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New for COP25: Video Dispatches

In partnership with the Austin Chronicle, Texas Impact is producing daily video dispatches from the COP. The videos cover a range of topics, focusing especially on issues of interest to Texas.

Ep. 343 Modern Plagues

by Scott Atnip | April 26, 2024 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

This week we are joined by Emily Bourgeois, Community Organizer of RAC-Texas, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism—one of Texas Impact’s member institutions. We always enjoy working with Emily across a range of policy issues, including…

Correlation v. Causation: Texas Border Policies

by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | April 26, 2024 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement | 0 Comments

The Data: Border Patrol Land Encounters in Texas Decrease As of January 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows that Border Patrol (BP) land encounters with migrants throughout the entire southern land border decreased, and specifically the Texas-Mexico...

UMC General Conference, Creation Care, and COP

by Becca Edwards | April 24, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

As I write this the General Conference of the United Methodist Church is underway in Charlotte, North Carolina. General Conference is the gathering of United Methodist delegates and episcopal leadership from around the world. The gathering normally takes place every...

Resources: Voting Announcement Slide

by Kyle Riley | April 22, 2024 | Resources, Texas Faith Votes | 0 Comments

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Resources: How-To: Collaborating with Your County

by Kyle Riley | April 22, 2024 | Resources, Texas Faith Votes | 0 Comments

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Ep. 342 No Shade to the Polar Bears

by Scott Atnip | April 19, 2024 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

This week we are joined by Texas Impact’s Climate Action Fellow, Becca Edwards, to help prepare for Earth Day on April 22. Becca has been meeting with many congregations talking about climate change, liberation theology, how communities of faith can…

Ep. 341 All the Feels

by Scott Atnip | April 12, 2024 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

This week we say goodbye to maybe our closest friend of the show, who has been on the program more than any other guest. Texas Impact announced last week that Advocacy Director Joshua Houston would be leaving soon to take a new position with Caritas…

Comment Period is Open for Abortion Ban Rule

by Kyle Riley | April 5, 2024 | Action Alerts, Economic Justice, Health, Latest Posts, Religious Freedom, Spotlight | 0 Comments

The Texas Medical Board’s proposed rule clarifying Texas’ abortion ban exception is open for public comment. The public comment period will last at least until the Board's next meeting, which is June 20, 2024, and could last longer if the Board decides to extend it....

Ep. 340 Spiritual Nourishment: Ramadan and Justice Work

by Scott Atnip | April 5, 2024 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

Many Christians just finished Holy Week, Passover is coming and we are in the midst of Ramadan. All of those seasons can and should inspire people of faith to love our neighbor and have some intersection with advocating on behalf of our neighbors and…

787 EcoFaith Dialogue, Listening and Action

by Madison Turner | April 5, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

This last summer was my first full summer in Texas, and as many of you know it was a doozy. While we were living about 80 days of torturous 100-degree weather and sunny-sided seasonal depression, I couldn’t help but listen to all the Texans around me telling me it had...