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Civic Engagement
Election Deadlines
We’re entering a time of election-related deadlines. At Texas Impact, we are doing our best to keep you informed about official deadlines, and in some cases we are offering suggestions for dates that we believe and the most prudent: Monday, September 21, is...
Written Submission of Texas Impact on Interim Charges 2 & 3
Texas Impact thanks the committee for its work over this challenging interim. We thank the committee as well for the opportunity to provide this testimony. Texas Impact serves Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other religious organizations that seek to influence public...
Climate Justice
COP28
Bee, Becca, and Bobby are at the United Nations climate negotiations, COP28, November 30-December 12 in Dubai, UAE. As usual, Texas Impact ispartnering with our colleagues from Interfaith Power & Light and many other faith groups to bring you news, updates, and...
Texas Energy Summit
This week I attended the Texas Energy Summit, held at the Legislative Conference Center at the Capitol. The agenda was packed with a great series of speakers and topics from Hydrogen to the Energy Transition to Microgrids, all with an eye towards keeping the...
LNG Exports Threaten Climate Stability
The conflict between fossil fuel operators and corporations and those working for a safe climate has recently coalesced around natural gas, which was once considered a more climate-friendly option to coal. Although burning natural gas releases about 50% the amount of...
Economic Justice
The Backbone of Our Food System: Farmworkers
People of faith should support a sustainable and just food system. This means one that pays attention to its many interconnected components: growing, producing, transporting, purchasing, consuming, and recovering food. An essential part of this system are the...
Texas Impact Joins Amicus Supporting the Constitutionality of In-person Gathering Restrictions
Texas Impact and the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy have joined with other religious organizations including the Anti-Defamation League and Americans United for Separation of Church and State in filing an amicus brief in Spell v. Edwards. The brief urges...
Agriculture, Hunger, and the Pandemic
The agriculture industry and hunger relief have been inextricably tied together since the beginning of organized government food assistance in the 1930’s. Without our country’s farmers and ranchers—which in Texas alone is a $100 billion industry, the food supply we...
Human Rights
IMMIGRATION UPDATES TO START 2024
2024 is here and the immigration world on every level continues to be non-stop. Here are some key updates to get you caught up and to remind you to stay–unidos sin miedo– in faith and in community together, we will get through this tumultuous year ahead of us. LOCAL:...
Migration Put in Perspective
One of the interesting aspects of COP is its ability to put certain issues into perspective. Often US and Texas officials characterize migration as a foreign phenomenon, where political fragility or economic strife causes residents of the Global South to migrate to...
Climate and Migration at COP28 UAE
It is day three of Texas Impact’s witness of COP28 in Dubai, UAE. As this is my second COP I am coming into the event with a bit more preparation and perspective, yet, once again I am struck by the intersectionality of the climate negotiations. COP continues to be the...