June 25, 2026 | Deeds Digest No. 259
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🤔 Do you have experience in finance, fundraising, art, IT, Human Resources, and more? We’re looking for innovative, caring, and transformative advocates who can volunteer their skills to champion change in Texas! 🫶🏽 If this sounds like you, consider joining our board! Our mission is to shift culture through creative action, organizing, digital and traditional advocacy, voting, and leadership development that place the stories, voices, and young people at the front and center. ⭐️ Applications are open now! Priority deadline: July 6! 🔗 Click the link here to be considered!
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Celebrate 10 years of Deeds with us in Austin, TX, this August 27, 2026! 🎂 We’re excited to share in all the joy, progress, and change while we reminisce on the past 10 years. We’ve had so many voter registrations, protests, and testimonials at the Capitol! Wow! 🤩 We couldn’t have done it without our partners, collaborators, staff, and most of all, our Change Makers. Nonprofit work is led by and for the community! Grab yourself a ticket 🎟️ and chip in what you can! Every donation 💸 keeps us on track to support youth voters throughout Texas.
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Now you can wear our changemaker style while rallying or testifying. 🤩 Let your community know that you’re here to stand on business. We’re bringing back our iconic Deeds t-shirt 💜, our 10-year shirt of community 🤗, our Do the Deed tee 🎨, and our Abortion is Healthcare tote 👜. Which one are you grabbing? Each purchase will go towards our students on college campuses and communities, our voter registration and turnout efforts, especially for the midterm election, and preparing for the legislative session in 2027. We will win on reproductive justice and LGBTQIA+ rights!
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Preorders close on Sunday, July 12, 2026. 🔗Link to Pre-order🔗
Orders will arrive between July 21st and July 30th. Don’t miss your chance to grab a tee or tote to wear while we rally for reproductive rights, youth rights, and communities free to thrive!
Be sure to tag us on IG when yours arrive; we'd love to see how you style them!
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Voting is more than a symbolic gesture; it's an action. 💜🤍🖤 Our changemakers know this - that voting and their voices have power. When it came to the excitement of voting for the first time, former Digital & Communications Intern, Saliha Garcia, writes about her original perspective and how it transformed. 🌟 "Those comments I had once heard about voting not being important or that change never coming slowly began to fade, as I started seeing how movements, organizations, and people like you and me were able to bring on change even at times when there was little hope." - Saliha Garcia 🔗 Click this link to read the full blog. 🔗
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"We are with Houston and anyone impacted by the loss of a loved one and the loss of love to our fellow LGBTQIA+ community. Texas youth deserve to express themselves without fear of being outed by their teachers or counselors. Trans youth deserve to be alive and see themselves as adults. Trans people deserve to receive the care they need."
- Excerpt from the Deeds Not Words Official Statement condemning the violence that trans people in Texas, and across the continent, face.
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If you or anyone you know would like to seek community and/or healing resources, check out the following orgs/accounts: We know our love is stronger than their hate. We will not stop until we see a Texas where everyone thrives. Read the statement on our website here.
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Pride Month honors a history of love, dedication, ferocity, and celebration that living authentically encompasses. This Pride, we are sharing resources for LGBTQIA+ communities in Texas: Gender-affirming care: Mental Health Services: Mutual Aid:
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Whether you're celebrating our power or defending our rights, the LGBTQIA+ community needs everyone to share the responsibility of protection because we know that any attacks on us are quick to turn towards others.
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Did you know that reparations have already been implemented in the U.S.? It may seem difficult to believe, given the constant battles, but reparations have been steadily increasing over the past 10 years. In 2019, Illinois passed the first reparations law in American history. In 2020, California became the first state in the country to establish a state reparations task force. In 2022, the Detroit City Council approved a task force that would create a structure for reparations to Black Americans. This Juneteenth, we honor and celebrate those who are advocating and creating pathways to reparations and healing for Black communities.
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Follow orgs like @sistersong_woc, @blackbooksexed, @hoochiesofhouston, and others to learn about how you can get involved in the reparations movement. We can join this by radically imagining Texas's state government's responsibility to Black residents who have systemically and historically been disenfranchised. When we work in community, fight together, and vote during each election, we make a positive environment for us to see and live through real change.
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On June 24th, the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v Wade, reminds us that once again, we are seeing and hearing more stories of maternal mortality rates increasing and attempts to criminalize people who decide they aren't ready to give birth, no matter the reason. This year, a well-known Pregnancy Rights Advocate, Nurse-Midwife, Dr. Janell Green Smith, passed away due to complications during childbirth. Black pregnant people are far more likely to die from complications of childbirth than other races due to the lack of care from hospitals and our policymakers. This preventable issue is attributed to systemic racism, implicit biases, and care disparities.
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In a report documenting pregnancy criminalization over the last twenty years, nearly 1,400 people had cases against them due to the rise in narratives around "protecting unborn life". Texans are well aware of how the restrictions, criminalizations, and harm impact our lives and our loved ones. With an almost total ban on abortion, our fellow Texans who may become pregnant are at the most risk.
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Do you want to make an impact in your community like this? Join a chapter today and learn more about our Campus & Community Organizer Program! Apply here. ⬅️ or follow the chapters below.
Follow our student chapters here:
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Imagine the incredible impact a single dollar can have. It may seem insignificant on its own, but when multiplied by the collective goodwill of a community, it becomes a catalyst for monumental change. You are not just donating a dollar; you are investing in hope, progress, and a brighter future for Texans. 🤠
Join us in turning dollars into deeds, dreams into reality, and despair into hope. Together, we can make a world of difference. Thank you for your generosity, and let's begin this incredible journey today. Donate here! 💜
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At Deeds Not Words, we believe in galvanizing the power of young people to become agents of change, igniting cultural shifts through leader development, grassroots organizing, and the power of creative expression. We envision a future for young leaders of color where they have the autonomy to reach their full potential through freedom from violence, reproductive autonomy, economic opportunity, and equitable representation. We believe that, through building a strong foundation of empowered leaders, amplifying collective voices, and reshaping cultural norms, we aim to dismantle oppressive systems and cultivate a society where equity and justice thrive.
Our changemakers are eager to collaborate with a diverse range of partners across Texas, and nationally — fellow non-profits, foundations, businesses, and more— to tackle critical issues facing young people. Together we can cultivate a society where equity and justice thrive. If this sounds like you or an ally, we’d love to connect! To explore partnership opportunities or learn more, please contact us at hello@deedstx.org.
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