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Promises kept. Our elected official friends are getting things done. Way to go Paula Caldwell Blackmon!

The White Rock Lake Dredging Feasibility Study Is Official - D Magazine Be gone, silt. The City Council approved paying for it today.

Making the best of a bad situation. This is the leadership we need in Texas. State Senator Nathan Johnson

If you aren’t following Pastors for Texas Children, you need to be. They are fighting for the neighborhood public schools all across Texas.

Public schools preserve and protect freedom, Johnson asserts Public schools in the United States offer the “meeting place for widening diversity” where students learn to live with others who hold different views, a Baptist preacher and advocate for public education told a Baylor University gathering.

Clients talking to clients. Our favorite. Faith Commons Fellowship Southwest

Marv Knox and Fellowship Southwest In Christianity, it feels like denominational lines are becoming less important. Fellowship Southwest is a new organization that demonstrates this by connect...

Not only do we have amazing clients, we also have thought-provoking people here at Upward. Check out the OpEd from our very own Cameron Mason Vickrey that ran in the San Antonio Express on Sunday.

Want to improve education? Know your school We seek to change the prevailing culture of school choice by reminding parents that choosing what’s best for you own child starts with thinking about what’s best for all children. We educate people on the hidden repercussions of where they send their child to school, both positively and negative...

We have the pleasure of working with some rockstars in the Faith community doing some amazing work. Check out this thought provoking and edgy OpEd from Jeremy Everett at the Texas Hunger Initiative.

Stop using the Bible to justify poverty and hunger If you were curious what white nationalism cloaked in Christianity looks like, I recently received a letter informing me of the root causes of...

Very proud of our friend and partner Suzii Paynter!

Prosper Waco's new CEO brings experience, innovation to nonprofit New Prosper Waco CEO Suzii Paynter will tell you she was “just a reading teacher” when she went up against the veteran state Sen. Carl Parker in the mid-’80s.

Great read on Dallas ISD!

Making Dallas Schools Work for Students, Teachers and Business The superintendent of Dallas Independent School District has a thoughtful board, a strong team and three times the average staff longevity—all reasons education in Dallas keeps getting better. On a recent visit, we spotted ten reasons Dallas is flourishing.