Joint Statement: Dallas to sue Texas against SB 4
Workers Defense Project and the Texas Organizing Project applaud Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and the City Council for standing up against hate and joining the lawsuit to stop SB4. We also thank Mayor...
View ArticleStatement: TOP Thanks Mayor for Agreeing to Bring SB4 Lawsuit to a Vote
The following is a statement by Mary Moreno, director of communications of the Texas Organizing Project, in response to Mayor Sylvester Turner’s tweet announcing that he will ask the City Council to...
View ArticleTOP Congratulates Endorsed Candidate Ron Nirenberg on Winning San Antonio...
The following is a statement by Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, on tonight’s election of Ron Nirenberg as San Antonio’s mayor: “We congratulate Ron Nirenberg on...
View ArticleTOP congratulates Dallas ISD Trustee Dustin Marshall on re-election win
The following is a statement by Allison Brim, Education Campaign Director for the Texas Organizing Project, on Dustin Marshall winning re-election as Trustee for Dallas ISD, District 2 on Saturday:...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: TOP Applauds Houston for Joining Lawsuit to Stop SB4
The following is a statement by Mary Moreno, communications director of the Texas Organizing Project, on the vote by the Houston City Council to join the lawsuit to stop Texas’ show-me-your-papers law,...
View ArticleTOP praises the indictment of Balch Springs Police Officer in killing of...
The following is a statement by Brianna Brown, deputy director of the Texas Organizing Project (TOP), in reaction to a Dallas County grand jury indicting former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver...
View ArticleTOP Ed Fund Statement on Harvey Community Relief Fund
The following is a statement by Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project Education Fund, in response to inquiries about the Harvey Community Relief Fund: “We want to be...
View ArticleTOP Ed Fund Statement on SB4 Decision
The following is a statement by Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Education Fund, on the San Antonio Federal Court’s decision stopping nearly all of SB4, Texas’ racial...
View ArticleStatement: Trump Abdicates Leadership, Congress Must Act to Protect DACAmented
The following is a statement by Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, on the Trump Administration’s decision to end the DACA program: “Today, President Trump...
View ArticleTOP Ed Fund Statement on SB4 Ruling
Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling that upheld certain parts of the SB4 injunction issued by Federal Judge Orlando Garcia in San Antonio, but also let other parts go into...
View ArticleTOP statement on President Trump’s decision to end Obamacare financial...
Last night, the Trump Administration announced that it would end Obamacare’s cost-sharing reduction payments intended to help low-income Americans gain access to healthcare. The following is a...
View ArticleTOP statement on House tax bill that guts healthcare for working families to...
Today, the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means released its tax bill that will cut Medicaid and Medicare to pay for massive tax cuts for the very wealthy and big corporations. The following is a...
View ArticleTOP Statement on Rep. Gene Green’s Retirement
The following statement is from Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, in reaction to Rep. Gene Green announcing today that he is retiring: “For more than four decades,...
View ArticleTOP Statement on the Passing of Steve Mostyn
The following statement was made by Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, on the passing of Steve Mostyn: “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Steve Mostyn,...
View ArticleTOP’s Tremillo Risks Arrest at Action in DC for Immigrant Families
Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, was cited and released today in Washington D.C. while protesting Congress’ lack of progress in passing a clean DREAM Act and the...
View ArticleTOP statement on Dallas County Bail Lawsuit
The following statement was made by Tarsha Jackson, criminal justice director of Texas Organizing Project (TOP), on the lawsuit filed against the Dallas County bail system: “We applaud the filing of a...
View ArticleTOP Ed Fund, Faith In Texas Join Dallas County Bail Practices Lawsuit to...
DALLAS — Today, January 30, 2018, social justice organizations Texas Organizing Project Education Fund and Faith in Texas became plaintiffs in the lawsuit alleging unconstitutional bail practices in...
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Announcing our endorsed candidate for Dallas ISD Trustee, District 9!
Friend, If we are serious about EVERY child in Dallas having the opportunity to receive a great public education, we need to elect trustees who will deliver wins for Dallas ISD families: implementing...
View ArticleTOP statement on latest SB4 decision
Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling on SB4 from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: “While not...
View ArticleTOP statement on the killing of Danny Ray Thomas
The following is a statement from Tarsha Jackson, criminal justice director of the Texas Organizing Project, on the killing of Danny Ray Thomas today by a Harris County Sheriff’s deputy: “Our thoughts...
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