Our work as a social justice organization has never been more critical. During this devastating pandemic when so many people are hurting, we are trying to respond nimbly, seeking a bold, people-centered policy agenda for our state.

We are leading on the front lines, proposing short-term policy solutions to save lives and livelihoods during this unprecedented time. While advancing our policy road map, our immediate response to the ongoing crisis has included:

• Fighting for Medicaid expansion to guarantee life-saving access to health care for the 1.5 million--and growing along with unemployment--low-income uninsured Texans who could gain coverage;
• Advocating for unemployment insurance reform to relieve distressed workers and their families in this pandemic; and
• Helping guarantee access to the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program for the over 3.6 million Texas kids who lost free school meals during the pandemic.

When we changed our name to Every Texan in May, our long-standing mission remained the same – to make Texas the best state to live in, where Texans of all backgrounds have a fair opportunity to thrive. In a special new blog, Every Texan CEO Ann Beeson highlights our long-term policy road map for a just and equitable Texas now and beyond the crisis.

Through fact-based public policy, we are challenging unfair systems that favor profits over people and rewriting the rules to build a state where people of all backgrounds can contribute to and share in the prosperity of our state. Read more>>