by Bee Moorhead | May 1, 2023 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
Dear Texas Lawmakers: We write to you as members and leaders of faith communities throughout the State of Texas. Our faith is the foundation on which our political priorities are built. We care deeply about our neighbors – all of them, and especially the...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 29, 2023 | Health, Latest Posts, Legislative
Now that HB 12 ensuring 12 months of postpartum Medicaid coverage is in the Senate, your congregation or group can help get the bill over the finish line…but there’s no time to waste! Please use the model language below to help you draft your own letter—it...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 20, 2023 | Action Alerts, Economic Justice, Health, Issue Briefs, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the 1-Pager HB 1280, Texas’ abortion ban, which the Legislature passed in 2021 and went into effect in August 2022, creates an exception for cases when the pregnancy causes a “life threatening physical condition” that “places the female at...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 19, 2023 | Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative
Trying to get a handle on the wide range of “border security” bills in the Legislature? Fabi has created this helpful graphic that illustrates the big...
by Katie Wang | Apr 14, 2023 | Blog, Civic Engagement, Congregation and Group Action, Get Involved, Latest Posts
People of Faith Are Preparing to Get Out the Vote As the 88th Texas Legislature marches on, a group of Texas Impact advocates in the Greater Houston area met this week to set their sights beyond the session and start considering how to focus their energy after sine...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Apr 14, 2023 | Asylum, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
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...
