Texans United to Amend Events

Past TUTA Events

Corpus Christi, April 24, 2014
Move to Amend Barnstorming Tour

Move to Amend representative and former Green Party Presidential candidate David Cobb spoke at Del Mar College.

The talk on the history of corporations, corporate personhood, and money in politics was cosponsored by the Corpus Christi chapter of the League of Women Voters, the Del Mar College History Program, and Move-to-Amend Corpus Christi. Approximately 70 people attended.

Houston TUTA members on KPFT Radio show with Egberto Willies
April 7,2014

"This week the Supreme Court removed the aggregate limit of dollars that anyone can spend in any election cycle. This puts our entire democracy up for sale to the highest bidder. There are organizations throughout the nation building grassroots movements to amend the constitution in order to fix this constitutional aberration. One of the most successful is Move To Amend.,

After the Supreme Court ruling, an affiliate of Move To Amend, Houston Area Move To Amend(Facebook) effected a successful protest in Houston. I am honored to have three of their leaders discuss the corrosive nature of money in our body politic, the apathy that it has caused, and the solutions. Madeleine Crozat-Williams, Mike Badzioch, and Ben Ball will spend the hour with us and will be ready to answer questions." from Egberto Willies.com

Texarkana Public Outreach program Jan 14, 2014

At a meeting in Texarkana, Jo Ann Duman, TUTA coordinator in Bowie and Cass Counties, displayed the Corporate American Flag, having the stars replaced with corporate logos, signifying the undue influence corporations have in our government. The meeting took place at the Texarkana Public Library. The group screened and discussed the short video " The Story of Citizens United," including efforts to amend the US Constitution to make clear that corporations are not persons and "we the people" have the right to enact laws to regulate corporations including limiting or outlawing their campaign contributions.
Jan 14, 2014

The Lower Rio Grande Valley contingent
discussed the issue of unlimited spending in politics and
collected signatures on local petitions
at the PEACE & JUSTICE conference in Weslaco, TX
Feb 1, 2014
9th Annual Peace and Justice Gathering

Martin Luther King Jr Festival Austin Tx

Joanne Richards (Austin Organizer) and Rochelle Day (Caldwell County Organizer) spent the day at the MLK festival gathering signatures and talking with people about money in politics.

Money & Justice Forum
Is Texas Ripe for Judicial Reform?

Judicial reforms will be considered by a special committee
of the Texas Legislature in public hearings in 2014. In
preparation for these hearings, The Texas Fair Courts Network invited committee leaders to come together on 21 November
2013 to discuss alternatives to the current system of partisan
elections of judges in Texas.

TUTA representatives were invited to participate in this event.
For more information, source documents, list of speakers and reviews by attendees click here.

Move to Amend Regional Convergence

Move to Amend National Leadership team held a conference in
Austin October 11-13, 2013.
Attendees came from Austin, Houston, San Antonio,
Dallas and as far away as Texarkana.

More About the MTA Convergence 2013

2013 Rally at the Capitol

Click it to view slideshow of photos from the rally

Rally at the Capitol for the third anniversary of Citizens United and to support Legislation in the Texas Legislature calling for an amendment to the US Constitution. Speakers from Public Citizen, Wolf Pac, NAACP, Occupy Austin, Sierra Club, Worker’s Defense Project, Teachers, Workers, Poets, Musicians, Spoken word artists and many more helped connect the dots between money in politics and issues that effect our lives.
Daniel Llanes led the parade from the Public Citizen Office playing his flute and singing followed by his giant colorful puppets representing greedy corporations and politicians in bed together.
Over 300 people attended the rally, coming from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and even as far as Wichita Falls!
Most remarkable though, were the folks from the gun rally on the other side of the Capitol who joined us. Our ambassadors went over to speak with those folks and invited them over. A surprising number did come to listen to our speakers and sign our petition. Now that is outreach!

Rally at the Capitol slideshow

Texans United to Amend Lobby Day, March 2013

Our First Lobby Day brought more than 40 members from as far as Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. We spent the day speaking with Legislators about the resolutions pending in both the House and Senate, also presenting signatures from our petition.

About Lobby Day 2013