Make Your Voice Heard in the Texas State Legislature this Year with RAC-TX! By Erin Solka, NFTY-TOR Social Action Vice President 2020-2021

Shalom NFTY-TOR! We have many exciting opportunities planned for 2021, and one that I want to share with y’all is our involvement in the Texas Religious Action Center’s (RAC-TX) Legislative Campaign. RAC-TX is organizing a campaign to advocate during the 2021 Texas Legislative Session, which lasts from January-May. This will include planning virtual lobby visits with state legislators.

1. Join one of two identical Issue Selection Town Halls to weigh in on what RAC-TX’s main focus should be during the legislative session.
   1. Tuesday, January 19 at 12:00 pm CST: ​www.rac.org/ractxjan19
   2. Wednesday, January 20 at 7 pm CST: ​​www.rac.org/ractxjan20
2. Join one of two identical Issue Campaign Launch and Training sessions to learn abouthow to have productive virtual lobby meetings, as well as other details about the campaign.
   1. Tuesday, February 16 at 7:00 pm CST​: ​www.rac.org/ractxfeb16
   2. Wednesday, February 17 at 12:00 pm CST​: ​www.rac.org/ractxfeb17​ ​
3. Stay tuned for communication regarding setting up a lobby visit with a legislator! We willattend together as a teen delegation, and prepare beforehand.

Thank you to Rabbi David Segal, Ethan Lane-Miller, Camille Trawick, Cameron Samuels, Ronen Wenderfer, and Shayna Levy for their work over the past couple of months in creating these opportunities!

I am so excited to see what positive change we can make as Jewish teens on the state level, and I hope you will join me.