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 Bee Moorhead | Dec 30, 2024 | Civic Engagement, Economic Justice, Latest Posts, Legislative
In the final episode of Season One of Faith in Democracy, Bee turns to Texas budget expert Eva DeLuna Castro to explain the Texas biennial...
by Kat Karbach | Dec 30, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
Welcome back to our series – This is What a Lobbyist Looks Like – where I give you a peak behind the curtain at the work our Lobby Team is doing to prepare for the upcoming Legisslative Session. In this week’s episode, I am joined by Texas...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 18, 2024 | Climate Justice, COP27, Creation Care, Faith Communities, Resources, Texas Climate & Energy
It’s hard for some communities to imagine that solar power could even be an option. But with these rebates and possibilities through the Inflation Reduction Act, there might be more opportunity here than they would expect. Rev. Garrett Vickrey Sr. Pastor,...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 18, 2024 | Civic Engagement, Latest Posts, Legislative, Spotlight
In Episode 5 of Faith in Democracy, Bee covers the nuts and bolts of providing legislative testimony, including how to register, what kind of information to include, and when to expect your bill to move forward (or...
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...