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  • An Evening with Doug Blackmon

    Memorial Drive United Methodist Church 12955 Memorial Drive, Houston

    Dinner and conversation with Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II."

    $15

  • Houston Youth Voters Conference

    Rice University 6100 Main St., Houston

    The first ever Houston Youth Voters Conference will take place on Saturday, September 15th at Rice University from 9am-4pm! We will be bringing together 5 Houston-area universities: Rice, UH, UHD, TSU, and Lone Star College to talk about the importance of voting, how to vote, how to get other students on our campuses to vote, and how to mobilize around specific policy issues that we care about. You will get to hear from some awesome guest speakers about youth voting and empowerment and meet with other passionate students from all over Houston!

    Free

  • Migrant Children in Crisis – Dehumanization and Deprivation in Immigration Detention

    Willow Meadows Baptist Church 4300 W Bellfort Blvd, Houston

    This is an interactive community event that begins with a conversation between physicians and faith leaders. The conversation will focus on the dehumanization and deprivations of children in immigration detention, that compounds the trauma from the conditions from which they flee and the harrowing journey towards the specter of freedom that follows.

  • Migrant Children in Crisis – National Public Witness Event at the Border

    Ursula Detention Center 3700 W Ursula Ave,, McAllen

    in people of good conscience, physicians and faith leaders bringing visibility to the human rights violations of the 134,000 children detained in 2017 by immigration (we have already exceeded this number for 2018). Come as a volunteer in a caravan of cars filled with relief supplies, including bottled water (no sparkling or flavored), easy open and individual sized fruit, peanut butter, veggies, protein snacks, cereals, crackers, natural juices, bags of dry rice, canned beans/soup, and blankets. We are heading to Ursula CBP detention facility in McAllen, Texas to bear witness to a system that has for too long ignored the basic needs of migrant children in immigration detention.

  • The Jerusalem Conference

    University Hilton Hotel, University of Houston 4350 University Drive, Houston, TX, United States

    The Jerusalem Conference is a one-day conference on Thursday, October 11 that brings together scholars, ecumenical theologians, and peace-doers around the topic of: Jerusalem: What makes for Peace?

    $30.00

  • Houston Zen Center’s Walk to Feed the Hungry

    Houston Zen Center 1605 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

    This year the walk will again be along the Heights Esplanade Trail on Heights Boulevard, a beautiful setting for a walk of compassion with friends! We invite everyone to participate by registering to walk, making a donation, or volunteering. Your efforts and generosity will help with programs that provide direct relief, promote sustainable agriculture, and provide education and right livelihood opportunities for women.

    The 3.1 mile walk will begin at the Houston Zen Center, located at 1605 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008. We will then walk south down Heights Boulevard towards I-10 and turn around to end the walk at the Zen Center. Participants may turn around at any point to return to the Zen Center as needed.

  • SOA Watch Border 2018 Encuentro

    Ambos Nogales tbd, Nogales

    Join indigenous communities, migrants, human rights activists, torture survivors, union workers, veterans, community organizers, faith communities, students and educators from across the Americas.  More info coming soon.  Keep an eye on http://www.soaw.org/border/

    Free

  • “Waking (Let’s Talk) News!”

    “Waking (Let’s Talk) News!”
    Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United States

    Come to the Center for the Healing of Racism and share an article with us!  Bring a bag lunch and your articles clipped from newspapers, magazines, journals or online sources - anything relating to discrimination, oppression and all forms of racism.  Join us in a lively discussion and contribute your ideas and materials to the Center’s toolkit.  We meet on the last Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.  3412 Crawford Street (corner of Holman), Houston, TX 77004.  Free parking across the street at HCC Lot 9.  RSVP: 713-520-8226 or cfhr1@juno.com. Website: http://www.centerhealingracism.org/

    Free. Donations encouraged. RSVP required.

  • SugarLand95 Community Meeting

    Buffalo Soldiers National Museum 3816 Caroline St, Houston

    Join Reginald Moore and the Convict Leasing and Labor Project for a community meeting about the future of the #SugarLand95. The CLLP and the National Black United Front of Houston strongly believe the remains should be reburied in the sacred ground where they were found. Fort Bend ISD is doing everything it can to block that from happening.

    We need to show FBISD, Houston and the world this isn't just a "black" issue. They can't just plan a quick "Black History Month" presentation and be done with it. This is one of the most important local issues of our time and the outcome is going to shape our awareness of racial history for decades to come.

    Free

  • Love Knows No Borders – Houston

    Houston City Hall 901 Bagby Street, Houston

    In conjunction with the American Friends Service Committee, we have deep concern surrounding the treatment of families that are seeking asylum in the United States.  We are seeking others with similar concerns to participate in the Love Knows No Borders week of action.  We are focused on bringing attention to this pressing issue through love and nonviolence.  Together, we are calling on the U.S. to end the detention and deportation of immigrants, respect the human right to migrate, and end the militarization of the border.

    Free

  • ImperialSUGARLand95 Candlelight Vigil

    Sugar Land Town Square 2711 Plaza Drive, Sugar Land

    Join us for a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of the 95 enslaved prisoners whose bodies were discovered in Sugar Land this spring. We stand in solidarity with all the African-American men and women who were trapped in the horrific system of convict leasing here in Sugar Land and across the Southern United States. We will gather at 5 and light our candles at 5:30.

    Bring family and friends. We hope to light at least 95 candles to represent each of the 95 individuals and raise awareness of this tragic chapter of our shared history.

    Free

  • Christmas at the Jail 6

    Separation from a parent at Christmas time is difficult on any child but for the poor and innocent child, separated by a two inch plate of glass, it may be hardest of all. These blameless young enter a world of jailers and bars, cold and frightening, in a futile grasp at normalcy during perhaps the single most important family time of the year.

    The emotional scars they experience and which may last a lifetime are ministered at Harris County Adult Detention Center by Santa Claus and several dozen elves who await these precious children as they walk out of the building. It is at this point that a miracle often occurs which can immediately be seen on the faces of these little ones. In the midst of the Fat Jolly Gentleman and piles of presents you can see their shaken faith in life return and a light of rekindled joy flicker in their eyes.

    Free

  • Wiping the Tears of 7 Generations

    Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United States

    An hour long documentary about the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre and historical trauma and multi-generational grief that impacted 7 generations of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre descendants and the Wounded Knee community. The film at this event will be to commemorate the anniversary of the Massacre at Wounded Knee December 29th, 1890 on the Pine Ridge reservation of the Lakota Sioux in South Dakota.

    There will be art for sale that has been donated by artists, William Song, John Benson and Ryan White to support the filmmaker's sacred activism (he will also be there) and possible documentary on Border Issues and Justice related to undocumented immigrants and their families and children.

    Free

  • Art Behind Walls: January Reception

    Talento Bilingue de Houston 333 S. Jensen Drive, Houston, TX, United States

    The Children's Prison Arts Project and Talento Bilingue de Houston will be hosting a FREE reception for our January exhibit of Art Behind Walls: Art by Youth in Juvenile Facilities.

    Please join us in celebrating these talented youths and their journey in art January 16th 6-8 pm for a special reception.

    The Exhibit will be on display @Talento De Billingue de Houston 333 S. Jensen Dr. Houston, TX January 3-January 31, 2019

    Free

  • Emergency Demonstration Against SWK’s Child Detention Center

    On February 14, Mayor Turner announced the elimination of the most important obstacles to the opening of Southwest Key's new child detention center at 419 Emancipation Avenue. His media advisory was misleading--it did not mention that a federal judge ruled against the City of Houston two months ago on the question of which permit is required. And now the administration's previous expression of concern about sexual crimes, abuse, neglect, and hundreds of other violations at SWK facilities seems to have disappeared!

    In view of its awful record, Southwest Key should not be allowed to house migrant children. The people of the most diverse city in the country have been opposing this facility since last June. And we must continue this struggle. We need to stop SWK from putting children at risk! The Free Los Niños Coalition will hold an emergency demonstration against SWK's child detention center on Monday, February 18, at 5 pm. This will be the Coalition's twelfth protest during the past eight months. The broadest possible participation is strongly encouraged.

  • Undeterred: Community Resistance on the US/Mexico Border (film showing & meet-n-greet w/filmmaker)

    Dominican Center for Spirituality 6501 Almeda Rd, Houston

    Undeterred is a documentary about community resistance in the rural border town of Arivaca, Arizona. Since NAFTA, 9/11 and the Obama and Trump administrations border residents have been on the front-lines of the humanitarian crisis caused by increased border enforcement build up. Undeterred is an intimate and unique portrait of how residents in a small rural community, caught in the cross-hairs of global geo-political forces, have mobilized to demand our rights and to provide aid to injured, oft times dying people funneled across a wilderness desert. The film was made by Eva Lewis, a resident of Arivaca and long time member of People Helping People in the Border Zone (PHP). Undeterred was created in close collaboration with the Arivaca community and members of PHP.   Eva Lewis and other town members will be here to discuss the film.

    Donation: no one turned away

  • May Amnesty Houston Meeting

    Free and open to the public; Amnesty International Houston, local 23, welcomes guest speaker Sri Preston Kulkarni. He will be speaking on the issue of immigration.

    Free

  • No License to Discriminate: Postcard Party & Happy Hour

    Axelrad 1517 Alabama St., Houston

    Join the ACLU of Texas and the Transgender Education Network of Texas for a postcard party and happy hour to keep discrimination out of Texas. We need your help to stop SB 17, a bill that would create a license to discriminate against virtually anyone – especially LGBTQ Texans – for religious reasons.

    Come out to Axelrad and fill out postcards or submit testimony to your lawmakers. We’ll be there from 6:30PM until 8:00PM so be sure to drop by and make your voice heard. Register to attend via the ticket link above and your first drink is on us!

    Free

  • Juneteenth Vigil

    Mayfield Park 106 Avenue D, Sugar Land

    Join the Convict Leasing and Labor Project for a Juneteenth Vigil honoring the Sugar Land 95 and the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved African to the United States. Dinner will be provided followed by a candlelight vigil.

    Free

  • Free film screening: The Chocolate Case

    Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United States

    Come for the film, enjoy the treats and even shop the #FairTrade store for gifts or yourself. Every purchase matters and this is your chance to be a part of the movement to put people and the planet first.

    The film follows 3 Dutch journalists who uncover child labor in the cocoa production chain, which triggers them to try to persuade large corporations to end unethical practices. The trio sets out on a mission to develop the first ‘slave-free’ chocolate bar, known as ‘Tony’s Chocolonely’ – now one of Holland’s leading chocolate brands. The film is both an expose of problems within the chocolate supply chain, and an inspirational story of people trying to change the world they live in.

    Free

  • March for Justice

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We the People Organize First March for The Tuttles Houston— July 26, 2019- We the People Organize will hold our first March and Rally for the Tuttles on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Nearly six months ago, the Tuttles were killed in their Houston home as result of a botched raid by the […]

  • Bridge Blog

    Every week, Refuse Fascism invites all in the Houston area to give the 59&Montrose traffic a voice. We stand on the bridge overlooking the traffic. Signage changes according to the horrific actions from this White House, as well the ever-present need  to join RF to drive out Trump and Pence.

    Free

  • The Silence of Others (El silencio de otros)

    The Silence of Others (El silencio de otros)
    Brown Auditorium Theater 1001 Bissonnet, Houston

    Filmed over six years, The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims from Spain’s dictatorship (1939-1975) under General Francisco Franco. A powerful and poetic cautionary tale about fascism, and the dangers of forgetting the past, the award-winning documentary offers a cinematic portrait of the first attempt in history to prosecute crimes of Franco whose perpetrators have enjoyed impunity for decades due to a 1977 amnesty law. Executive produced by Pedro Almodóvar, the film brings to light a painful past that Spain is reluctant to face, even today, decades after the dictator’s death.

    $7 – $65

  • “The Ins and Outs of Immigration”

    First Unitarian Universalist Church 5200 Fannin St., Houston, TX, United States

    "The Ins and Outs of Immigration" presented by Ruby Powers. What is the process, what are some of the issues, and what you should know?" Attorney Ruby Powers is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The child of a Mexican immigrant, Powers gravitated toward an international life by later marrying a Turkish immigrant.

    Free

  • Houstonians for Migrant Justice Rally

    Casa Sunzal Detention Center 419 Emancipation Ave, Houston, United States

    We live in a city where asylum seekers are being kept in detention centers, one of which lies just outside Downtown and is housing teenagers indefinitely. These centers are run by the Southwest Key Programs, whose leaders are profiting off of the detainment of children and have yet to share adequate information about the conditions in these centers. We, as Houstonians, are obligated to come together to stand with the migrants in our city and call out maltreatment of migrants when it occurs.

    The rally will be held on Saturday September 14, tentatively from 5:30-8:30pm at the Casa Sunzal detention center (419 Emancipation Ave). We will meet at Settegast Park (3000 Garrow St) at 5:30pm and walk for about 5-10 minutes to the detention center. 

    Free

  • PM N. Modi protest/rally on 9-22-19 at 9 AM at NRG Stadium

    Kirby and 610 (S) 8000 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX, United States

    On September 22, 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Houston, Texas, for a summit with the Indian American community. This event is being held at the NRG Stadium from 10 AM to 1 PM. A group of concerned citizens will be holding a peaceful protest outside the NRG stadium in opposition to the human rights and civil rights violations of PM Modi and his government. The protest/rally will be on the west sidewalk of Kirby, from the 610 South Frontage Road to La Concha Rd, starting at 9 AM. Stay tuned for details (Bus transportation, speakers, etc). We are working on developing a website and online event signup.

    Free

  • Art in the Space of Social and Political Advocacy

    University of Houston Student Center Theater 4455 University Drive, Houston

    The Houston Coalition Against Hate (HCAH) in collaboration with University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work Invite you to attend an engagement showcasing the artwork of socially relevant/conscious Houston artists: Patrick McGrath Muniz, Jessica Gonzalez, David McGee, Monica Villarreal and Kay Sarver.

    Free