Artistic Social for HPJC

Mother Dog Studios 720 Walnut, Houston

The 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.

Free

Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film: Growing Up Female

Brown Auditorium Theater 1001 Bissonnet, Houston

Controversial upon its release, the first feature-length film of the modern women’s movement looks at female socialization through a peek into the lives of six women, ages 4 to 35, and the forces that shape them: teachers, counselors, advertising, music, and marriage. The film was widely used by consciousness-raising groups to generate interest and help explain feminism to a skeptical society. Viewers now have a chance to see how much has changed and how much remains the same.

$7 – $65

Escalting Resistance: Mass Rebellion Training

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

Extinction Rebellion Houston is hosting a nonviolence workshop with longtime nonviolence trainer and activist Lisa Fithian.

Lisa will be offering a three hour training to hone our strategies and tactics to impact power holders and create social disruption at increasingly larger scales. This organizing requires attention to how we build collective power that heals and liberates us from our socialization in the dominant culture of superiority – white, male, rich and Christian.

Free

Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film: Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

Brown Auditorium Theater 1001 Bissonnet, Houston

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature, Seeing Red recounts the experiences of ordinary Americans who joined the Communist Party, and the high price many of them paid during the Red Scare in the 1950s. Compiled from more than 400 interviews with former and current Party members, the film delivers an engaging, funny, and human portrait of 50 years of activism. Iconic folk singer Pete Seeger and a dozen other members share personal stories that take on a special resonance today.

$7 – $65

Income inequality reform

Lambo Restsurant 6159 Westheimer, Houston

Discuss how to make a dent in income and wealth inequality.

Free

Lunch & Learn Dialogues: Racism in K-12 Education

Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX

Bring your lunch to the Center for the Healing of Racism for a presentation by local education activist and school psychologist Sarah Becker.  The talk will be followed by a dialogue.

Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required

Embodying Nonviolent Communication – David Weinstock

Dominican Sisters of Houston 6501 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX, United States

Practice embodying nonviolence through movement and play. Whole mind/body/linguistic practice, engaged over time, is where we come face to face with the history we’ve embodied, our deeper selves, our most profound gifts, and the motivation to connect more compassionately in the world.

• Develop your empathic listening faculties
• Cultivate a centered presence in stressful times
• Make decisions and take actions that align with your values
• Nurture intimate connections and cultivate community

$390

Lobby Training With Amnesty Houston

Olive Branch Room 2360 Rice Blvd., Houston

Free and open to the public, including nonmembers. Amnesty International, Houston, local 23 will offer lobby training: getting petition signatures, letter writing,  public events and lobbying your political leaders.  We hope you'll attend and put another tool in your activist toolbox as we work for human rights change here in Houston.

Free

Fifth Annual “Dialogue on the Plantation”

Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX

The fifth annual “Dialogue on the Plantations” includes guided tours of three Louisiana plantations: St. Joseph, Laura and Whitney Plantation. The latter is the site of the acclaimed Whitney Plantation Museum that pays homage to all of the enslaved Africans and their descendants who lived in the US South. The cost includes transportation on a video/WIFI bus equipped with a restroom, snacks on the bus, admission to all plantations, dinner, breakfast and an amazing learning opportunity.

$299

Foreign Policy Social

Cafe Express 1422 W Gray Street, Houston, United States

Come join members of the Foreign Policy Alliance to discuss concerns developments and opinions related to U.S. foreign policy, militarism and endless war, including, but not limited to: recent developments with regard to Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries we are militarily involved with, the bloated Pentagon and military budget, the nuclear threat, and positions and likely actions of the Democratic presidential candidates and/or the Trump Administration in the years ahead.

Free

Waking News!

Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX

Come share an article you found in a magazine, journal, or online resource relating to discrimination, oppression, or any forms of racism. Then join us in a lively discussion where we engage in the complexities of racism and how we can all heal from it.

Free. RSVP required. Donations appreciated

Heading for Extinction and What to Do About It

by zoom--link on website Houston

"Heading for Extinction--and what to do about it" is the classic Extinction Rebellion presentation known as "the talk", given with a Houston twist. Please join us to learn the scope and scale of our current predicament, why current approaches are flawed, and how you can make a difference.

Free

The Wonders of the Deep Sea

Approximately two thirds of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans with an average depth of about 2.65 miles. Below 0.62 miles, the water is completely dark, temperatures plummet to 39 °F, and the pressure is about 40 times the pressure of earth’s atmosphere. Nonetheless, many creatures can live in this extreme place having no light. Deep sea explorations have found shrimp, fish, coral, tube worms, mussels, starfish, and many other creatures even below 2 miles. About 95% of the ocean remains unexplored, and marine scientists continuously find new species in this unusual place. In addition to creatures, huge quantities of methane gas hydrates and billions of tons of manganese nodules are found in deep ocean floors (2-4 miles deep). Manganese nodules grow only 10-100 millimeters per million years. Gas hydrates may contain roughly twice the carbon contained in all reserves of coal, oil, and conventional natural gas combined. Join Professor Hyun-Min Hwang of Texas Southern University to be awestruck by these, and other, wonders of the deep sea.

Free

The Center for Hearing and Speech’s Sound & Soul Gala

The Ballroom at Bayou Place 500 Texas St., 2nd floor, Houston

The 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.”

Evening with Robert Reich

Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd, Houston

A lecture event with Robert Reich on his upcoming book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It.

$150

Close the Camps! Free Them All! April 19 Demonstration at SWK!

Never Again Action-Houston will hold a second COVID-safe, car-only demonstration to demand the closure of the Southwest Key detention center at 419 Emancipation Avenue on Sunday, April 19, at 1:30 pm. We will assemble in the parking lot diagonally across from the detention center and place signs on our cars--at a safe distance from each other. Please bring your own signs and tape! Then we will form a caravan and drive around the detention center, honking and chanting as we go, for about one hour.

The Wonders of Coastal Wetlands

Historically, wetlands were considered useless land, and we filled them in to make farmland and housing. Today, we realize that wetlands provide numerous valuable services to humanity, and we seek to protect and restore them. Coastal wetlands are threatened by a number of factors, but can be remarkably resilient to moderate rates of sea level rise. This talk will review some of the benefits we derive from coastal wetlands, discuss the threats facing them, and explain why we have reason to expect that wetlands will survive despite ongoing global change. Join this conversation with Professor Steven Pennings of the University of Houston as we wonder at coastal wetlands!

Free

Earth Week Events!

Happy EarthDay Week from the Houston Peace & Justice Center! There are lots of virtual activities going on this week. Please visit xrhouston.com for more information!

Lunch & Learn Dialogues: Racism Higher Education

Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX

Bring your lunch to the Center for the Healing of Racism on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 11:45 AM to 1:15 PM, for a presentation by Stephen Cherry, PhD, a sociology professor at UH Clear Lake, about Racism in Higher Education. The talk will be followed by a dialogue.

Free. RSVP required. Donations appreciated

Spring 2020 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event

Willow Waterhole Greenspace 5300 Dryad, Houston

Calling people of all faiths, or no faith at all, to engage in hands-on care for our shared environment at the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve in Houston.

Free