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...
Reverend George Mason Wilshire Baptist Church Dallas Reverend Danielle Ayers Friendship West Baptist Church Dallas Reverend Dr. Freddie Haynes, III Friendship West Baptist Church Dallas Reverend Mike Gregg Royal Lane Baptist Church Dallas Reverend Jonathan Page...
Light and Life: Using the Public Utility Commission of Texas Sunset Review to Safeguard Texans’ Health and Wellbeing a primer by Texas Impact sponsored by Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. OVERVIEW When Texans think about health and health...
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...
A new report by Texas Impact shows that the federal agency charged with sheltering unaccompanied migrant children has a practice of placing children in facilities with histories of child abuse. Read the...
What Makes a Holiday a Holiday? When I think about Thanksgiving, I cannot imagine it without stuffing. Now, I’m given to understand that it cannot actually be called “stuffing” without it being stuffed into a turkey, but my family calls it stuffing and it comes from a...
