Texas Impact's Weekly Witness

Ep.321 Knowledge is Power: 50 Years of Advancing Education Equity with IDRA

Oct 27, 2023

This week, we turn our focus back to the special session with a conversation about public school funding with Dr. Chloe Latham Sikes, Deputy Director of Policy with IDRA, the Intercultural Development Research Association. For 50 years, IDRA has focused on equity in the Texas education system, and Chloe brings an...

Ep.320 Medicaid Reset: Unwinding or Coming Unglued

Oct 20, 2023

This week we welcome Stacey Pogue, Senior Policy Analyst with Every Texan, to the program to talk about healthcare as Texas prepares to roll back covid era policies.

While there are a lot of important issues in the news right now, to the more than 1 million Texans who have lost their healthcare coverage during this...

Ep. 319 The Next Right Thing: A Conversation with Texas Impact Executive Director Bee Moorhead

Oct 13, 2023

This week Scott talks with Texas Impact's Executive Director Bee Moorhead about the lay of the land in Texas and the role Texans of faith can play in this special session and in this heightened political climate.

There is going to be A LOT of talk in the next few weeks about what quote “religious” people...

Ep.318 Membership Matters

Oct 6, 2023

This week we are preparing you for two events that should be front of mind this month.

Josh Houston will join us to talk about the special session beginning Monday, October 9. We expect it to focus on public education and proposals relating to diverting public dollars to private schools through vouchers or other...