Youth · 2024
On Justice, Community, and What We Owe Each Other
Creative Mornings ATX · Austin, Texas
Topics Chas speaks on
Criminal Justice Reform Racial Equity Police Accountability Community Organizing Black Liberation Civic Engagement Alternative Public Safety Education Equity Economic Justice Grassroots Power Building
In the Press

The Conversation Continues.

KUT Radio

"Black Austin Matters" featuring Chas Moore on racial justice and police reform in Austin, Texas.

Voyage Austin

Hidden Gems: Meet Chas Moore of Austin Justice Coalition and the decade he spent building a movement.

Creative Mornings ATX

"Justice means we take a step outside ourselves and try to have some empathy for one another."

Square One Justice

Featured roundtable speaker: Examining Justice Reform and the Social Contract in the United States.

Austin Justice Coalition

The organization Chas founded in 2015 continues to fight for racial and economic equity across Austin through policing reform, education, civic engagement, and community power.

Visit Austin Justice Coalition
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