Protecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter: 9/23/19
Here’s the latest roundup of immigration-related news, and our bi-weekly action opportunity.
Read MoreCelebrate Freedom Week: Y’all Means All
In Texas, September 16 marked the start of the statewide initiative “Celebrate Freedom Week.” Since 2001, legislators have required social studies teachers to dedicate this [...]
Read MoreProtecting Immigrants: Census Health Insurance Rates Data
This week the annual census data came out with some alarming news. As anecdotal evidence has been suggesting, Texas’s uninsured rate has continued to [...]
Read MoreProtecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter: 9/6/19
[This is a bi-weekly publication produced by Senior Policy Associate Cheasty Anderson. New issues will be posted here on this blog or you can subscribe [...]
Read MoreProtecting Immigrants: We Cannot Look Away
A few months ago, the conditions in which migrants were kept in Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) processing facilities received wall-to-wall news coverage. It was [...]
Read MoreOp Ed: What If Texas Leaders Actually Cared About Healthcare?
A Fairy Tale by CDF-TX Exec Director Patrick Bresette Picture this: A vast, multicultural, technologically advanced state in a wealthy republic has found itself [...]
Read MoreGuest Blog: Salud, America! How to Start a Food Pantry at Your School
Author Info: Stacy Cantu-Pawlik is a Senior Researcher at UT Health San Antonio and a digital content curator at Salud America!. A Rio Grande Valley [...]
Read MoreOld Patterns of Legislative Inaction Threaten Civic Engagement Rates for Young Texans
Imagine the Texas we could build together if state leaders encouraged our youngest residents to be engaged. CDF-Texas and our partners are committed to supporting young people who are becoming more active in their communities, and to ensuring that all young Texans have the same opportunities to do so.
Read MoreInside CDF-Texas: An Intern’s Experience (Pt 6)
Vinit Shah interned at CDF-Texas in Spring 2019. He is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in public health at the University of Texas at Austin. [...]
Read MoreUnlike Most Texans, Legislature Is Fine with State’s Sky-High Uninsured Rate
On Monday, May 27, Texas lawmakers and their staff breathed a collective sigh of relief as the 86th Texas Legislative Session gaveled to a [...]
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