FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 2, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Rising Action, the youth organizing arm of the Texas Freedom Network, today congratulated Austin voters for seeing right through the Republican-front group Save Austin Now and rejecting Austin’s Proposition A at the ballot box. Texas Rising Action Senior Director Rae Martinez released the following statement: […]
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Statewide Youth Organizing Group Gathers for First-Ever Advocacy Week
Online Gathering Comes as the Legislature Considers Voting Restrictions in Response to a Surge of Participation by Young Voters and Voters of Color FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Rising Action, the Texas Freedom Network’s political organizing arm for young Texans, this week for the first time in its history expanded […]
Leading Youth Mobilizing Organizations Joined by Community Leaders to Rally for Action in Aftermath of Winter Storm Devastation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2021 Leading Youth Mobilizing Organizations Joined by Community Leaders to Rally for Action in Aftermath of Winter Storm Devastation Latinx leaders shared personal stories of winter storm impact to demand state leaders prioritize people’s needs over wasteful bailouts for fossil fuel corporations AUSTIN TX — Young community leaders from Texas […]
Texas Rising Statement on the Start of the 87th Legislature
At Start of Lege Session, Youth Program Calls on State Lawmakers to Pursue Policies That Improve Young Texans’ Futures FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 12, 2021 AUSTIN – Texas Rising, the Texas Freedom Network’s youth organizing program, today marked the opening of the 87th session of the Texas Legislature by calling on state lawmakers to tackle […]
Leading Youth Mobilizing Organizations in Texas Call for No Bailouts for Fossil Fuel Corporations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As States Grapple with Stimulating Their Economies, Campaign Kicks off With Pledge to Protect Working-Class Texans AUSTIN TX — Jolt Initiative and Texas Rising — two of the member organizations of the Texas Youth Power Alliance — today announced a bold, new climate-focused campaign aimed at ensuring that a sustainable recovery for […]
Texas Rising Leaders Express Relief Over Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling
Texas Rising leaders expressed relief today following the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Trump Administration’s efforts to end the DACA program for undocumented young people in the United States. “I grew up knowing that at any moment, ICE could knock on our front door and take away the lives and the dreams we were building […]
