NEW REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & JUSTICE ‘ARTIVISM’ PROJECT LAUNCHES IN TEXAS ‘Illuminate RJ’ Uses Art to Communicate Reproductive Justice and Abortion Experiences FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2015 Illuminate RJ, a new project that uses art as activism to create a Texas-specific narrative about reproductive justice and abortion, launched in Austin today with an event that […]
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TFN PRESIDENT EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT IN ABBOTT’S SBOE CHAIR CHOICE
TFN PRESIDENT EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT IN ABBOTT’S SBOE CHAIR CHOICE Bahorich Appointment Almost Guarantees Continued Culture War Battles at SBOE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2015 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller is expressing disappointment in Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision, announced today, to appoint State Board of Education member Donna Bahorich, R-Houston, as board chair: “If […]
EXTREMISTS UNDERMINED CHANCES FOR REAL PROGRESS IN TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION
EXTREMISTS UNDERMINED CHANCES FOR REAL PROGRESS IN TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION Tea Party Temper Tantrums Skewed Legislative Priorities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2015 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller issued the following statements on the end of the 2015 session of the Texas Legislature today: On the effect of tea party extremists on the Legislature: […]
TFN HAILS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HOUSTON ANTI-DISCRIMINATION MEASURE
TFN HAILS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HOUSTON ANTI-DISCRIMINATION MEASURE Passage of Houston Equal Rights Ordinance Marked Major Step Forward for Equality in Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2015 To mark today’s first anniversary of the Houston City Council’s passage of a comprehensive Equal Rights Ordinance, TFN President Kathy Miller issued the following statement: “The passage […]
TEXAS HOUSE TO TAKE UP INDIANA-STYLE BILL SUBVERTING POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT RULING ON MARRIAGE
TEXAS HOUSE TO TAKE UP INDIANA-STYLE BILL SUBVERTING POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT RULING ON MARRIAGE HB 4105 Would Put Texas on Collision Course with Freedom, Lead to National Uproar Similar to What Happened in Indiana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2015 Civil liberties and LGBT rights organizations today joined in warning the Texas House of Representatives […]
