On April 12th, 2023 the House committee for State Affairs laid out HB 20 and HB 7, Texas’s most recent attempt to criminalize migrants. Texas Impact joined dozens of other grassroots groups to protest the bills and testify against them in the hearing, which was...
On Wednesday April 12th the Texas Impact Ending Gun Violence (EGV) Issue team took their work to the Texas capitol and held a prayer breakfast to remember victims of gun violence and open up discussion on the issue. The event has been a long time coming for the EGV...
On Tuesday March 22, Texas Impact brought 4 members of its Ending Gun Violence Issue team to attend the House Select Committee for Community Safety’s first reading of bills. The committee read through 14 bills. Texas Impact brought its members, several of whom are...
This year Texas Impact is engaging the state legislature through a variety of means including our Issue Teams; teams focused on working on advancing policy goals for a specific issue. Currently we have teams for Reproductive Rights, LGBTQ+ Rights and Ending Gun...
As our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of another heartbreaking tragedy in our state we also must look forward toward actionable steps. Here are potential ways we can immediately help the victims in Uvalde. ...
On December 17, 2015, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Janis Graham Jack ruled that Texas violated the constitutional rights of foster children to be free from an unreasonable risk of harm caused by Texas. The Judge wrote, “Texas’ conduct shocks the conscience.” The...
