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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Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

Ep. 73 Grace Chimene, League of Women Voters 16.09.2019

This week's guest is Grace Chimene, the President of the League of Women Voters, and we talk about how to get registered to vote as well as ways that you can help others get registered to vote.

Ep. 72 Weekly Witness: Min. Danielle Ayers, Immigration and Courts & Ports Advocacy Intensive 09.09.2019

Min. Danielle Ayers of Friendship West Baptist Church joins us to talk about the recent Courts & Ports Advocacy Intensive as well as broader immigration issues.

Ep. 71 Stacey Pogue, Healthcare 26.08.2019

Scott Atnip is joined this week by Stacey Pogue, Senior Policy Analyst on the Health & Wellness Team for the Center for Public Policy Priorities to talk about healthcare in Texas.

Ep. 70 Matt Lohmeier, Immigration and August Week of Action 12.08.2019

Tune in and listen to Scott Atnip and Matt Lohmeier, Executive Director of Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) in San Antonio, talk about what people can do in regards to immigration and the importance of congressional visits during Texas Impact's August Week of Action for Migration Justice.

Ep. 69 Texas Impact Staff, August Week of Action for Migration Justice 05.08.2019

This week's episode Executive Director Bee Moorhead and Courts & Ports Coordinator Erica Nelson discuss Texas Impact's Week of Action for Migration Justice and what you can do to prepare or participate.

Ep. 68 Joshua Houston, Session Wrap-up 29.07.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for the final installment of the Texas legislative session wrap-up. Listen to important updates on voting, payday lending, ethics, and healthcare from Texas Impact's Joshua Houston.

Ep. 67 Policy Panel, Houston Interfaith Advocacy Training Part II 25.07.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for the second panel discussion about climate and disaster from the Houston Interfaith Advocacy Training. Panelists include Stephanie Thomas from Public Citizen, Carol Flores from National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster(NVOAD), and Texas Impact's Executive Director Bee Moorhead. 

Ep. 66 Faith Panel, Houston Interfaith Advocacy Training 23.07.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for a panel discussion from the Houston Interfaith Advocacy Training. Panelists include Rabbi Steve Morgen from Congregation Beth Yeshurun, Reverend Scott Moore from Texas Annual Conference of the UMC, Sana Shahid executive director of Emgage USA, and Reverend Cassandra Nunez, associate pastor at Bering Memorial United Methodist Church in Houston. Panelists will speak on...

Ep. 65 Texas Impact Staff, Session Wrap-Up 15.07.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for the third installment of the Texas legislative session wrap-up. In addition, listen to an important conversation about the recent joint hearing of the Committee on International Relations & Economic Development and Homeland Security & Public Safety about the border crisis. 

Ep. 64 Joshua Houston, Session Wrap-Up: Disaster Response 24.06.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important 86th Session wrap-up concerning disaster response legislation with Texas Impact's Josh Houston. 

Ep. 63 Joshua Houston, Session Wrap-Up 18.06.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an 86th legislative session wrap-up presented by Texas Impact's Joshua Houston. 

Ep. 62 Bishop Michael Mckee, Faith and Justice 21.05.2019

Tune in to the final episode of Weekly Witness of the 86th legislative Session. During this episode, Bishop Michael Mckee from the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church will contribute to an important conversation about faith based advocacy work. 

Ep. 61 Joshua Houston, Legislative Update 20.05.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness today for an important legislative update and action alert from Josh Houston during the final week of the Texas Legislative Session. NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, we apologize for the poor sound quality. Find the action alert on the Texas Impact website at www.texasimpact.org  under the Weekly Witness tab. 

Ep. 60 Jeff Clark, Renewable Energy 13.05.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation about renewable energy with Jeff Clark, president of the Advanced Power Alliance. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Ep. 59 Beaman Floyd, Legislative Update 06.05.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness today for an important legislative update and action alert with Beaman Floyd and Texas Impact's Josh Houston. 

Ep. 58 Joshua Houston, Legislative Update 29.04.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness today for a legislative update and action alert for the week of April 29th from Texas Impact's Joshua Houston. 

Ep. 57 Joshua Houston, Legislative Update 22.04.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation with Texas Impact's Josh Houston. In this episode, Josh Houston will provide a detailed legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Ep. 56 Kristin Houlé, Death Penalty 15.04.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation about the death penalty with Kristin Houlé, Executive Director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP). Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Ep. 55 Whitney Thurman, Maternal Health 08.04.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation about maternal health with Whitney Thurman from Circle Up: United Methodist Women for Moms. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Ep. 54 Pastor Tim Moore & Nneka Achapu, Immigration 01.04.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation on immigration with Pastor Tim Moore from Walk Worthy Baptist Church in Austin and Nneka Achapu Immigrants' Rights Strategist at the ACLU of Texas. Josh Houston will provide a legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Ep. 53 Robert Jones, LGBT Nondiscrimination 25.03.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness featuring Robert Jones from the Public Religion Research Institute talking about Texans' views on discriminatory legislation. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week opposing SB 17. 

Ep. 52 Bishop Michael Rinehart, Social Justice 20.03.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness to hear an important conversation about faith based justice work with Bishop Michael Rinehart from the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update for the week. 

Ep. 51 Frederick Haynes, III, Asante Todd & Adrian Shelley, Climate Change 13.03.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness today for an important panel discussion about climate change. The panelists include Dr. Frederick Haynes, III from Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Dr. Asante Todd from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Adrian Shelley from Public Citizen. Texas Impact's Josh Houston will also include a legislative update for the week. 

Ep. 50 Krystal Leedy & Anne Dunkelberg, Medicaid Expansion 04.03.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness today to listen to a conversation about medicaid expansion from Krystal Leedy, Associate Pastor for Campus Ministry at University Presbyterian Church in Austin and Anne Dunkelberg, Associate Director for the Health and Wellness Team at the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week.  

Ep. 49 Dick Lavine, Property Taxes 25.02.2019

Tune in to Weekly Witness today to hear a conversation about property taxes with Dick Lavine, Senior Fiscal Analyst with the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and share an action alert for the week. 

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