Click Here to Download Our "Meet with Your Legislator" Printout Even though the next Texas legislative session isn’t until January, it’s never too early to meet with Texas lawmakers! Use these upcoming months to prepare and share your thoughts....
On Tuesday, thirty-seven faith leaders representing 19 congregations convened to launch the Houston Faith Votes Civic Engagement Cohort, a new pilot project designed to take Texas Impact’s existing faithful civic engagement work to the next level. Despite the...
Click Here to Download our "Mail Time" Print Out! To paraphrase a trademarked slogan, “Neighbor, when’s the last time you wrote a letter to the editor? Well, that’s too long!” Summer is an ideal time to submit your thoughts on...
This week, interim hearings started in the Texas Senate. On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Higher Education met to hear testimony on three interim charges: “Monitor the Ban on Discriminatory DEI Policies;” “Combating Antisemitism on Texas College Campuses;” and “Campus...
Guest blog post by Rev. Mel Caraway and Rev. Phil Dieke Texas Impact board members meet with Tajikistani faith and civil society leaders in Dallas We had a great meeting today with a delegation from Tajikistan on “International Religious Freedom.” Their...
For ten years, the Texas Legislature has been a divided body. The extreme wing of the Republican Party controlled the Senate and the traditional wing of the Republican Party controlled the House. That ended on Tuesday. A House Speaker’s job is to “protect the...
