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Civic Engagement
Every Day in SA: Civility, Compassion, and Community
Join us for a community event featuring San Antonio faith and other community leaders modeling compassionate civility the day after Election Day 2024 as part of San Antonio’s community commitment as a Compassionate City. Sponsored by Interfaith San Antonio Alliance,...
Post-Election Sanctuary: A Time to Reflect and Re-Group
On Wednesday morning, we probably won't know who the next President of the United States is going to be. We will be in a liminal space, and many of us may feel...antsy. But we'll still be a community, and our neighbors will still be our neighbors. While we can't all...
Ep. 410 Helping Each Other Build Our Community: Houston Faith Votes and Continuous Civic Engagement
We are less than two weeks away from early voting kicking off in Texas, so what better time to welcome back to the program Rebecca McIlwain, Texas Impact’s Houston Faith Votes Project Manager. The Houston Faith Votes team and their cohort of congregations in the...
Climate Justice
Tell TCEQ to Adopt a Strong State Implementation Plan for Methane
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule in December 2023 that would drastically cut methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. That is great news for the climate and for Texans. Now it is time for Texas to help implement the new rule and...
TCEQ Invites Public Comment on Methane Rule Planning
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is in the early stages of work to develop a State Implementation Plan to ensure Texas is in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Section 111 methane rule, which was finalized in December 2023. They have...
When it Comes to Climate Change, All Politics is Local
This time of year climate and energy advocates turn their attention toward COP, the yearly gathering of the signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This year’s gathering, COP29, will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan in November. Last...
Economic Justice
This Weekend: Zurawski v Texas Virtual Watch Party
The wait is over: Zurawski v Texas is coming to the big screen next week, and to celebrate the producers invite you to a Weekend Watch Party. The film will be available to watch on Sat, Oct 26th, and Sun, Oct 27th, with a special panel on Sun 27th Oct, 7pm ET....
2025-2026 Texas Impact Legislative Agenda with Downloadables
Download the full-color PDF Download the grayscale PDF (best for printing your own copies) Click the image below to read the agenda online
I’d Love to Stay in Texas, BUT: New Study Shows Abortion Ban Impact on OB/GYN Workforce
Texas abortion laws are pushing OB/GYNs out of the state, leaving fewer doctors to provide essential reproductive care. This means longer waits and less access to quality healthcare for everyone, not just pregnant patients. A growing shortage could impact the entire...
Human Rights
Good Reads: Explainers from the National Immigration Forum
It takes a village to analyze U.S. immigration policy, and some of our favorite fellow villagers are the folks at the National Immigration Forum. Texans play leading roles at the Forum, which has been around since 1982. Their recent email update was filled with great...
Abortion Travel Bans – What’s Going On?
On the ballot for Amarillo this election cycle is a local measure that would ban travel through the city to receive an abortion somewhere else, which proponents of the measure referred to as “abortion trafficking.” This would also declare the city to be a “sanctuary...
Lets Talk About Guns: Bedside Manner and Violence Prevention
In Texas, we know that the culture and the politics around guns make addressing certain aspects of gun violence difficult. There has been significant pushback against any form of firearm regulation at the Texas legislature for decades making law changes incremental...