As you know, MLK Jr. Day is a Federal Holiday cherished by many. Therefore, I am pleased to announce the 45th "Original" MLK Day Parade in Downtown Houston on January 16, 2023. The Black Heritage Society and the City of Houston wish to invite Community Leaders, Schools, Directors, CEOs, and Businesses to join us for […]
PLEASE NOTE: TIME CHANGED TO 12:00-2:00 PM Please join us for a program in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, January 27, 2023, 12:00-2:00 pm at the Center for the Healing of Racism, 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX 77004. International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of […]
Confronting climate change will require interconnected efforts to improve technologies, policy, and diplomacy. Professor Dan Cohan of Rice University will explore the interconnections between domestic and international efforts and market-based and policy approaches to accelerate the pursuit of clean energy and slow global warming. Drawing on lessons from his recently published book, Confronting Climate Gridlock: […]
We are in an epochal change. The countries of the Global South are now demanding their innate right for development. The old order, which neither follows rules, nor is in order, is trying to prevent a change in the status quo, which protects the rights of the billionaires, but neglects the billions of people who […]
Join Dany Millikin, Director of Education at the Houston Botanic Garden, to learn how to convert the lawn at your home or house of worship to a native vegetable garden. In addition to his work at the garden, Dany has long specialized in incorporating edibles into landscaping. In fact, he co-founded Edible Earth Resources in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Calling people of all faiths, or no faith at all, to care for our shared environment! We will remove trash polluting a shoreline along Galveston Bay at Seawolf Park in Galveston, helping to protect and restore the beautiful bay ecosystem. This event will offer activities for all ages and skill levels, so bring the whole family! Supplies […]
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 on local communities – often having more impact on lower socioeconomic communities who have less flood control measures put in place and have less resilience […]
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 of Racism on Monday, February 27, 2023, 6:00 to 8:00 PM (on Zoom), to hear Prairie View A&M professor Ron Goodwin, Ph.D. discuss the history […]
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? Bob Errett has extensive experience in greening the finances of a large faith-based organization, while Lisa Brenskelle has worked for years on greening of her […]
Please join the Center for the Healing of Racism for the 5th annual Dialogue on the Plantation, March 11-12, 2023. We will travel together by bus to experience a powerful tour of three Louisiana plantations. Our first stop on will be St. Joseph Plantation, a working sugar cane plantation east of New Orleans. Oprah Winfrey’s hit […]
JHC-CDCA in NicaraguaSarah Woodward has presented before about Jubilee House Community and its work in Nicaragua as part of Center for Development in Central America. She will have a 20-25 minute powerpoint presentation, and then we'll have time for Q&A as you wish. If you've been hearing strange things about Nicaragua, this is your chance to […]
WHO: Zee Clarke is a Harvard MBA and mindfulness and breathwork expert for BIPOC communities. After spending more than 20 years leading teams at Fortune 500 companies and tech startups in Silicon Valley, Zee realized that mindfulness and breathwork were much more powerful outside of the yoga studio and in the context of our […]
Connect with God as revealed through creation at Hermann Park in this guided prayer walk in the park, using the park’s beautiful natural setting to stimulate prayer and reflection. At each stop along the walk, there will be a theme, an accompanying Bible verse, and reflection questions for you to ponder. Deepen your Christian spiritual […]
Outdoor Music, Peace and Justice Festival in a beautiful, shaded setting at the Unitarian Fellowship of Houston, with indoor space in case of bad weather. Music! Food! Information Tables! Networking! Enjoy a relaxing afternoon and evening with peace and justice activists. HPJC member organizations are invited to share information and literature, while everyone gets to […]
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 […]
Since 1986, the Rothko Chapel has been given the Óscar Romero Award in recognition of courageous, grassroots human rights advocacy. This award is named in honor of Saint Óscar Romero of San Salvador, who was assassinated in March 1980 while conducting Catholic Mass in a local hospital chapel. He is recognized internationally for his vocal opposition against […]
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 them, but every day we make decisions and take actions that impact our water in profound ways. Are your actions having a positive or negative […]
