The State of State Address Does Not Tell the Real Story of Texas
(February 5, 2025) A new State of the People video series highlights the realities of everyday Texans to fill the gaps left by the Governor’s State of the State address. The series was launched this week by the Texas For All Education Fund, the 501(c)(3) branch of Texas For All.
IDRA helped develop the videos regarding education, asserting that children should have the freedom to pursue their dreams.
We need to strengthen our public schools to ensure every child has a fair shot at an equal, quality education. No matter where we come from or what we look like, all Texas families want the same things: quality well-resourced schools, rigorous curricula and to be involved in their children’s education.
Texas For All Education Fund Project Director Daniella Padilla stated: “Our state leaders are telling one story about Texas, while everyday Texans are living another. The disconnect is impossible to ignore.”
The State of the People Project will roll out over the next two weeks in collaboration with Texas for All partners.
This series puts working Texans at the center, holding state leadership accountable and demanding a future that reflects the needs and aspirations of all Texans, not just those in power. True progress can only be achieved when we all work together and the voices of every Texan, rich or poor, young or old, from big cities to rural towns, have a say in conversations about our state’s future.
Media contact: Thomas Marshall III, M.Ed., thomas.marshall@idra.org
About the Texas for All Education Fund
Texas for All Education Fund is a statewide coalition building a democracy in which all Texans are represented, engaged, and thriving. Texas For All Education Fund is building solidarity across issues, geographies, and people with the understanding that all forms of oppression are interrelated. Join the #WorthMore movement.
Texas For All Education Fund Partners: Asian Texans For Justice, Workers Defense Project, Equality Texas, Texas Organizing Project, IDRA, Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, Planned Parenthood Texas, Deeds Not Words, MOVE Texas, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Every Texan, Transgender Education Network of Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project
