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- A Look Ahead: The 86th Legislature On January 8, 2019, Texas lawmakers will gather in Austin for the 86th Legislature – a 140-day session designed to pass our state’s budget for the coming 2020-2021 biennnium, as well as hundreds (or possibly thousands) of new laws. Here at Texans Standing Tall, we’ll be tracking legislation that relates to our mission: to make our ... Read more
- Adults: Your Support is the Difference In my four years as a member of Texans Standing Tall’s Youth Leadership Council (YLC), I have grown as a person in ways I never expected. I developed leadership skills, gained experience with public speaking, and acquired the tools necessary to become an outspoken advocate in my community. I gained all of this and more ... Read more
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- A Look Ahead: The 86th Legislature On January 8, 2019, Texas lawmakers will gather in Austin for the 86th Legislature – a 140-day session designed to pass our state’s budget for the coming 2020-2021 biennnium, as well as hundreds (or possibly thousands) of new laws. Here at Texans Standing Tall, we’ll be tracking legislation that relates to our mission: to make our ... Read more
- Adults: Your Support is the Difference In my four years as a member of Texans Standing Tall’s Youth Leadership Council (YLC), I have grown as a person in ways I never expected. I developed leadership skills, gained experience with public speaking, and acquired the tools necessary to become an outspoken advocate in my community. I gained all of this and more ... Read more
Recent Action Alerts
- Action Alert: Are you concerned about tobacco? Marijuana? Powdered Alcohol? TST’s 2016 Statewide Summit August 3-4. Issues you care about. Action Alert Join us Aug. 3-4, 2016 at TST’s Statewide Summit Dive into… Tobacco -Jennifer Cofer, MD Anderson Cancer Center, will draw on personal experience to teach coalitions how to fight for sustainable funding. -Dr. Phil Gardiner, University of California Office of the President, will speak about the triangulum between tobacco, ... Read more
- Action Alert: Remind Anheuser-Busch InBev America isn’t for sale Action Alert: Remind Anheuser-Busch InBev America isn't for sale Read more
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Facebook Updates:“I know the detrimental effect this type of advertising has on young people.” - Daniel Dromm
Texans Standing Tall focuses on environmental prevention strategies to reduce underage alcohol use in the state of Texas. Alcohol advertising bans on public transportation in...
M.T.A. Will Ban Alcohol Advertising on Buses and Subways
The transportation authority said the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.
nytimes.com