Texas Impact's Weekly Witness

Recruiting Election Workers Panel featuring, Rev. Danielle Ayers and Cynthia White from Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas.

Faith in Democracy: Lifting Dallas Voices for Justice, Faith Leaders Panel featuring, Rev. Dr. Sheron Patterson, Hamilton Park United Methodist Church, Dr. Omar Suleiman, Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and Faith Forward Dallas, Bishop Eric Gronberg, Northern-Texas Northern Louisiana Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Rabbi Nancy Kasten, Faith Commons, Moderated by Scott Atni...

Laura Peralta-Schulte Senior Government Relations Advocate with Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, joined the weekly witness conversation to talk about the stimulus bill being considered by Congress and what Texans of faith can do to ensure working American families are prioritized in the bill. This episode is part of the Weekly Witness series highlighting speakers from the Washington Inte...

Weekly Witness this week features the Faith and Community Leader Panel from Texas Impact's July 19 Huntsville Faith in Democracy Event online featuring Rev. Krejchi Hester, Rev. Kimberly Carney, Rev. George Oliver, Dr. Karin Olson Williams, and BLM activist Nia Williams. Watch www.texasimpact.org for announcements about upcoming Faith in Democracy Events.

Sister Quincy Howard, Government Relations Specialist with Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice joined the weekly witness conversation to talk about voting in relation to the next stimulus bill, the Voter's Covenant, and what Texans of faith can do to expand and protect voting rights this year as part of the Weekly Witness series highlighting speakers from the Washington Interfaith Staff Comm...

Scott was joined by two Baptist ministers from the Dallas-area-Danielle Ayers, Minister of Justice at Friendship West Baptist Church and Heather Musain Minister of Missions and Advocacy at Wilshire Baptist Church for the second in our Weekly Witness series, "No One can be Silent: Conversations on Racial Justice" featuring dialogues on racial justice among clergy of different races from the same fa...

Christian Brooks, Representative for Domestic Issues with the Office of Public Witness of the Presbyterian Church, USA joined the Weekly Witness conversation to talk about the COVID-19 response through a racial justice lens as part of the Weekly Witness series highlighting speakers from the Washington Interfaith Staff Community.

Rev. Linda Davis and Rev. Scott Moore joined the Weekly Witness conversation for the first of a series of Weekly Witness conversations on racial justice between clergy of different races from the same faith tradition.

John Johnson with ELCA Advocacy joined the Weekly Witness conversation to talk about the federal stimulus bill and how Texans of faith can be effective advocates as part of the Weekly Witness series highlighting speakers from the Washington Interfaith Staff Community.

Andre Gobbo with the Friends National Committee on Legislation joined the Weekly Witness conversation to talk about violence prevention and economic justice as part of the Weekly Witness series highlighting speakers from the Washington Interfaith Staff Community.

The newest member of the Texas Impact team, Kathy Green joined the Weekly Witness conversation to talk about how Texans of faith can support hungry Texans through local efforts and advocacy at the federal and state level.

Jason Miller with the Franciscan Action Network joined the Weekly Witness conversation to talk about voting and the federal stimulus bills as part of our series highlighting speakers from the Washington Interfaith Staff Community.

Christian S. Watkins, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church joined the conversation to discuss the work of "Advocates for Justice" and upcoming series with faith partners in DC from the Washington Interfaith Staff Community.

The Texas Impact staff gathered to celebrate the 100th Weekly Witness episode to reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic and what we look forward to in the next 100 episodes.

Scott was joined by League of Women Voters of Texas President Grace Chimene to discuss who can vote by mail in Texas, the importance of voting by mail in a COVID-19 world and advocacy efforts to expand vote by mail access. DISCLAIMER: The correct vote by mail application date is Thursday, July 2, 2020.

Scott was joined by Advocacy Director Joshua Houston and Sarah Goetz and Patrick Grubel from Americans United for the Separation of Church and State to discuss religious freedom in a COVID-19 world, current SCOTUS cases and their amicus brief in Trump v Pennsylvania.

Scott was joined by Trinidad Ariztia, Program Director for Migration Policy with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to discuss migration priorities in the 4th congressional stimulus and beyond.

Scott was joined by Anne Dunkelberg Associate Director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities to discuss their new report: " A Message for Governor Abbott: Recommended State Actions to Improve Access to COVID-19 Testing and Treatment"

Scott was joined by Susan W, an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Susan has been sober for almost 25 years and shared her experience with online meetings, and challenged congregations to promote online recovery programs during this period of isolation.

Scott talks with faith leaders about COVID-19 response and how their congregations are responding. Submit faith-community specific questions for state leaders to answer for next week's episode to  scott@texasimpact.org

This week, Scott is joined by Advocacy Director Josh Houston and Membership Director Emma Davis discuss the upcoming primary election and ways our membership can be engaged.

In this week's episode, Scott is joined by Doug Lewin to discuss the future of renewable energy in Texas.

In this week's episode, Scott is joined by Katharine Alva Tello, a Humphrey Fellow from Lima Peru and the Director of International Alliance Libelula Consulting talking about private sector climate action in Latin America and how Peru has responded to about 1 million Venezuelan refugees.

This week, Scott is joined by Bay Scoogin, Director for the Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG), to talk about public transportation and how smart investment and policy can translate to better outcomes for our environment.

Bishop Michael Rinehart of the ELCA Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod joins the Weekly Witness conversation to talk about faith and public policy, refugees and why Texans of faith should engage in the policy process.