by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Jul 12, 2024 | Asylum, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
Climate Migration and Hurricane Beryl From Africa to Canada, where it is now a “post-tropical cyclone”, there is no barrier, wall high enough, or restrictive immigration laws that could have contained the destruction and death that hurricane Beryl left in its...
by Bee Moorhead | Jul 11, 2024 | Health, Latest Posts, Legislative, Reproductive Health Policy
Even with all the attention it’s received, many Texans are confused about the Texas abortion ban. Polling earlier this year showed that more than 80 percent of Texas women have significant gaps in knowledge and misconceptions about abortion law in Texas. Texas...
by Becca Edwards | Jul 11, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts, Texas Climate & Energy
When I was in grad school, my job was to drive instrument towers to the coast when a hurricane was coming so we could collect high-frequency wind data that we could study to learn about how to make buildings more resilient to wind storms like hurricanes. I drove to a...
by Bee Moorhead | Jun 21, 2024 | Health, Latest Posts, Reproductive Health Policy
Read the final rule FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 21, 2024 Contact Bee Moorhead: bee@texasimpact.org TEXAS IMPACT RESPONDS TO TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD’S ABORTION EXCEPTION RULE Bee Moorhead, head of Texas Impact, the state’s oldest and largest interfaith advocacy network,...
by Becca Edwards | Jun 21, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
Last week the Senate Natural Resources and Economic Development (SNRED) committee gathered for a hearing on five different interim charges (a complete list of Texas Senate interim charges is available here). Thursday, June 13 the Senate Natural Resources and Economic...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Jun 19, 2024 | Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
President Biden: “New Actions to Keep Families Together” President Biden announced two directives for the Department of Homeland Security that will keep American families together as they apply for permanent lawful status and streamline the waiver process for work...
