Tricia Vasquez became a crusader against vaping due to a “sticky” situation. The Lubbock mother of three high school students was making a back to school poster for the Monterey High School PTA and was...
READ MORETexas Colored Congress The story of the Texas Colored Congress of Parents and Teachers is a familiar one. In 1917, W.S. Benton, a Fort Worth teacher and mother, started a “mothers’ club” in her living...
READ MOREI would like to thank everyone who made the YES! program possible. From the UT staff at the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life to the leadership of Texas PTA, I commend everyone for making...
READ MOREOn April 25, 2019, Texas PTA President-Elect Suzi Kennon traveled from her home in the Metroplex to Austin to offer public testimony on SB 3/HB 3 for school finance reform. During the 86th legislative session,...
READ MORETo mark the centennial anniversary for a woman's right to vote in Texas, KUT Austin spoke with "civic-minded Texas women who are changing our world today", including Texas PTA President Sheri Doss. Listen to Sheri's...
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