Who can apply? This application is open to all High School Students within Alief ISD (Taylor, Elsik, Hastings, Alief Early College, and Kerr). Application Deadline: September 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM. About AliefVotes: Founded in 2022, AliefVotes is a non-profit that empowers youth civic engagement in Alief, a working-class and immigrant community in Southwest Houston. Alief has low voter turnout, economic divestment,…
About the ArboretumHouston Arboretum & Nature Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide education about the natural environment to people of all ages, and to protect and enhance the Arboretum as a haven and sanctuary for native plants and animals. Located on the western edge of Memorial Park, this 155-acre urban nature sanctuary encourages visitors to slow…
Photo Credit: Morton Sager By: Susie Hairston Morton Sager is one of the many unsung environmental heroes we have in the Houston area. For the last two and a half years, he has worked for Bayou Preservation Association (BPA), which celebrates, protects and restores the natural richness of all Houston area bayous and streams. In his role as project manager, he…