Deeds Not Words

Be Your Own Hero: Kim Updegrove

Kim Updegrove is the executive director at the Mother’s Milk Bank at Austin, which has recently…

Putting the ‘I’ in LGBTQIA+

“Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.” — Lady…

5-Step Testimony: Make Your Story Matter

We talk a lot about testifying in the Texas legislature as a way to share your story for…

SB 576: The Quick Fix That Will Silence Survivors of Sexual Assault

Texas students Hailey Pulman and Katherine Protil share how a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to bring sexual assault cases to…

How High School Students Are Changing Education to End Human Trafficking — and So Can You!

Consent Is Golden

Why “Only ‘Yes’ Means ‘Yes’ and Students Want Texas to Admit It

Campus sexual assault is a core issue for us at Deeds Not Words. In the Texas legislature, several bills have been introduced regarding sexual violence and we’ve…

Share the Post or Share the Load

Yesterday, a friend of mine nominated me for a challenge.
Usually, this sentence would make my stomach…

Making It Work for Our Workers

It isn’t a secret that the U.S. is one of the few Western countries without any federal paid leave …