by Scott Atnip | Mar 4, 2026 | Advocacy 101, Asylum, Civic Engagement, Human Migration, Human Rights, Individual Action, Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness
This week, Scott was joined by Rev. Mara Bim for a conversation about her faith journey and work in the immigration space. She is familiar to many in the Texas Impact audience as a longtime friend and advocate, and she was recently a featured speaker at the Texas...
by Scott Atnip | Dec 19, 2025 | Civic Engagement, Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Featured Content, Get Involved, Houston Faith Votes, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative, Spotlight, Weekly Witness
We have finally made it to the end of 2025, or, at least the end of the 2025 Weekly Witness recording calendar. And, what a year it has been-from regular and special sessions with both good news and news that made us question those in power, the Texas Impact team has...
by Scott Atnip | Nov 14, 2025 | Climate Justice, Featured Content, Global Climate Policy, Weekly Witness
The Texas Impact team is on the ground and churning out great content from the United Nations climate negotiations known as COP30 Belém, Brazil. Make sure you are following along on Texas Impact’s substack and YouTube as well as through Texas Impact’s media...
by Scott Atnip | Nov 7, 2025 | Civic Engagement, Latest Posts, Weekly Witness
The election is over, and even though there weren’t big statewide or federal races on the ballot, local elections and good public policy matter, and so we are excited to welcome Texas Impact’s Outside Legislative Counsel Beaman Floyd back to the program to talk...
by Scott Atnip | Oct 24, 2025 | Health, Race & Gender, Weekly Witness
This week we take a break from the news of the day to talk about work important to many of us in the faith community–caring for our siblings who are being systematically marginalized by harmful public policy. Our transgender friends and neighbors have been...
by Scott Atnip | Oct 17, 2025 | Education, Featured Content, Legislative, Religious Freedom, Weekly Witness
This week we are excited to be joined by State Representative Mickey Dollens from Oklahoma. You might ask why Texas Impact would have an Oklahoma state representative on the program. That’s a great question—and we have an answer. We met Rep. Dollens at a recent event...