REPORT RELEASE: Texas working families pay the price under Trump’s new tax law
A report released April 17, 2018, New Tax Law Benefits Health Care Industry, Endangers Vital Services for Working Texas Families, details the impact of President Trump’s tax give away for corporations...
View ArticleTOP’s Statement on Texas Suing to Stop DACA
The following is a statement by Jessica Azua, immigration campaign coordinator of the Texas Organizing Project, on Texas’ decision to sue to stop DACA, a program that has allowed thousands of immigrant...
View ArticleTOP’s Statement on County’s Vote for Special Election for Harvey Bond
The following is a statement by Tarsha Jackson, criminal justice director of the Texas Organizing Project, on today’s vote by the Harris County Commissioners Court to ask Gov. Greg Abbott for...
View ArticleDallas community groups bail out Black mothers in time for Mother’s Day
Dallas community groups bail out Black mothers in time for Mother’s Day Local organizations take part in National Black Mama’s Bail Out Day Representatives from Texas Organizing Project (TOP), Planned...
View ArticleTOP Bails Out Eight Black Mothers in Harris County
Last week, the Texas Organizing Project, with the financial support of the community and the National Bail Out Movement, reunited eight Black families in time to celebrate Mother’s Day by bailing the...
View ArticleTOP congratulates Justin Henry on winning Dallas ISD, District 9 runoff
Texas Organizing Project (TOP) congratulates Justin Henry on winning tonight’s Dallas ISD, District 9 runoff, and looks forward to working with him to ensure sure every child in Dallas has the...
View ArticleStatement: Incarcerating Immigrant Families is NOT Acceptable
The following is a statement by Jessica Azua, immigration campaign director of the Texas Organizing Project, in response to President Trump signing an executive order to jail families together...
View ArticleStatement: Abbott is Wrong on Bail Reform
The following statement was made by Tarsha Jackson, criminal justice director of the Texas Organizing Project, in response to Gov. Greg Abbott’s proposed bail reform bill announced today: “Once again,...
View ArticleTOP statement on Dallas ISD Board of Trustees vote on tax ratification election
The following is a statement from Texas Organizing Project (TOP) board member and Dallas ISD parent Myrna Mendez on DISD trustees voting today to place a 13-cent tax ratification election (TRE) on the...
View ArticleTOP PAC endorses John Creuzot for Dallas County District Attorney
The Texas Organizing Project PAC (TOP PAC), a group that worked to help elect Kim Ogg as district attorney in Harris County and Joe Gonzalez as Democratic candidate for DA in Bexar County, today...
View ArticleTOP statement on Roy Oliver verdict
The following is a statement by Brianna Brown, deputy director of the Texas Organizing Project (TOP), in reaction to a jury finding Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver guilty in the murder of...
View ArticleTOP statement on North Texas ICE raid
The following is a statement by Jessica Azua, state immigration coordinator of the Texas Organizing Project (TOP), in reaction to yesterday’s massive ICE raid in Sumner, Texas: “Our thoughts right now...
View ArticleTOP Applauds Progress on Harris County Bail Lawsuit
The following is a statement by Tarsha Jackson, Right2Justice director of the Texas Organizing Project, on the newly elected Harris County misdemeanor judges’ decision to drop the appeal of the bail...
View ArticleTOP Strongly Opposes District Attorney Ogg’s Request for a $20 Million Budget...
Last week, District Attorney Kim Ogg requested a $20 million dollar increase in her budget to support hiring 102 new prosecutors – an almost 45 percent increase in her attorney staffing. We are...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: Trump’s Emergency Declaration is a Dangerous Move Against Democracy
The following is a statement from Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, in response to President Trump announcing today that he would declare a national emergency to...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: Tarsha Jackson Leaves TOP to Run for Office
The following is a statement by Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, on Tarsha Jackson’s departure from the organization: “It is with equal amounts of sadness and joy...
View ArticleTOP launches effort to add hundreds of new books to Bexar County Jail’s library
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Organizing Project (TOP) today announced the launch of the organization’s Quiero Leer book drive that seeks to add 500 new books to Bexar County Jail’s library by the end of...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: No Thanks to ICE for Destroying Hundreds of Texas Families
Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, made the following statement in reaction to Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Houston on Friday to thank ICE agents for their...
View ArticleTOP praises Dallas County DA John Creuzot for latest justice reform policies
Brianna Brown, deputy director of the Texas Organizing Project (TOP), made the following statement in reaction to District Attorney John Creuzot’s public letter release yesterday announcing policy...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: San Antonio City Council Disappoints by Shying Away from Earned...
The following is a statement from Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project, in reaction to today’s vote by the San Antonio City Council declining to fight against the...
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