“Free, Safe, and Flourishing: A Faithful Agenda for Texas”

by | September 15, 2024 | Faith Leader Statements, Issues, Latest Posts, Legislative, Spotlight | 0 Comments

Texas Impact’s board of directors unanimously approved a legislative agenda for 2025-2026 following its biennial legislative retreat. The agenda reflects the shared social concerns of Texas Impact’s member faith traditions around four major policy themes: Economic Justice; Climate Justice: Human Rights; and Civic Participation.
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Advocates To-Do List Template

by | August 25, 2026 | Advocate's To-Do List | 0 Comments

EXAMPLE TEXT: The Fixing Emergency Management Act of 2025 is a bipartisan bill that would modernize federal disaster response by making FEMA an independent, cabinet level agency, speeding up aid delivery that finances recovery for Texas communities after disaster....
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Weekly Witness Ep.524 Hard to Hear with Rev. Rosedanny Ortiz

by | August 19, 2026 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

This week, Scott is joined by Rev. Rosedanny Ortiz, a newly commissioned United Methodist Pastor serving as the lead pastor of Christ’s Foundry UMC in Dallas. Originally from Puerto Rico, Rosedanny is now a leader who the Texas Tribune describes as one of the Latina...
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Weekly Witness Ep.523 Capitol Catch-up with Bee Moorhead and Beaman Floyd

by | August 12, 2026 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

This week, Scott is joined by Texas Impact’s Executive Director Bee Moorhead and Legislative Counsel Beaman Floyd. The Texas Impact staff recently lead Ready. Set. Go! events in Denton and Dallas and will soon travel to San Antonio and Houston to meet with Texans of...
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Ready. Set. Go!

by | August 6, 2026 | Latest Posts | 0 Comments

Register for upcoming Ready. Set. Go! eventsEVENT EVALUATIONPlease take a few minutes to complete our evaluation form. Texas Impact and our partner organizations use event evaluations and comments to improve future events. Your opinions and ideas matter!ACTION...
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Weekly Witness Ep.522 It’s All Gospel with Rev. Jim Harrington

by | August 5, 2026 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

This week, Scott is joined by Rev. Jim Harrington, the legendary Texas civil rights attorney turned Episcopal priest. Jim spent decades as a leader in fighting for civil and human rights as founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project, after previously working with Cesar...
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Getting Up to Speed on the COP

Main entrance to COP24 in Katowice, Poland

Global climate negotiations have been ongoing since the Earth Summit in 1992, and it’s time for transformation. In Katowice, the COP deeply explore the existing tensions between the long-lingering prevalence of GHG-emitting infrastructure and the now dire necessity for reduction in emissions. READ MORE

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Worship Resources for COP24

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Just in time for the weekend of the COP, we’ve posted worship resources related to the big issues of the negotiations. Loss & Damage; Just Transition; and Ambition might sound like jargon, but the terms are connected deeply to our common beliefs: • the commandment to care for the vulnerable • the dignity of work and the rights of workers • the responsibility to nurture the Creation