by Scott Atnip | Jan 16, 2025 | Faith Communities, Faith Leader Statements, Weekly Witness
Since 1973, Texas Impact has hosted a service or celebration of public witness on the south steps of the Texas Capitol in conjunction with the opening of the Texas Legislature. This year, the Texas Legislature convened Tuesday, January 14, and so the Texas Impact...
by Scott Atnip | Jan 8, 2025 | Civic Engagement, Weekly Witness
We hope you all had a meaningful and relaxing holiday season and a great start to the new year; it is about to get busy and your advocacy will be critical in the next few months. We know a lot of attention will be paid to what is happening in Washington with the new...
by Scott Atnip | Dec 18, 2024 | Health, Weekly Witness
Last week, Diana Forester and her colleague Alec Mendoza joined us to talk about health policy in Texas. It is such a big topic, and so much of it is driven by federal policy, that we are joined again this week by Diana to continue the conversation about how actions...
by Scott Atnip | Dec 11, 2024 | Weekly Witness
We know the holidays are just around the corner and on behalf of the entire Texas Impact team, we hope you have a meaningful holiday season and that you are able to connect with family and loved ones and find some joy and peace. But the Texas Legislature comes to town...
by Scott Atnip | Nov 20, 2024 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness
This week we turn our attention to the other side of the globe as we welcome Texas Impact’s Climate Action Fellow, Rev. Dr. Becca Edwards to the program. Becca recently returned from the 29th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP), the global climate negotiations held...