The Center for the Healing of Racism will present Dialogue: Racism, a two-day intensive workshop that educates participants about racism and facilitates the process by which they can begin to counter the effects of racism on their lives, empowering them to interrupt the cycle of racist attitudes. The workshop provides a safe, respectful and loving […]
The Rothko Chapel and the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin present the eighth annual Sissy Farenthold Lecture featuring acclaimed scholar of race, gender and the law, Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie […]
Join Dr. Brett Perkison of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for a discussion of the effects that repeated record flooding due to climate change can have […]
The history of voter suppression efforts on HBCU campuses is long and ugly, but there is an equally long history of student-led resistance. Please join the Center for the Healing […]
Want to align your finances, or those of your faith community or other faith-based organization, with the values of your faith - but not sure how to go about it? […]
The 2023 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award recognizes individuals and organizations exercising courageous, grassroots, human rights advocacy to further civil rights in the United States. At a time when many urgent, intersecting civil liberties and human rights are under attack and actively losing protections in the US, the Rothko Chapel continues a multi-year effort to […]
Houston is the Bayou City, but many of us do not touch or experience these creeks and streams in our daily lives. We drive past and over bayous without seeing […]
Please join us on Wednesday April 5, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 PM, for an intimate conversation with Ethan Michelle Ganz, a trans nonbinary individual, who uses all pronouns interchangeably. Ethan will talk about […]
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required to assure enough seating and hand outs are available. For further information and to register contact Ceil Roeger […]
Hello, My name is Jack Sims, and I am an Activism Agent for the Junior State of America (JSA). We are a youth-run, non-partisan 501(c)(3) non-profit that has been […]
The climate crisis is very real. And we tend to oversimplify it. In dealing with the climate crisis in a just manner, it is imperative that we consider the many aspects of climate justice – racial justice, economic justice, health care justice, climate migration justice, and so much more. Join retired United Methodist pastor, the […]
Research shows that children develop racial biases between ages 2-4. Explicitly discussing race and racism in developmentally appropriate ways is an important step in creating an anti-racist environment. Moreover, nurturing […]
We now have a wide window of opportunity to make real, lasting changes for clean energy and reducing carbon pollution. The Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are investing billions of dollars to build clean energy sources, electrify school buses, cap orphaned wells, and much, much more. In addition, there are many incentives for households, […]
Steve Stelzer, Program Director for Houston’s Green Building Resource Center, provides a tour through a wealth of resources available to aid you in building your resilience and living a more sustainable lifestyle. And, guess what, resilience for people is interconnected with resilience for the entire environment of which we are a part. Steve will make […]
June 2023 is the perfect time to refresh your advocacy knowledge and set goals for engaging your faith community around issues that impact the planet and its peoples. Why is it such a perfect time? The Texas legislative session just ended, and in September all eyes will turn toward the 2024 elections. Faith communities typically […]
Join Professor Kerri Crawford of the University of Houston to consider more deeply the interconnections between humans and our environment, through the lens of ecosystem services. As biodiversity is lost through anthropogenic changes, it is becoming increasingly clear how much we rely on the natural world. Nature provides us with many services, including water purification, […]
Join Lisa Reznicek of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) for a discussion of how you can connect to Texas State Parks. We know many ways humans are happier, healthier, and smarter for playing outside. TPWD is extending an invitation to join us for some fun as we celebrate 100 years of your Texas […]
2024 Greater Houston Environmental Summit and Houston Community Climate Summit
A year ago, our ministers directed church staff to change the Sunday lunch menu to plant-based food. What inspired them to act? For a year, our church’s Climate Action Team has hosted monthly plant-based potlucks. The potlucks turn out five times as many participants as the monthly lectures that we used to hold. That’s inspiration! […]
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will host its Preventing Youth Hate Crimes and Identity-Based Bullying Prevention Virtual Symposium on October 17-18, 2023 from 12:00 to 5:15 PM ET. This two-day virtual symposium coincides with Bullying Prevention Month and will focus on how to prevent extremist hate groups from radicalizing youth and […]
This is an invitation to join a powerful collective action. After more than two years of struggle to defend the Weelaunee forest in southeast Atlanta from the construction of a militarized police training facility, the movement is at a crucial crossroads. This November, there is a call for a mass action to halt construction on […]
Soil is essential to all life and is important to human health in many ways. It can filter water, provide nutrients and food, store carbon, and supply us with antibiotics […]
The Center for the Healing of Racism honors Native American Heritage Month with a visiting exhibit from the American Indian Genocide Museum on Thursday, November 9, 2023 from Noon to […]
HPJC 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
Join Adrian Shelley, Texas Office Director for Public Citizen, as he delves into energy, from underground to on the grid. Texas has been an energy state for more than a […]
White people have been a part of every movement for liberation in the USA, from the Underground Railroad, to the Civil Rights Movement, to the formation of the United Farm Workers […]
What is a pocket prairie and why would you want one at your faith community? If your faith community is maintaining lawn that it does not use, join us online […]
In the past 10 years, Houston has experienced a prairie renaissance, including the building of dozens of prominent pocket prairies on school and university campuses. These native plantings are used […]
Join Live Oak Friends, in person or online, on Sunday, May 12 at 9:20am to hear a special Zoom presentation by North America for Ukraine (NA4U), a volunteer-led organization that […]
Restoration and Renewal are somewhat synonymous activities, and Regeneration in the case of nature seems to occur when damage ceases and nature can then continue its process. Here on Earth, […]
