Texas United Women in Faith invite women from across Texas to the 39th annual Texas Legislative Event! We welcome all who are committed to justice, freedom, and opportunity for all people, especially women and children. Presented in partnership with Texas Impact, the event includes two days of speakers and workshops where you can connect with women like you, who are ready to take action, and learn about advocacy and how the Texas Legislature works.
Event Schedule:
Sunday, January 25: 1:00PM to 8:00PM and
Monday, January 26: 8:00AM to 7:00PM
Start and end times are for both in-person and virtual workshops on Sunday and Monday ONLY. In person only: Tuesday, January 27: 7:30AM to Noon Visit Capitol and legislative offices.
For more information: United Women in Faith Texas Legislative Event 2026 – Texas Impact
Don’t Give Up
We lost famous scientist and environmental advocate, Jane Goodall, this year. Her career started in 1960 in a research position studying chimpanzees in Tanzania. Over fifteen years, she observed their behavior for hours, concluding that they had such human-like behaviors as hugging, kissing, and using primitive tools to gather food. During this time, she also observed how human activities as hunting, the wild-meat trade, and deforestation contributed to the decline of animal populations.
She launched the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 to help support further research in the region and to protect the chimpanzee habitat. As a conservationist, she helped reduce the use of chimpanzees in laboratory testing, wrote more than thirty books, and appeared frequently in “National Geographic” magazine and on television programs.
She left a lasting legacy. She broke the glass ceiling for women in science research. Her institute continues a program that teaches young conservationists in over 60 countries. Throughout her life, she voiced her frustration and fear about the destruction of natural habitat, climate change and the lack of action especially from governments, community leaders, and business owners.
She left us an impactful final message:
“We have to do everything in our power to make the world a better place for the children alive today and for those that will follow,” she said. “You have it in your power to make a difference. Don’t give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now.”
On November 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down permanently blocks Trump’s Executive
Order 14328 made on March, 2025 to dismantle the federal agency
for America’s libraries and museums. The Trump administration immediately began mass termination of the agency’s grants, dismissed
all members of The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) board, halted crucial data collection and research, and intended to lay off nearly all of the agency’s staff.
In May, the American Library Association won a temporary restraining order, which prevented those mass layoffs, just days before they were scheduled to take effect. If restraining order had not been won, the IMLS would have been unable to function as required by federal law resulting in interrupted museum and library services across the country.
While Attorneys General of 21 states filed the recent lawsuit, the ruling has immediate nationwide effect. The ruling nullifies all actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking future similar actions.
Everyone continue using and speaking up for libraries. Your voice makes a difference. Our community leaders need to hear our concerns. Advocate for libraries and museums by asking your U.S. Representatives and Senators to support continued funding in 2026 for IMLS.
Georgia Kimmel, Public Policy Chair
AAUW West Harris County & AAUW Texas