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

by Bee Moorhead | 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.

Upcoming: State Board of Education Meeting Nov. 18th

by Gracie Bonilla | November 5, 2024 | Latest Posts | 0 Comments

The State Board of Education will once again be at the William B. Travis building in downtown Austin for a full board meeting on November 18th. The Texas Impact Public School Defenders, as well as any other concerned Texans, will have another opportunity to testify in...

Every Day in SA: Civility, Compassion, and Community

by Bee Moorhead | November 4, 2024 | Civic Engagement, Faith Communities, Faith Leader Statements, Issues, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

Join us for a community event featuring San Antonio faith and other community leaders modeling compassionate civility the day after Election Day 2024 as part of San Antonio’s community commitment as a Compassionate City. Sponsored by Interfaith San Antonio Alliance,...

Post-Election Sanctuary: A Time to Reflect and Re-Group

by Bee Moorhead | November 4, 2024 | Civic Engagement, Faith Communities, Issues, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

On Wednesday morning, we probably won't know who the next President of the United States is going to be. We will be in a liminal space, and many of us may feel...antsy. But we'll still be a community, and our neighbors will still be our neighbors. While we can't all...

Ep.413 Every Day: Civility and Compassion for Community

by Scott Atnip | November 4, 2024 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

Election day is almost upon us! You have heard us talk for years about Texas’ low voter turnout and how that impacts public policy. If you are listening to this before election day, you have a chance to do something about that. Many of us are…

Tell TCEQ to Adopt a Strong State Implementation Plan for Methane

by Becca Edwards | October 31, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule in December 2023 that would drastically cut methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. That is great news for the climate and for Texans. Now it is time for Texas to help implement the new rule and...

Good Reads: Explainers from the National Immigration Forum

by Bee Moorhead | October 31, 2024 | Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

It takes a village to analyze U.S. immigration policy, and some of our favorite fellow villagers are the folks at the National Immigration Forum. Read some of their latest explainers here.

Ep.412 “It’s Who We Are” Rev. Richie Butler and Congregational Civic Engagement

by Scott Atnip | October 30, 2024 | Texas Faith Votes, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments

We are about a week away from election day, and joining us for today’s conversation is Rev. Richie Butler, Senior Pastor at the historic St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. We are going to talk about their civic engagement…

Abortion Travel Bans – What’s Going On?

by Kyle Riley | October 30, 2024 | Blog, Latest Posts, Reproductive Health Policy | 0 Comments

On the ballot for Amarillo this election cycle is a local measure that would ban travel through the city to receive an abortion somewhere else, which proponents of the measure referred to as “abortion trafficking.” This would also declare the city to be a “sanctuary...

Election Protection: Facts

by Gracie Bonilla | October 30, 2024 | Blog, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

Election Day is less than a week away, and many Americans have a justified worry about the security of our elections this time around. According to a poll by Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 4 in 10 registered voters say they are “extremely”...

Lets Talk About Guns: Bedside Manner and Violence Prevention

by Bobby Watson | October 30, 2024 | Blog, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement | 0 Comments

In Texas, we know that the culture and the politics around guns make addressing certain aspects of gun violence difficult. There has been significant pushback against any form of firearm regulation at the Texas legislature for decades making law changes incremental...

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