Community stories
Oral histories, neighborhood history, and intergenerational storytelling.
Support What Once Was
Help keep our stories alive — and put them to work.
The WOW Heritage Center preserves community history while creating opportunities for young people to learn storytelling, media production, immersive technology, and other creative skills.
A permanent home for the work
Stories deserve a place to live — and a next generation to carry them forward.
At the WOW Heritage Center at Pathways at Rosewood Courts, community history becomes an active learning environment.
Young people can encounter local stories, learn to research and document them, create media and immersive experiences, and build skills that connect to real opportunities.
Preserving history is only part of the work.
The goal is not simply to archive the past. It is to activate it — through youth learning, public experiences, oral history, creative production, and community participation.
Make a gift
Every gift helps move the story forward.
Your support helps young people document community history, create new work, learn production skills, and share these stories with the public.
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Monthly support helps sustain storytelling, youth participation, and Heritage Center programming throughout the year.
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James GrandberryE4 Youth Alum
From story to opportunity
Talent needs a pathway.
“I knew I knew how to write. Carl told me we can get you a job, but you have to be ready. And then he didn’t just say that — he walked with me for the next two years until I was ready. I wouldn’t have had this job without E4 Youth.”
James GrandberryE4 Youth Alum · Copywriter at Butler
James came to E4 Youth knowing he had the skills, but he wasn’t quite sure how to turn them into the career he wanted.
Through internships, mentorship, and educational opportunities, he found the support, experience, and connections to take the next step. His journey led him to McGarrah Jessee and, today, to Butler, where he works as a copywriter.
This is what can happen when talent meets opportunity — and a community that believes in your potential.
The WOW Heritage Center creates a permanent place where more young people can encounter stories, practice creative skills, build relationships, and begin their own pathway toward opportunity.
Help Create the Next OpportunityWhat your gift makes possible
Your support activates the Center.
Youth participation
Opportunities for young people to research, document, create, and present.
Immersive experiences
XR, AR, and digital interpretation that bring community history into public view.
Creative production
Media, storytelling, and hands-on opportunities that build real skills.
Public programming
Events, tours, exhibits, and experiences connecting residents, youth, and visitors.
A bridge to opportunity
A place where storytelling can connect to the broader E4 Youth pipeline of internships, production teams, and paid opportunity.
For organizations
Want to make a bigger investment?
Companies, foundations, and community organizations can help activate the WOW Heritage Center and power youth participation across the E4 ecosystem.
$25,000+
Cornerstone Partner
Anchor the WOW Heritage Center launch and activation.Start a Conversation →$10,000–$24,999
Activation Partner
Support labs, AR experiences, and programming.Start a Conversation →$5,000–$9,999
Pipeline Partner
Fund internships and workforce pathways.Start a Conversation →$1,000–$4,999
Community Activation
Join the launch and support youth participation.Become a Partner →Built with community
The WOW Founding Circle
The WOW Founding Circle recognizes the organizations, workplace giving groups, and individuals whose early support helped bring the WOW Heritage Center to life.
Their support helped turn a long-held vision into a permanent place for story, learning, creativity, and opportunity.
Founding Site & Community Partner
Austin Housing Authority
Austin Housing Authority is a founding partner in bringing the WOW Heritage Center to Pathways at Rosewood Courts.
Founding Organizations
Public & Cultural Support
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Workplace & Employee Giving
Adobe Board Service Grant
Individual Founding Supporters
Jason and Jenny Ford
Your next step
There’s a place for you in this story.
Whether you’re giving $25, making a monthly commitment, or investing as a community partner, your support helps preserve Austin’s stories while creating opportunities for the next generation.
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