AUSTIN, TX – Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) and its sister organization, The LIBRE Initiative, will mobilize nearly 500 activists and volunteers to Austin on Tuesday as a show of force in support of legislation creating Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) as it’s heard in committee.
AFP-TX State Director Genevieve Collins and LIBRE President Daniel Garza will give brief remarks to grassroots activists in the Capitol Rotunda before they go to testify at the House Committee on Public Education hearing and meet with lawmakers in support of H.B.3.
Following their remarks, Collins and Garza will hold time for questions from members of the media.
Media Interested in Attending MUST RSVP to jdelk@stadntogether.organd iortega@standtogether.org.
Who: AFP-TX State Director Genevieve Collins
The LIBRE Initiative President Daniel Garza
500 AFP and LIBRE activists and volunteers from all over Texas
When:Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
What: Media availability with AFP, LIBRE leaders
Where: Texas Capitol Rotunda (1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701)
Why: The Texas Legislature and Governor Abbott are on the brink of approving historic legislation to create Education Saving Accounts (ESAs) that will give millions of Texan families the ability to customize their children’s education.
As the largest grassroots organizations in the state, AFP-TX and LIBRE have the unique ability to connect lawmakers with hundreds of families and students from across Texas who support universal school choice.
Background on AFP-TX:
Our mission is to empower every American to achieve their version of the American Dream. Across the State of Texas, we connect people with policy and empower them to use their voices to create change on issues of public policy from securing the border, school choice, affordable healthcare and making sure our economy works for everyone.
In 2024, AFP-TX engaged in a record number of state legislative races, helping to unseat six anti-school choice Republican lawmakers and electing 21 outstanding candidates (15 percent) of the state legislature.
Click here to learn more about AFP-TX’s work on education.
Background on The LIBRE Initiative:
Founded in Mission, TX, The LIBRE Initiative empowers the Hispanic community through pro-growth and pro-freedom policies. Since our start, LIBRE has strongly supported educational freedom, including Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). In this latest push, LIBRE has been sending out mailers and promoting social media content supporting House Speaker Dustin Burrows’ ESA legislation.
Click here to learn more about LIBRE’s work on education.
