Texas Impact

Texas Impact's Weekly Witness

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Weekly Witness is a weekly opportunity for Texans of faith to learn about important public policy issues through a faith lens, and find out timely opportunities to participate in the public policy process. Host Scott Atnip is Texas Impact's Director of Public Witness. His guests come from a wide assortment of policy disciplines and faith traditions.

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Texas Impact

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Religion

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texasimpact.org

Latest episode

Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

Reimagining Justice: Environmental Impacts of Health Equity with Bee Moorhead 31.01.2020

For our series finale, Scott Atnip is joined by Executive Director Bee Moorhead to discuss the environmental impacts of health equity.

Reimagining Justice: South Texas 24.01.2020

This week, Scott talks with Jaime Wesolowski, President of Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas about health equity in South Texas and the work of MHM.

Ep. 88 Dr. Asante Todd, MLK Day Edition 20.01.2020

On this week's episode, Scott Atnip is joined by Dr. Asante Todd from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminar to reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ep. 87 Bishop Suffragen Kathryn Ryan Video 15.01.2020

On this week's episode, Scott Atnip is joined by Episcopal Bishop Suffragen Kathryn Ryan from the Episcopal Diocese of Texas talking faith in democracy and a conversation about Texas refugee resettlement.

Reimagining Justice: Health Equity with Laura Guerra-Cardus 10.01.2020

This week, Scott Atnip visits with Laura Guerra-Cardus, Deputy Director of the Children's Defense Fund about health equity issues facing Texas children.

Ep. 86 Texas Impact Board 09.01.2020

On this week's episode Scott Atnip is joined by members of the Texas Impact Board of Directors; Whit Bodman; Betsy Singleton; Mel Carraway; and Adrian Shelley, to talk about why they are involved in Texas Impact.

Reimagining Justice: Health Equity with Scott Darius 20.12.2019

This week Scott Atnip visits with Scott Darius, Executive Director of Florida Voices for Health, on health insurance, equity, and more.

Reimagining Justice: Health Equity and Children's Health 16.12.2019

This week, Scott Atnip visits with Laura Guerra-Cardus, Deputy Director of the Children's Defense Fund about children's health in Texas, how it relates to health equity and what Texans can do.

Ep.85 Bee Moorhead, COP25 Recap 16.12.2019

This week's episode, Scott Atnip is joined by Bee Moorhead and Erica Nelson to provide a comprehensive recap of Texas Impact's time at COP25 in Madrid, Spain.

Reimagining Justice: Health Equity and Oral Health 06.12.2019

This week, Scott Atnip visits with Dr. Josefine Wolfe, Director of the Oral Health Program at the Texas Health Institute about how health equity applies to oral health in Texas.

Ep. 84 Policy Panel - San Antonio Interfaith Advocacy Training 25.11.2019

This episode is audio captured from Texas Impact's San Antonio Interfaith Advocacy Training on November 17 at First Unitarian Universalist Church. The panelists on the Policy Panel include: Dr. Annaliese Cothron, AIDPH Program Director Morgan Craven, IDRA Smaranda Draghia, Justice for Our Neighbors

Reimagining Justice: Health Equity and Older Texans 24.11.2019

This week, Scott Atnip visits with Scot Kibbe, Director of Government Relations with the Texas Health Care Association about how health equity applies to older Texans, and why social determinants of health are particularly relevant to seniors.

Ep. 83 Faith Panel - San Antonio Interfaith Advocacy Training 19.11.2019

This episode is audio captured from Texas Impact's San Antonio Interfaith Advocacy Training on November 17 at First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio. The panelists on the Faith Panel include: Abel Vega, Rio Texas Conference UMC Fulya Seker, PhD Scholar Rabbi Mara Nathan, Temple Beth-El Sister Denise LaRock, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Reimagining Justice: Maternal Mortality 15.11.2019

This week, Scott visits with Rep Shawn Thierry about social determinants of health: what are they, and why is everyone talking about them? She focuses on maternal health, her personal experiences and how it has challenged her to be a champion for maternal health in the Texas Legislature.

Ep. 82 Luke Metzger, 2019 Texas Constitutional Amendments 11.11.2019

On this weeks episode, Scott is joined by Executive Director Luke Metzger of Environment Texas and they discuss the election results for the 2019 Texas Constitutional Amendments and their impacts on the environment.

Reimagining Justice: Social Determinants of Health 08.11.2019

This week's episode of Reimagining Justice features Dr. Annaliese Cothron and focuses on the social determinants of health: what are they, and why is everyone talking about them?

Ep. 81 Bee Moorhead, Paris Climate Agreement 06.11.2019

On this week's episode, Executive Director Bee Moorhead joins Scott Atnip to discuss the Administration's recent decision to begin the one year process to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Reimagining Justice: Health Equity 01.11.2019

This week's episode of Reimagining Justice features Taneika Duhaney , a healthcare administrator with the United States Navy, who provides a grounding in the concept of health equity. The podcast highlights the City of Abilene's work with veterans, along with some hair-raising data about Texans' lack of access to care.

Ep. 80 Bishop Andy Doyle, Reconciliation and Civility 30.10.2019

On this week's episode, Scott Atnip is joined by Bishop Andy Doyle of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas to discuss reconciliation and its relation to current political civility.

Ep. 79 Grace Chimene, League of Women Voters 21.10.2019

Grace Chimene of the Texas League of Women Voters came by to provide a rundown of all the constitutional amendments that will be on everyone's ballot (starting today with early voting) on November 5th. Texas Impact's Josh Houston also provides analysis on all of these ballot amendments as well.

Ep. 78 Rep. Mary Gonzalez and the Importance of Voting for Constitutional Amendments 17.10.2019

Our guest this week is State Representative Mary Gonzalez from District 75 to discuss Proposition 2 and the importance of voting on constitutional amendments.

Ep. 77 Mel Caraway, Faith and Climate 07.10.2019

Mel Caraway joins Scott Atnip on this episode to discuss the Climate Emergency Consulation in New York City which coincided with the opening of the United Nations General Assembly.

Ep. 76 Courts & Ports Press Conference Special Edition 03.10.2019

This special edition episode of Weekly Witness focuses on Texas Impact's recent Courts & Ports DC Trip where 20 Texas pastors from around the state came to Washington, D.C. to bear their witness from the border to the halls of power.

Ep.75 Bishop Scott Jones, United Methodist Church 30.09.2019

Bishop Scott Jones of the Texas Annual Conference in the United Methodist Church discusses the historic role of the United Methodist Church and how that can be leveraged to deal with issues in our current political discourse.

Ep. 74 Courts & Ports Advocacy Intensive Reflections 20.09.2019

This special episode of Weekly Witness includes a compilation of interviews of reflections from pastors and faith leaders in South Texas during the Courts & Ports Advocacy Intensive.

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