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Co-owners Malcolm Brown, Shrone Conaway and Marnell Brown

Nelson Mandela Community Center coming to Austin this fall

By Michelle Meyer | March 8, 2023

The center will be housed in a building, located at Madison Street and Cicero Avenue, that lifelong West Side residents Shrone Conaway and brothers Marnell and Malcolm Brown purchased. The center will provide resources on violence prevention, HIV/AIDS testing, housing, job coaching and support for people experiencing substance use disorders.

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Gary Comer Campus to close, community working to keep building open

By Ellyn Fortino | April 30, 2012

While students at San Miguel’s West Side location will have to find a new school after the end of this academic year, its representatives and members from Austin Coming Together and St. Joseph Services want Austin youth to continue using its community center, computer lab and gym.