Podcast appearances and mentions of josh houston

This week, the Texas Legislature adjourned the third special session, and almost immediately, the Governor called them back for a fourth 30-day special session focused on public education-specifically trying to divert public dollars to private schools and immigration-related bills.   Thursday, two House Committees met to hear bills, and the Texas Impact team stayed up late to testify and cover the hearings. On the other side of the building, the Senate operated at warp speed, passing four bills out of committee with little to no public input and off the floor in a matter of hours.   This morning, the House Select Committee on Educational Opportunity and Enrichment met to approve HB 1, the voucher bill and two of the Senate bills concerning border security and funding for a border wall were rushed out of House committees.   Texas Impact's Executive Director and Advocacy Director, Bee Moorhead and Josh Houston, are here to help us center ourselves in these– not unprecedented but unique times.  

High School Football Friday presented by: Metro Nashville Police Department, Southern Trophy House, Josh Houston & Associates, Star Physical Therapy, and Chip Ward with Lincoln Home Loans.

This week we are preparing you for two events that should be front of mind this month.  Josh Houston will join us to talk about the special session beginning Monday, October 9. We expect it to focus on public education and proposals relating to diverting public dollars to private schools through vouchers or other equivalent programs. Josh will help us understand what makes special sessions so special and help us prepare for that. The other major October event is Texas Impact's membership drive, so Texas Impact's Network Development Manager, Kat Karbach, joins the program to talk about that drive and how your support helps Texas Impact work for a more just and equitable Texas. Both have opportunities to engage on our website, texasimpact.org

High School Football Friday presented by: Metro Nashville Police Department, Southern Trophy House, Josh Houston & Associates, Star Physical Therapy, and Chip Ward with Lincoln Home Loans.

This week we welcome back to the program Josh Houston, Texas Impact's Advocacy Director, to talk about public education in Texas, and specifically about the implementation of the school chaplain bill that will impact every one of your communities. We will discuss the multiple layers of public school conversations that are taking place in Texas, starting with the vote EVERY school district in Texas will have to take soon.    

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When Josh Houston started teaching cooking at his local high school, the incumbent chef put him in charge of the baking program.  It didn't take long before Josh was baking so much bread and pastries in order to 'crack the code' of yeast and gluten that he needed to start selling his extras.  Stark Raving Bread was born. In this episode, Mark and Josh discuss the birth and growth of Josh's bakery, moving from home to a commercial kitchen and soon back home again, and how he is finding the balance to bake for hundreds of people and still be a great husband and father.   Helpful Links Stark Raving Bread @starkravingbread on Instagram Support the Podcast Here! Rise Up! The Baker Podcast website The Bakers4Bakers Community Mark's Blog, with the Bakernomics series Mark on Instagram Credits: Produced and hosted by Mark Dyck Theme song and music by Robyn Dyck Orange Boot Human logo by Fred Reibin

We continue our summer fun with the third installment of our four-part series on public education. The goal of this series is to prepare listeners to discuss public education issues with elected officials and candidates for office…note-taking is encouraged. In today's episode, Scott has a lively conversation with one of the state's leading advocates for public schools, Rev. Charles Foster Johnson. Charlie is Executive Director of Pastors for Texas Children—and he's never afraid to mix it up with elected officials. Following Charlie, Josh Houston unpacks the recent Supreme Court decision Carson v Makin, which could impact the Texas voucher debate next session. The Weekly Word features Texas Impact Board member, Rev. Erin Walter, Executive Director of the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry.

The January 26th edition of Weekly Witness features our new audio format! Scott welcomes Beaman Floyd to the conversation with follow up from Texas Impact's own Bee Moorhead and Josh Houston. Rev Franz Schemmel delivers our Weekly Word.

December 16, 2021: Year-End Weekly Witness: Hate Free Speech, Elections, and Voting featuring Bee Moorhead and Josh Houston.

Rev. Phil Dieke was joined by Bee Morehead, Executive Director; Josh Houston, Advocacy Director; and Scott Atnip, Engagement Director of Texas Impact. Texas Impact exists to put faith into action by equipping faith leaders and their congregations with information, opportunities, and outreach tools to educate their communities and engage with lawmakers on pressing public policy issues. This conversation gives an update on the Texas Legislature, which recently the third special called session came to a close. Much of the focus was on voting, specifically the legislation that is making voting more difficult and the why behind the need to mobilize voters in our communities. Texas Impact will be partnering with the North Texas Board of Church and Society to host a "Voter Mobilization Training" on November 13, 2021. Stay tuned for more details and registration. And find out more about Texas Impact at www.texasimpact.org.

Weekly Witness: Sid Earnheart joins us to discuss the current issues along the Texas-Mexico Border, and Josh Houston joins us to give a Legislative Update on the Third Called Special Session.

Weekly Witness: PUC Sunset Update with Adrian Shelley, Public Citizen, joins us this week to discuss the latest news about the Public Utilities Commission in the Sunset Committee and Josh Houston, Texas Impact, provides us with an update on the Texas Legislature.

Weekly Witness: ELCA's John Johnson joins Scott Atnip to discuss the federal reconciliation bill and later on Josh Houston joins him to provide a legislative update.

Weekly Witness, featuring Rep. Donna Howard for our Weekly Word segment as well as Bee Moorhead and Josh Houston to discuss current events in the second special session of the Texas Legislature.

Weekly Witness, featuring Josh Houston discussing the second special session of the Texas Legislature.

Weekly Witness, featuring Executive Director Bee Moorhead and Advocacy Director Josh Houston with an overview of voting rights and mobilization efforts.

Texas Impact's Weekly Witness Special Session preview, featuring Bee Moorhead, Beaman Floyd and Josh Houston discussing the upcoming special session of the Texas Legislature as well as Texas Impacy's Let My People Vote Rally.

Texas Impact Weekly Witness Legislative Wrap-Up Series, featuring Jessica Shortall with Texas Competes discussing LGBT discrimination and Josh Houston discussing Texas Impact's Anti-Discrimination Priorities

June 21, 2021: Weekly Witness: Lauren Johnson, policy & advocacy strategist for the ACLU, joins the show to discuss the George Floyd Act followed by Josh Houston, Texas Impact, to discuss Texas Impact's priority bills.

May 17, 2021: Weekly Witness: featuring a legislative update from Texas Impact's Advocacy Director Josh Houston as we near the end of the session, and a Weekly Word from Tiffanie Postell from Newman United Methodist Church.

May 5, 2021: Weekly Witness: featuring Stephanie Swanson from the League of Women Voters talking redistricting, Rabbi Josh Fixler with the Weekly Word, Rev. Danielle Ayers for the special Friendship West segment "Bringing it Home" and Josh Houston with the Legislative Update and Action Alert.

Weekly Witness featuring Anne Dunkelberg with Every Texan discussing Medicaid, Rev. Krystal Leedy for the Weekly Word, and Josh Houston with the Legislative Update and Action Alert.

April 19, 2021: Weekly Witness: featuring Jeff Clark talking Renewables, Rev. Danielle Ayers with a "Bringing it Home" segment, and Josh Houston with the Legislative Update and Action Alert.

April 12, 2021: Weekly Witness: featuring Josh Houston talking Religious Freedom, Rev. George Mason from Wilshire Baptist with the Weekly Word, and Bee Moorhead joining the conversation to talk about Texans of faith responding to voter suppression.

April 5, 2021: Weekly Witness: federal climate legislation featuring Ruth Ivory-Moore, Bishop Erik Gronberg with the Weekly Word and Josh Houston with the legislative update and action alert.

March 29, 2021: Weekly Witness: Immigration featuring Mike Seifert with the ACLU of Texas talking immigration, Dr. Whit Bodman with the Weekly Word, and Josh Houston with the legislative update and action alert.

March 22, 2021: Weekly Witness: Public Education featuring Ellen Williams. Including the Weekly Word from Rev. Holly Bandel from First UMC Dallas, and a Legislative Update and Action Alert from Josh Houston.

March 15, 2021: Weekly Witness: State Budget with Eva DeLuna Castro from Every Texan. Including Weekly Word from Rev. Jessica Cain with Living Word Lutheran, and Josh Houston with the Legislative Update and Action Alert. 

March 1, 2021: Weekly Witness: COVID-19/Public Health featuring Ankit Sanghavi from Texas Health Institute and Mona Kafeel from Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation. Including Rev. Danielle Ayers from Friendship West Baptist Church for our Bringing it Home Segment, and Josh Houston for our Legislative Update and Action Alert. 

February 22, 2021: Weekly Witness: Voting Rights featuring Myrna Perez with the Brennan Center for Justice, Weekly Word from Presbyter Sallie Watson, Mission Presbytery and a Legislative Update and Action Alert from Josh Houston talking response to the Texas winter storms

February 8, 2021: Weekly Witness: Texas State Budget featuring Texas Impact Legislative Consultant discussing the Texas State Budget, Rev. Paul Klitzke of Episcopal Church of the Ascension-Dallas with the Weekly Word, and Josh Houston with the Legislative Update.

February 1, 2021: Weekly Witness: Non-Discrimination: featuring Jessica Shortall with Texas Competes talking non-discrimination and gender-based discrimation legislation, Josh Houston with the legislative update of the week and Texas Impact Board Member, Rabbi Neil Blumofe Congregation Agudas Achim  of Austin for the Weekly Word.

What’s Next? Texas Impact’s Josh Houston and Sid Earnheart join the conversation to discuss the process for canvassing election results, confidence in the election systems and give an overview of topline results from Election Day to help prepare for the Texas Legislature.

Weekly Witness Live continuing the “Gearing Up: Announcing Texas Impact Faith Priorities for the 2021 Legislative Session” series. This episode focused on Anti-Discrimination and Systemic Racism featuring Josh Houston, Texas Impact Advocacy Director; Darlene Alfred, Texas Impact Board of Directors; Anthony Gutierrez, Common Cause; Dr. Asante Todd, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Faith in Democracy Corpus Christi Policy Panel featuring Emily Northrup, Homeless Outreach Coordinator-City of Corpus Christi; Beatriz Alvarado, Community Organizer, RAICES; and Josh Houston, Advocacy Director, Texas Impact.

Faith in Democracy Corpus Christi Voting Panel featuring Coretta Graham, Esq., Attorney and Community Activist, Josh Houston, Advocacy Director, Texas Impact, Raul Ramirez, League of Women Voters - Corpus Christi

Faith in Democracy: Lifting Houston Voices for Justice, Racial Justice Panel featuring, Raven Douglas, Dr. Robert Stein, and Josh Houston.

Insider Insights into the Texas Legislature Panel featuring, Beaman Floyd, Bee Moorhead and Josh Houston.

Faith in Democracy: Lifting Dallas Voices for Justice, Mail in Voting Strategies Panel featuring, Kendal Gladish from University Presbyterian Church and Texas Impact’s Bee Moorhead and Josh Houston.

In John 15 Jesus commands us to abide in him. What does that mean? Talking with Josh Houston, author of The Abiding Life, we work through what it means to be a disciple and abide in Christ. What crisis led to Josh writing his book? How does American culture press down upon Christian discipleship? Why do I wish I had a spiritual mentor? And what does that even mean?

Tune in to Weekly Witness today for an important legislative update and action alert from Josh Houston during the final week of the Texas Legislative Session. NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, we apologize for the poor sound quality. Find the action alert on the Texas Impact website at www.texasimpact.org under the Weekly Witness tab. 

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation about renewable energy with Jeff Clark, president of the Advanced Power Alliance. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation with Texas Impact's Josh Houston. In this episode, Josh Houston will provide a detailed legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation about the death penalty with Kristin Houlé, Executive Director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP). Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation about maternal health with Whitney Thurman from Circle Up: United Methodist Women for Moms. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Tune in to Weekly Witness for an important conversation on immigration with Pastor Tim Moore from Walk Worthy Baptist Church in Austin and Nneka Achapu Immigrants' Rights Strategist at the ACLU of Texas. Josh Houston will provide a legislative update and action alert for the week. 

Tune in to Weekly Witness featuring Robert Jones from the Public Religion Research Institute talking about Texans' views on discriminatory legislation. Josh Houston will also provide a legislative update and action alert for the week opposing SB 17. 

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