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Civic Engagement
Your Voice Only Counts if You Use It
Feel like your voice doesn't matter? Only 14% (!) of eligible Texans vote in the March primaries, but that's when most state legislative seats get decided. Legislators aren't ignoring their constituents–they're just listening to the folks who bother to show up. In...
Take Action Now: Say NO to Vouchers
Since the first week of October, Texas Impact has collected nearly 4,000 letters signed by people of faith from across Texas telling their representatives they oppose a private school voucher program. Texas Impact staff and volunteers are ensuring that every...
Getting Souls to the Polls – Houston’s Faith Communities Contribute to Early Voting
The November 2023 general election is underway, and Houston congregations are mobilizing their members to use their voice in the voting booth. As of close of business on October 29, 100,438 registered voters in Harris County had cast their ballots either in person or...
Climate Justice
Review: Abrahm Lustgarten’s “On the Move”
The central premise of Abrahm Lustgarten’s book “On the Move” is that the impacts of climate change are already driving human migration within the United States and that that trend will accelerate as the impacts of climate change ramp up. The book opens with an...
An Ounce of Prevention
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...
TRRC Commissioner Christian Offers Testimony in Senate Natural Resources Committee Hearing
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...
Economic Justice
Take Action Now: Say NO to Vouchers
Since the first week of October, Texas Impact has collected nearly 4,000 letters signed by people of faith from across Texas telling their representatives they oppose a private school voucher program. Texas Impact staff and volunteers are ensuring that every...
Religious Liberty Groups Praise Districts Rejecting Public School Chaplains
Texas chaplains are leading the fight against “chaplains” replacing counselors in public schools.AUSTIN—More than ten Texas school districts already rejected the option to replace public school counselors with “chaplains.” These districts stretch across the state,...
Public Dollars Belong in Public Schools
Watch and share our short video on why vouchers are wrong for Texas.
Human Rights
What is a gun? Ghost Guns and Beyond
At the start of this week, the US Supreme Court took up another major case concerning firearms – ghost guns. Ghost guns, which are home-built guns without serial numbers, are a recent phenomenon that has blown in popularity in online sales. Without a serial number...
Ep. 409 “Are You With Us?” Immigration Ministries in the Public Square
This week we are excited to introduce Robert Rivera, who wears many hats. Among them, he is Vice President of the Synod Council of the Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is also part of the Houston Faith Votes leadership team, and part...
What Do Dropping Crime Rates Mean for Gun Violence Prevention?
When I hear presentations on gun violence in America often they mention rising gun violence rates as evidence of America’s need for reform. The logic is sound – a rising number of deaths is clearly an indication that something is wrong. However, preliminary data for...