by Bee Moorhead | Sep 29, 2023 | Education, Latest Posts, Religious Freedom
Texas Impact’s new brief “Chaplains: Right for Faith Communities, Wrong for Public Schools” is designed to help school district trustees understand the requirements of SB 763, which mandates that every school district in Texas take a record vote by...
by Bobby Watson | Sep 28, 2023 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
Last week on September 22, the Biden administration announced the first ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, unifying the administration’s efforts to address gun violence. The office will be headed by Vice President Kamala Harris with “Stefanie...
by Becca Edwards | Sep 25, 2023 | Blog, Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Education, Latest Posts, Texas Climate & Energy
Last night a frontal boundary combined with extremely hot temperatures and high humidity levels to spark a severe thunderstorm that brought widespread hail, wind, and extreme precipitation to much of the Austin metro area. Like many Central Texans, I was initially...
by Bee Moorhead | Sep 22, 2023 | Civic Engagement, Economic Justice, Human Rights, Latest Posts
Recently, there has been a lot of reference in the media to state employees who are “whistleblowers.” The Texas Whistleblower Act protects public employees who make good faith reports of violations of law by their employer to an appropriate law enforcement authority....
by Bobby Watson | Sep 22, 2023 | Blog, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement, Religious Freedom
As gun violence and mass shootings continue to dominate the American news cycle, other sources of gun violence like suicides are neglected in national conversations. Suicides continue to make up the majority of gun related deaths in the US, yet despite this most of...
by Bee Moorhead | Sep 15, 2023 | Latest Posts
This week, Texas Impact’s board of directors met to elect officers and make plans for our work in 2024. The board welcomed some new board members and received updates on key organizational initiatives. Board Officers for 2024-2025 President: Rev. Franz...
