Progressive Change in Texas
I found this wonderful list on the Progress Texas website and I wanted to share. For those of us itching to embrace change, here is a great start.
https://progresstexas.org/blog/these-organizations-are-working-progressive-change-texas
These Organizations Are Working for Progressive Change in Texas
Find an issue that’s important to you and join the movement: donate, join lists, volunteer
If the words “President-elect Donald Trump” send chills down your spine, you are not alone. This election amplified the voice of hate, discrimination, and division, but has also galvanized a much more widely shared voice of love, justice, and activism.
People across our state and country are rightfully afraid for our future, for their families, and for their safety. Now more than ever we must stand together to fight.
Movement building and organized activism are powerful and necessary tools in determining the future of our state, especially in the face of an emboldened right-wing in Texas.
In Texas, we have a wealth of strong, progressive public policy, advocacy, and grassroots organizing groups working every day to fight for a better future for all Texans. Progress Texas regularly works with groups around the state, the following is a list of those groups working for positive change. Look over the list, find an issue that is important to you and join the movement: donate, join lists, volunteer.
Abortion Access, Reproductive Rights
ACLU: https://www.aclutx.org/
Afiya Center: http://theafiyacenter.org/
Jane’s Due Process: http://janesdueprocess.org/
Lilith Fund: https://www.lilithfund.org
NARAL Pro-Choice Texas: http://prochoicetexas.org
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health TX: http://latinainstitute.org/en/texas
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes: http://pptexasvotes.org
Progress Texas: progresstexas.org
Shift: http://www.shiftstigma.org
Texas Equal Access Fund: http://www.teafund.org
Texas Freedom Network: http://tfn.org
Campaigns and Elections
Annie’s List: https://annieslist.com/
Battleground Texas: http://www.battlegroundtexas.com/
Lone Star Project: http://www.lonestarproject.net/
MOVE San Antonio: http://movesanantonio.org/
Progress Texas: http://progresstexas.org/
Texas Democratic Party: http://www.txdemocrats.org/
Texas Organizing Project: http://organizetexas.org/
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes: http://pptexasvotes.org
The Indivisible Project: https://www.indivisible.org
Our Revolution: https://ourrevolution.com
Civil Rights/Social Justice/Multi-Issue
ACLU Texas: https://www.aclutx.org
Austin Justice Coalition http://www.austinjustice.org/
Houston Justice Coalition http://www.houstonjustice.org/
MALDEF: http://www.maldef.org/
NAACP: http://www.texasnaacp.org/
Texas Freedom Network: http://tfn.org
Texas Civil Rights Project: https://www.texascivilrightsproject.org/en/
Texas Organizing Project http://organizetexas.org/
Criminal Justice
Austin Justice Coalition: http://www.austinjustice.org/
Houston Justice Coalition: http://www.houstonjustice.org/
Innocence Project of Texas: http://www.ipoftexas.org/
Texas Criminal Justice Coalition: http://www.texascjc.org/
Texas Organizing Project http://organizetexas.org/
Disability
Disability Rights Texas: https://www.disabilityrightstx.org
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault
Texas Advocacy Project: http://www.texasadvocacyproject.org/
Economic Empowerment
Deeds Not Words: http://deedsnotwords.com/
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center: http://esperanzacenter.org/
Texas Organizing Project: http://organizetexas.org/
Women Power Texas Project: http://womenpowertx.org/
Workers Defense Project: http://www.workersdefense.org
Education
Texas Freedom Network: http://tfn.org/
Save Texas Schools: http://savetxschools.org
Environment
Alliance for a Clean Texas http://www.acttexas.org/
Clean Water Action: http://www.cleanwateraction.org/states/texas
Environmental Defense Fund: http://Edf.org/txcleanenergy
Environment Texas: http://www.environmenttexas.org
League of Conservation Voters: http://www.tlcv.org/
Public Citizen: http://www.citizen.org/texas/
Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org/texas
Texas Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/texas
Ethics and Transparency
Common Cause: http://www.commoncause.org/states/texas/
Public Citizen: http://www.citizen.org/texas/
Texans for Public Justice: http://www.tpj.org/
Faith in Politics
Faith in Texas: http://www.faithintx.org/
Texas Freedom Network: http://tfn.org
Guns
Texas Gun Sense: http://www.txgunsense.org
Health Care
Center for Public Policy Priorities: http://forabettertexas.org
Children’s Defense Fund: http://www.childrensdefense.org
Texans Care for Children: http://txchildren.org
Texas Impact: http://texasimpact.org
Texas Organizing Project: http://organizetexas.org/
Young Invincibles: http://younginvincibles.org
Immigration
Familias Immigrantes y Estudiantes en la Lucha: https://fielhouston.org/
Grassroots Leadership: http://grassrootsleadership.org/
JOLT Texas: http://www.jolttx.org/en/
Texas Civil Rights Project: https://www.texascivilrightsproject.org/en/
Texas Organizing Project: http://organizetexas.org/
Workers Defense Project: http://www.workersdefense.org/
LGBTQ Equality
ACLU Texas: https://www.aclutx.org
Equality Texas: http://www.equalitytexas.org/
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center: http://esperanzacenter.org/
Progress Texas: progresstexas.org
Texas Freedom Network: http://tfn.org
Marijuana
Marijuana Policy Project: https://www.mpp.org/
Texas NORML: https://www.texasnorml.org
Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy: http://www.texasmarijuanapolicy.org