by Scott Atnip | Sep 23, 2024 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness
This week we are talking weather and climate from an interesting perspective as we welcome two former colleagues of our very own Dr. Becca Edwards. With us are Dr. Ian Giammanco who serves as Director of Standards and Data Analytics and Lead Research Meteorologist at...
by Bee Moorhead | Sep 21, 2024 | Civic Engagement, Faith Communities, Latest Posts
Community Engagement Training for Compassionate Care and Support Post-Election 2024 Register Here Thursday, Sept. 26, 6:30-8PM • Saturday, Oct. 5, 1-2:30PM • Sunday, Oct. 6, 3-4:30PM The day after an election often is marked by polarizing social media and nonstop...
by Becca Edwards | Sep 17, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
On the morning of September 16, a vehicle drove through a Walmart parking lot near the communities of Deerpark, La Porte, and Pasadena, Texas, broke through a fence, and crashed into above ground valve equipment for an underground liquified natural gas pipeline. The...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Sep 17, 2024 | Asylum, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
Migration has occurred since biblical times and is not a new phenomenon. People migrate for a multitude of reasons. One of these reasons is for religious persecution which is a protected ground under the refugee convention and in U.S. asylum laws. Today there...
by Becca Edwards | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog, Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Latest Posts
In a recent article on Climate Connections, meteorologist Jeff Masters stated plainly what is at stake for the housing market if we fail to prepare for climate change impacts in the United States: “In the U.S., the most likely major economic disruption from climate...
by Bee Moorhead | Sep 15, 2024 | Issues, Legislative
Free, Safe, and Flourishing: A Faithful Agenda for Texas Economic Justice Education Support fair, sufficient public education funding Increase the basic allotment so that Texas per-pupil funding is equal to the national per-pupil average Index the basic allotment to...
