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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
Mel Caraway: Methane Updates from Texas and Outer Space
There has been a lot of talk about methane recently. And it is happening all over the planet. Last Tuesday, there was a plenary at COP29 on “Methane and Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases.” But that is not what I want to write about today. I want to write about what’s...
FEMA, NOAA Talk Hazard Resilience at COP29
At COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan Friday morning staff from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration talked at the “America is All In” pavilion about one of my favorite topics, hazards and resilience. Victoria...
A Strange Way to Start: COP29 is Underway
COP29 started in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday, November 11, 2024. The conference began with a plenary session during which the COP28 president, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, offered some reflections on COP28 (last year, in Dubai, UAE). Dr. Al Jaber then passed the gavel to the...
Economic Justice
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...
Ep.402 Opposing Christian Nationalism
This week we are joined by Amanda Tyler, Executive Director of the BJC, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, leading the organization as it upholds the historic Baptist principle of religious liberty: defending the free exercise of religion and...
Public School Defenders Are Ready to Mobilize
One of Texas Impact’s teams of committed advocates are the Public School Defenders, a group of Texans who meet every Friday to discuss issues concerning the Texas Public Education system. Over 215 members are signed up to receive weekly updates on actions they can...
Human Rights
A Strange Way to Start: COP29 is Underway
COP29 started in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday, November 11, 2024. The conference began with a plenary session during which the COP28 president, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, offered some reflections on COP28 (last year, in Dubai, UAE). Dr. Al Jaber then passed the gavel to the...
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...