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Action Alert: Week of February 24, 2025
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Marching Order Mondays: Your Weekly Call to Action
Ready for your advocacy marching orders? Our popular Monday Zoom is back. Each week of the legislative session, we give Texans of faith an up-to-the-minute briefing on the legislative state-of-play, answer your questions, and hand out homework assignments on priority...
Ep. 418 New Year, New Resolve
We hope you all had a meaningful and relaxing holiday season and a great start to the new year; it is about to get busy and your advocacy will be critical in the next few months. We know a lot of attention will be paid to what is happening in Washington with the new...
Climate Justice
Ep. 420 (Don’t) Forget Paris
This week, we are excited to welcome Texas Impact’s Climate Action Fellow, Rev. Dr. Becca Edwards, to talk about the President’s recent executive action, once again, removing the US from the Paris Climate Agreement. There has been a lot happening in the last two...
Two Steps Back: US Initiates Process to Withdraw from Paris Agreement
As promised, just hours after President Trump took office he signed an order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is the agreement reached at the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris in 2015, which set a goal of limiting...
This is What a Lobbyist Looks Like: Rev. Dr. Becca Edwards
Welcome back to our series - This is What a Lobbyist Looks Like - where I give you a peak behind the curtain at the work our Lobby Team is doing to prepare for the upcoming Legisslative Session. In this week's episode, I am joined by Texas Impact's Climate Action...
Economic Justice
Ep. 424 This is Not Done: The Fight to Stop School Vouchers
This week we are excited to bring you content from Texas Impact’s Public School Defenders’ Lobby Day. We are joined by State Representative Gina Hinojosa, House District 49, while walking back to the Capitol after she addressed the Public School defenders to discuss...
Ep.423 Voucher Pop Quiz with Sen. Sarah Eckhardt
This week we have an exciting episode for you as we are recording live from the Capitol office of Senator Sarah Eckhardt. Last week, the Senate passed SB 2, a school voucher bill that would give a $10,000 voucher to students to attend private schools. What is not...
Budgeting for the Future
In the final episode of Season One of Faith in Democracy, Bee turns to Texas budget expert Eva DeLuna Castro to explain the Texas biennial budget.
Human Rights
You Can Help: Let’s Fix the Abortion Law
Texans don’t have to agree on every abortion question to know that pregnant patients deserve the best care, and doctors deserve respect. Texas legislators should fix Texas’ abortion laws so they reflect our shared Texas values. Texas Impact has tools and resources to...
Building Bridges Through Citizen-Diplomacy
Texas Impact recently had the opportunity to host a meeting of French Muslim leaders in our office. We shared information about our work, and the role faith communities play in Texas and U.S. public policy development. The delegation was in the US under the US...
Gathering in Peace
This year, it’s no surprise that many of us are feeling stretched thin after a heated election season. Now as we head into the holidays, we’re ready for joy, connection, and maybe a bit of peace. But let’s face it: family gatherings can be tricky even at the best of...