TXIPL Staff

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Amanda Yaira Robinson, Texas Interfaith Power & Light (TXIPL) Coordinator

Amanda Yaira Robinson joined the staff in May 2008 and coordinates Texas Interfaith Power and Light (TXIPL), the environmental program of The Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy (TICPP). TXIPL is one of 39 state Interfaith Power and Light programs.

Amanda is working on a Master’s in Theological Studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She is a Contributing Scholar for the online journal, State of Formation; a 2012 GreenFaith Fellow; and a 2012 Siach Fellow. In 2009, she was a National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Fellow.

Amanda was lead author for the Jewish resources for the national Interfaith Power & Light’s 2012 Preach-In, and wrote two of TICPP’s “Justice Frameworks” series:

Amanda graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She worked some in publishing and some as a stay-at-home-mom before serving two Unitarian Universalist churches as Director of Religious Education from 2004-2009.

Amanda Yaira is a member of Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin. She and her husband, a middle school principal, live in Cedar Park with their two boys; their one-eyed pug dog; a guinea pig named "Helen"; two bearded dragons; and an assortment of fish.

Follow Amanda's blog here.