by Bobby Watson | Feb 7, 2022 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Global Climate Policy, Human Migration, Human Rights
Migration is a complex global issue that can be influenced from any number of factors such as climate resilience, economic stability and the presence of conflict. We have created a database that demonstrates what major religious organizations are involved in global or...
by Bobby Watson | Feb 7, 2022 | Human Rights, Resources
Texas Impact recently held its annual United Methodist Women’s Legislative event. As part of it, we prepared the following single page fact sheets over some important topics related to US immigration, such as the Migrant Protection Protocol, asylum seekers and...
by Bee Moorhead | Jan 18, 2022 | Civic Engagement, Individual Action, Latest Posts
Texas Impact Advocacy Director, attorney Josh Houston, walks through a detailed explanation of recent changes in Texas election law through Senate Bill 1 and potential problems the changes pose for voters and...
by Bobby Watson | Jan 18, 2022 | Human Rights, Latest Posts
Construction of the southern border wall was one of the main goals of the Trump administration, but riddled with difficulties in both funding and in the actual construction of the wall, Trump left the project largely unfinished. Before Trump took office, the US...
by Isa Peterson | Jan 12, 2022 | Climate Justice, Health, Latest Posts, Texas Climate & Energy
In February 2021, the Texas electric grid experienced one of its biggest reliability challenges from the impact of Winter Storm Uri. This storm left millions of Texans without power and water for several days, imposing physical, emotional, and financial trauma on the...
by Bobby Watson | Jan 12, 2022 | Human Rights
One of President Biden’s major campaign promises was to tackle US immigration at the southern border and to reverse some of the Trump administration’s inhumane border policies. However, a year into the administration little has changed and it doesn’t look like it’s...
