AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Freedom Network today announced its top tier of legislative advocacy ahead of the 88th Texas Legislative Session, emphasizing LGBTQIA+ protections, the need to teach the truth, abortion access, voting access on college campuses, and ensuring religious freedom. TFN will spearhead advocacy efforts in these areas while providing support to partner organizations and coalitions in other areas like climate justice, criminal justice, and immigration. […]
Recent Press Releases
Texas Rising Secures TAMUCC Polling Location
Corpus Christi, Texas – Ahead of runoff elections, Texas Freedom Network continues to mobilize the youth vote and work to remove barriers to voting – recently securing a polling place on the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi campus. As numerous polling locations were removed across college campuses this past midterm season, Texas Freedom Network’s project Texas […]
Texas Freedom Network Issues Statement on Transgender Day of Remembrance, “Our trans children deserve to live without fear”
November 13 – 19, is a celebratory time to uplift and empower transgender voices that ends with Transgender Day of Remembrance on Novemeber 20. […]
TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FAILS ON SOCIAL STUDIES BUT VOTES TO OPPOSE PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Board of Education’s preliminary vote today to approve minimally revised social studies standards first adopted a dozen years ago is a surrender to political pressure from those opposed to teaching the truth about the state’s history and diversity. […]
Statement: Judge Rules Harris County Polling Locations Stay Open Until 8 PM
Houston, TX — After several polling locations across the third largest county in the nation opened late this Election Day, Judge Dawn Rogers has signed off on an order to extend voting until 8 pm in Harris County following a lawsuit from Texas Organizing Project. This will affect 782 voting locations and ensure our communities […]