Traveler at Bohemeo’s – Peace Camp Fundraiser
We hope you can join us for this benefit for HPJC's Peace Camp Houston, a day camp for kids that fosters an understanding of peace, justice, and environmental awareness.
$15
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Bohemeo's 708 Telephone Road, Houston
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Chili Cook-Off and Potluck Fundraiser for Houston DSA
Smither Park 2441 Munger St., HoustonSunday Sunday Sunday! Join Houston DSA for a Chili Cook-Off and Potluck Fundraiser to help fund travel and registration costs for our delegation to the DSA National Convention in Atlanta!
Hang out, eat chili, and talk socialism with us. We'll have a raffle for fun socialist prizes, and vote on our favorite chili dish. The contest will be judged in four categories: People's Choice, Best Vegan/Vegetarian, Spiciest, and Most Interesting Ingredient.
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Jazz for Peace: Free Radicals + The Bob Henschen Quartet
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesThe annual Jazz for Peace performance at Houston Mennonite Church is back for 2019!
Featuring Free Radicals + The Bob Henschen Quartet
Potluck, silent auction, and performance to help Free Radicals pay fair wages to the many guest artists on their upcoming 8th album. The silent auction will include dozens of peace posters from the personal collection of longtime Houston peace and justice activist Lee Loe.
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The Walk for Mental Health Awareness
Stude Park 1031 Stude, HoustonThe Walk for Mental Health Awareness – Houston is a community based event that helps raise awareness and funding for Greater Houston area non-profit agencies and programs that provide mental health services; creating an environment for our positive public dialogue.
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Mennonite Sale for World Peace
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesA celebration of the handmade and the unique, the practical and the beautiful, the Peace Sale takes tradition and gives it a few modern touches. Buy handmade treasures; bid on a quilt during the live auction; browse Ten Thousand Villages; drink Fair Trade coffee; feast on freshly prepared food, take home a shoo-fly pie - and know that you're supporting peace and justice at home and abroad.
The Mennonite Sale for World Peace is a sale and auction in the tradition of Mennonite Relief Sales held annually across the United States and Canada.
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2019 HPJC Peacemaker Awards Dinner & Auction
Crowne Plaza Hotel 2712 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX, United StatesPlease join us on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10th as we celebrate our National and Local Peacemaker Award Recipients!
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Benefit Concert for Christmas at the Jail
Dan Electros Guitar Bar 1031 E 24th St, HoustonBenefit concert for End Mass Incarceration (organization that puts on Christmas at the Jail) featuring the ElectroLuv Elf Party w/ Xombies, Jes & Friends, Kasama, Robert Kuhn. Come on down!!
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Roy Zimmerman: Benefit Concert for Peace Camp Houston
Unitarian Fellowship of Houston 1504 Wirt Road, Houston, TX, United StatesWhat can one person do about climate change, torture, racism, xenophobia, gun violence, fracking, Congressional ineptitude, ignorance, war and greed? Write funny songs, says Roy Zimmerman , master satirist, songwriter, and performer.
HPJC is bringing Roy Zimmerman back to Houston in a benefit to raise funds for Peace Camp Houston. Finger-foods and social begins at 6pm and the music starts at 7pm.
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Artistic Social for HPJC
Mother Dog Studios 720 Walnut, HoustonThe Houston Peace & Justice Center, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Pax Christi Houston, and Alianza Latina Internacional invites you to meet and greet for criminal, economic, and environmental justice.
Come and meet like minded individuals in a non violent atmosphere of art and free beer.
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The Center for Hearing and Speech’s Sound & Soul Gala
The Ballroom at Bayou Place 500 Texas St., 2nd floor, HoustonThe Center for Hearing and Speech (CHS) will launch its newest expansion plan at the annual Sound & Soul Gala on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held at The Ballroom at Bayou Place, this year’s gala is nautical themed in honor of The Center for Hearing and Speech “Launching into the Future.”
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Hurricane Laura Disaster Relief Drive
Launchpointcdc.org 5807 Little York Rd., HoustonHouston's Launch Point Disaster Relief Organization is collecting disaster relief donations and supplies for Lake Charles Louisiana and Beaumont, Texas. They are working in partnership with the Red Cross to provide aid to those areas that were hit the hardest by Hurricane Laura.
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2020 Peacemaker Award Ceremony
Zoom EventPlease join us online SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th as we celebrate our
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Celebrating Success: Five Years in the Making – CrossWalk Center’s Annual Fundraising Breakfast
The Junior League of Houston 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, United StatesCrossWalk Center, a Houston-based nonprofit which strives to stop the cycle of recidivism, will host its annual fundraising breakfast on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Junior League of Houston located at 1811 Briar Oaks Lane. Now in its fifth year, the organization bridges critical social services and ministry […]
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Garage Sale for The Walk for Mental Health Awareness
Saturday and Sunday, November 13th. (from 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM) and 14th. (9:00 AN - 3:30 PM) at 1110 Henderson Street (near Sawyer and Center Streets). Lots of great items have bee n donated. Come out to find some treasures and to help support The Walk for Mental Health - Awareness. See our Facebook […]
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2022 Circles of Excellence Criminal Justice Awards Reception
MATCH (Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston) 3400 Main Street, HoustonMarch is National Criminal Justice Month. Established by the United States Congress in 2009, its purpose is to promote societal awareness around the causes and consequences of crime, as well […]
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Via Colori Houston 2022
POST HTX 401 Franklin St., HoustonEnjoy this free, family-friendly event in downtown. This time-honored street painting festival will again bring together hundreds of student, amateur, and professional artists to create beautiful chalk masterpieces while also […]
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2022 Peacemaker Awards Ceremony-Dinner
FeaturedMarriott Houston South-Hobby 9100 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TexasJoin other peace, justice, and environmental activists for HPJC's 2022 Peacemaker celebration, reception, awards ceremony, and dinner. It features Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller as HPJC's 2022 National Peacemaker Award recipient and keynote speaker. Dr. Miller is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. His research examines how POC and poor people experience law, crime control and social welfare policy.
His first book, "Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration" is based on 15 years of research and practice with currently and formerly incarcerated men, women, their families, partners, and friends in Chicago, Detroit, and a number of cities across the United States.
He was featured in a recent PBS Newshour special, “Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup“ that focused on the difficulties that formerly incarcerated people face after they are released.
He also has a TED talk about formerly incarcerated people.
Local Peacemaker Award recipients are:
* Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi
* Dr. Peter Hotez
* Lenore Walker
* Rep. Senfronia Thompson
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Lunar New Year Celebration at POST Houston
POST HTX 401 Franklin St., HoustonOn Jan 15, POST is celebrating the Lunar New Year which welcomes the Year of the Rabbit (Year of the Cat in the Vietnamese Zodiac). The celebration, which brings back […]
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30th Juneteenth Ally Awards Fundraiser Luncheon
Scanlan Room | University of St. Thomas | 4000 Mt. Vernon St. Houston, TX 77006 Scanlan Room | University of St. Thomas | 4000 Mt. Vernon St. Houston, TX 77006, HoustonPlease join the Center for the Healing of Racism for our 30th Juneteenth Ally Awards Fundraiser Luncheon on Saturday, June 17, 2023, 12:00 PM (CDT). This event will be held […]
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2023 Peacemaker Awards Ceremony-Celebration
Dominican Sisters of Houston Spirituality Center Meeting Room Dominican Sisters of Houston, 6501 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX, United StatesHPJC is recognizing the wonderful work of these recipients of the 2023 Peacemaker Awards at our annual Awards Ceremony: The Texas Observer, Kristen Schlemmer, Jacilet Griffin, and Lorena Perez McGill
$120