Join VoteSimple, Indivisible Houston, Swing TX Left, Emgage, Gulf Coast ADAPT, and more for a rally this Saturday, April 17th, 10 AM CT at the Greater Houston Partnership building located at 701 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX 77010 as we continue to raise awareness around voter suppression. All activities will follow social distancing and […]
Help protest against the violence and brutal suppression by the military against the peaceful pro-democracy protests. We will be holding the Protest in front of Chevron Headquarters in Houston to urge Chevron to stop dealing with Junta, to bankrolling Junta, and to cut ties with Junta.
Trade objects and services without using common currency Support Earth Day efforts to decrease our carbon foot print Opportunity to share in the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, stewardship, and community […]
For the second barter fair in a row, we will also welcome blues guitarist Jim Presley to the Barter Fair sound stage. Jim will play Old School Acoustic Blues plus original creations in this tradition and others, as well as Native American songs interspersed with delightful stories. Learn more about Jim and his music here Concert will […]
World-renowned theoretical physicist to discuss his book, Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe, in a half-hour interview with Progressive Forum president Randall […]
Bring a bag lunch! Come; share an article with us! Bring your articles clipped from newspapers, magazines, journals, or computers relating to discrimination, oppression and all forms of racism. Join […]
Join the Rothko Chapel for a livestream meditation in the Islamic tradition led by Mohamed Hussein and organized by the Minaret Foundation. Comparing elements of sound in different Quran recitation […]
Please join the Houston Peace & Justice Center via Zoom for our Quarterly Board Meeting. Organizational members are asked to send a representative to each Quarterly Board Meeting. Individual members are always welcome to attend.
We welcome members to send in their agenda items. Hope to see everyone there!
100 Climate Solutions for Houses of Worship & Their Members Sunday, May 9, 2 p.m., online “Can we reverse global warming by 2050?” is the question addressed by Project […]
Learn how to help people targeted by identity-based bigotry and harassment. Register today at https://houstonagainsthate.org/BIT This FREE 1.5-hour, interactive training will teach you Hollaback!’s 5D’s of bystander intervention methodology. We’ll start […]
Join Kristen Schlemmer, Legal Director at Bayou City Waterkeeper, as she considers how disasters, while affecting large portions of the Houston population, impact the vulnerable more severely and why building […]
Free and open to the public, with donations encouraged. To reserve your spot and receive a Zoom link, please register below by May 23. To register after May 23, please email cfhr1@juno.com. https://www.centerhealingracism.org/event/say-his-name-commemorating-george-floyd-one-year-later-on-zoom/
Bring a bag lunch! Come; share an article with us! Bring your articles clipped from newspapers, magazines, journals, or computers 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 tool kit. This event is free and open to the public. […]
Join the Rothko Chapel for a livestream meditation in celebration of Pride month in the Unitarian Universalist tradition led by Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen and Mark Vogel of First Unitarian […]
Access to safe, reliable and affordable transportation is vital to all of us. Whether we travel in a car, bus, train, bicycle, wheelchair or on foot, we can’t get to where we need to go — work, school, healthcare, supermarket or socializing — without transportation. All too often, government transportation policies promote driving a car […]
You are invited to The Franchise Show at the NRG Center from June 5 – 6, 2021! (*Safety Precautions are in Place*) Buying a franchise or proven business opportunity eliminates all the hard work of opening a business independently and will help avoid much of the risk of starting a new business. Take […]
Faith & Resilience: Spiritual Hubs Sunday, June 6, 3 p.m, online Join Jim Blackburn, long-time environmental lawyer/planner and Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law in the Civil and Environmental […]
Join us for a livestream lecture and conversation exploring the Rothko Chapel paintings with art historian Sheldon Nodelman and Christopher Rothko! In 1997, Sheldon Nodelman authored Rothko Chapel Paintings: Origin, Structure, Meaning, where he explored the Rothko Chapel as a "masterpiece of twentieth century art and incontestably the greatest work of pictorial installation to date, […]
Please join us for our first reading group event. We have chosen the work of George Orwell. He was a socialist, author, and war correspondent for the BBC. If you […]
Learn how to help people targeted by identity-based bigotry and harassment. Register today at https://houstonagainsthate.org/BIT This FREE 1.5-hour, interactive training will teach you Hollaback!’s 5D’s of bystander intervention methodology. We’ll start […]
Learn how to help people targeted by identity-based bigotry and harassment. Register today at https://houstonagainsthate.org/BIT This FREE 1.5-hour, interactive training will teach you Hollaback!’s 5D’s of bystander intervention methodology. We’ll start […]
Please join us to honor Lupita Nyong’o, recipient of our 28th Juneteenth Ally Award. Don’t miss Lupita’s insightful conversation with Houston’s own Cherry Steinwender, co-founder and director of the Center for the Healing of Racism. The Academy Award winning actress is being honored for being such an inspiring role model for young people of color throughout […]
Veiga Grétarsdóttir is the first person in the world to attempt to kayak more than 1,200 miles around Iceland, counterclockwise and “against the current.” Veiga’s personal journey is no less remarkable: she was born as a boy 44 years ago in an Icelandic fishing village. Veigar had a wife and family but decided at the […]
Join Dr. Bruce Race, FAIA, FAICP, Professor of Architecture at the University of Houston, as he considers how Houston could transition to a low carbon future. Texas is the historic global epicenter for the carbon economy. Oil and gas represent over one third of the state economy. Texas’ $1.9 trillion GDP, if a country, would […]
The foster care system is failing Black and Brown children and the death of Ma’Khia Bryant is just one of many examples. Please join us for a presentation about Racism in Foster Care by Alan Dettlaff, Dean of the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work on Monday, June 28, 2021, 12:00-2:00PM. A facilitated […]
This timely social drama from Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi considers the human rights of children. The story follows a clever 12-year-old and his resourceful friends who live on the streets […]
Our next monthly virtual meeting will be on Monday, July 5th, 2021 at 6:15 PM (Central). The speaker for this meeting is Diana Mushtaha, Member of the Palestinian American Bridge (PAB). […]
Join the Rothko Chapel for a Zoom laughter meditation led by Stephen Findley. This interactive, family-friendly offering will focus on the power of laughter and humor to encourage healing and […]
Join Jeff Lindner, Director of Hydrologic Operations, Harris County Flood Control District, as he discusses how to stay safe in a natural disaster. Jeff’s presentation will cover the various hazards that impact a region during a hurricane landfall, including wind, rainfall and storm surge flooding. Jeff will then go on to address how to prepare […]
Peace Camp provides the Houston metropolitan area with an alternative day camp experience which fosters an understanding of peace, justice, and environmental awareness appropriate to the age of the child. […]
