KPFT Local Station Board Meeting
Montrose Center 401 Branard Street, Houston, TX, United StatesThis body meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 7-10pm at the Montrose Center. Public comment is from 8 to 8.30pm.
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Houston Vigil Against Detention Camps at SW Key
Southwest Key Detention Center 419 Emancipation Ave., HoustonOn July 12, people across the United States will gather to make a stand against detention camps and the human rights abuses of ICE.
Join us to make a statement and to organize together as a community to stand up for what is right at the Southwest Key Detention Center on Emancipation Avenue, where kids have recently been moved in.
Free
VegFest Houston
Minute Maid Park 501 Crawford St.The 7th Annual VegFest Houston is moving to a huge new home at Minute Maid Park! Our Vegan Festival features include: superb vegan restaurants, exciting vegan and abolitionist animal rights organizations, 'Kids Zone' Makerspace with crafts, vegan food & fitness demos, our popular "Ask a Vegan" booth and panels, free product samples, like-minded community booths and green businesses, plus raffle prize giveaways. Join us we make history again on Saturday, July 13, 2019!
Free film screening: The Chocolate Case
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesCome 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
Peace Camp 2019 – Week Three
Cameron Retreat Center 2402 Holcombe, Houston, TX, United StatesPeace Camp is an alternative day camp, from 9am - 3pm, for children ages 5-18. The focus will be on developing inner peace and building problem solving skills. Yoga, gardening, special guests, using puppets co-operative games, and cooking are some of the activities planned. Youth who are 13 and older will have a curriculum that deals with gun control, racism, LGBTQ issues, PTSD, and other more mature topics.
Prepare for Congressional Recess: July 21, Houston
Bering Memorial United Methodist Church 1440 Harold St., Houston, TX, United StatesThis event prepares you to meet with congressional district offices during their August recess. TX Impact will be coordinating legislative visits for both TX state and Congressional legislators after the training during the month of August. We'll be focusing on immigration, climate and energy and health policy.
Free
United We Win – Collaborating to Solve Houston’s Toughest Environmental Challenges
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2019 is environmental issues and what you can do.
In July, Jaime Gonzalez, Houston Urban Conservation Programs Manager for The Nature Conservancy, will highlight a variety of local environmental issues, and how local people/organizations are coming together to address them. He will explain tools used for environmental action mapping that make collective action more effective. And, he’ll speak about how all of us can work together to create positive environmental change.
Free
Bruce Elementary Press Conference re: I-45 Expansion
Bruce Elementary School 510 Jensen Dr., Houston(HOUSTON, TX) – Community advocates and concerned residents will hold a rally and press conference on Tuesday, July 23, at 10:30 a.m. to urge Houston-Galveston Area Council’s (H-GAC) Transportation Policy Council (TPC) to delay voting on funding for Segment 2 of Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) controversial North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP), or the I-45 expansion.
Free
Refuse Fascism Bridge Blogging
Giving Houston's drivers a "voice" and keep Houstonians aware that the Resistance is alive and growing. Tuesdays 4:30 pm at 59 and Montrose Bridge. Theme changes every week according to Refuse Fascism's perspective to resist Trump's regime.
Waking (Let’s Talk) News
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United StatesCome; share an article with us! Bring a bag lunch and your articles clipped from newspapers, magazines, journals or online sources relating to discrimination, oppression and all forms of racism. Join us in a lively discussion and contribute your ideas and materials to the Center for the Healing of Racism. During 2019, we will meet on the last Friday of each month (January through October) from Noon to 2:00 pm at 3412 Crawford Street (corner of Holman), Houston, TX 77004.
None. Donations encouraged.
HPJC Volunteer and Member Appreciation Party
8th Wonder Brewery 2202 Dallas Street, HoustonYou are invited to join us at 8th Wonder Brewery to show appreciation for our amazing volunteers and member organizations. Meet new folks interested in peace activism and catch up with old characters. Our President, Jeff Reese, will also be present to share with us some of the powerful and important actions HPJC has been involved in so far this year. Beverages will be provided.
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 […]
Peace Camp 2019 – Week Four
First Unitarian Universalist Church 5200 Fannin St., Houston, TX, United StatesPeace Camp is an alternative day camp, from 9am - 3pm, for children ages 5-18. The focus will be on developing inner peace and building problem solving skills. Yoga, gardening, special guests, using puppets co-operative games, and cooking are some of the activities planned. Youth who are 13 and older will have a curriculum that deals with gun control, racism, LGBTQ issues, PTSD, and other more mature topics.
Houston Rapid Response Network Training
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesThe Houston Rapid Response Network is a group of people on-call to show up for people and families impacted by current anti-immigration laws. The training will review actions to help counteract deportation and the splitting up of families in our state. The training also covers how documented allies can play both small and large roles in the network and how all of us together can show up in solidarity with the undocumented and migrant people in our community.
Free
Traveler at Bohemeo’s – Peace Camp Fundraiser
Bohemeo's 708 Telephone Road, HoustonWe 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
Transition Houston Meeting: The Green New Deal
Haven's Center 1827 W Alabama St, Houston, TX, United StatesThe Green New Deal What Does it Mean for Me and What Does it Mean for the Future? We hope you'll join us for our August Transition Houston meeting! Socializing starts at 6:30pm and the meeting begins at 7:00pm at the Haven’s Center, 1827 W Alabama St, Houston, TX 77098. There are moments in history […]
Film Screening: Babylon
Brown Auditorium Theater 1001 Bissonnet, HoustonThe incendiary Babylon has been finally released in the U.S., playing to packed screenings and hailed as a true discovery. Raw and smoldering, it follows a dancehall DJ (Brinsley Forde, front man of the British reggae group Aswad) in South London as he pursues his musical ambitions, battling against the racism and xenophobia of employers, neighbors, and police. The blistering soundtrack features Aswad, Johnny Clarke, Dennis Bovell, and more.
$7 – $65
Walk with a Doc
Evelyn's park 4400 Bellaire Blvd, BellaireInspiring healthy lifestyle behaviors in individuals and communities. Participants walk with the Doc(s) and ask questions on health related topics.
Free
The Silence of Others (El silencio de otros)
Brown Auditorium Theater 1001 Bissonnet, HoustonFilmed 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
“From Hate to Healing”
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United StatesThe Center for the Healing of Racism invites you to “FROM HATE TO HEALING,” a dialogue around present-day hate in this country.
Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required.