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  • Interfaith Justice Advocacy Workshop

    online not applicable, not applicable, United States

    June 2025 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 […]

    Free
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    Plant-powered potluck – For the Animals, By Humans

    First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, 5200 Fannin Street Houston, TX 77004 Houston

    Join us for a compassionate celebration of flavor and community! Our Plant-Based Potluck brings together animal lovers to enjoy delicious cruelty-free cuisine where no animals are harmed. Free vegan pizza from Meek's Vegan Pizza! Challenge everything you thought you knew about plant-based eating as our expert speaker debunks common vegan myths and shares practical tips […]

  • Cultivating Change: New American Farmers and Their Role in a Greener Houston

    online not applicable, not applicable, United States

    Urban Houston faces both environmental and social challenges: food deserts, high resource costs, and barriers for refugees-turned-farmers seeking to build sustainable livelihoods. In this talk, we’ll explore how Plant It Forward leverages government and private support to secure land for New American farmers, reducing carbon footprints through hyper-local production and empowering communities through equitable land […]

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  • We The Free Animal Sanctuary Volunteering

    Join us for a beautiful morning of giving back at a local animal sanctuary! Expect to get dirty, sweaty, and covered in love from the animals! This is your chance to help rescued animals, support the sanctuary, and connect with fellow advocates. We’ll be assisting with cleaning, feeding, and general upkeep to ensure the animals […]

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  • Sanctuary Volunteering

    Location: Will be DM'ed to attendees for security precautions All volunteers will receive a free vegan pizza. Join us for a beautiful morning of giving back at a local sanctuary! Expect to get dirty, sweaty, and covered in love from the animals! This is your chance to help rescued animals, support the sanctuary, and connect […]

    Free

  • Country Fiddles & Vegan Gelato

    Vegan Donuts Houston 16618 Clay Rd Suite 125, Houston, Texas, United States

    Summer is here and it's the perfect time to indulge in vegan frozen treats. Precisely for this reason, Vegan Donut & Gelato is holding another free community event to cool things down, with an emphasis on free ice cream. You read that right the event is free-entry and attendees will enjoy vegan gelato, foods and […]

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  • Join Us As We Honor the Life Of Laura Marcinkowski

    Laura Marcinkowski Join us to honor one of our cherished Houston Peace & Justice(HPJC) members and supporters. HPJC expresses its most sincere condolences to one of our leaders, Joe Marcinkowski, and his family. Saturday, August 9, 2025Service: 10:00 AM (Lunch to follow)Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church17503 El Camino Real, Webster, TX 77058 The service can […]

  • Thom Hartmann w/Grant Peeples: A KPFT Soiree

    Tickets to KPFT’s Soirée with Thom Hartmann and Grant Peeples, including Q&A and a book signing session, at Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church on August 9, 2025 are available now! If you got your tix at the $60 level on KPFT’s website, a copy of Hartmann’s most recent book, The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the […]

  • HPJC Board Meeting

    The 3rd HPJC Board meeting for 2025 will be held over Zoom. The Zoom Invitation and Agenda will be sent by email to all board members no later than August 9.

  • There is a Conservationist in Everyone

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    Join Karla Klay, Executive Director of Artist Boat, to learn about Artist Boat’s effort to conserve 1,400 acres on West Galveston Island. Since 2010, 1,039 acres have been conserved through 15 transactions totaling $25 million dollars. This effort has taken a village of partners at Federal, State, and local levels. Bringing together these partners, as […]

    Free

  • Rothko Concert for Peace 2025

    Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St., Houston, TX, United States

    Are you having trouble quieting the noise around you? Step into a morning of music and poetry that invites stillness, reflection, and peace, Join us for a contemplative morning of music and poetry, presented in collaboration with Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) Houston. This special gathering will weave together the rich traditions of Indian classical music […]

  • Living the Change

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    Scientists tell us that we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 (vs. a 2010 baseline), and that 25 – 30% of all needed emissions reductions must come from individuals/households. 50% may seem like a very high hurdle. But, it translates to only a 8%/year reduction, starting now. And, you may have […]

    Free

  • Texas Observer Roundtable on Resiliance & Leadership, 20 Years after Hurricane Katrina

    Texas Observer Roundtable on Resiliance & Leadership, 20 Years after Hurricane Katrina
    Julia Ideson Bldg 550 McKinney St, Houston

    Join the Texas Observer in Houston on September 10 The Lingering Storm: 20 Years After Katrina—Stories of Hope and ActionJoin us in Houston on Wednesday, September 10, for an evening of reflection, storytelling, and conversation. Two decades after Hurricane Katrina reshaped the Gulf Coast and the country, we're gathering to reflect on the storm's legacy […]

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  • Sun Day

    Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston

    Sunday, September 21 is a day of action to celebrate solar and wind power, and the widespread adoption of renewable energy sources in Texas and worldwide. Sun Day Houston 2025 will feature inspirational speakers at 2 p.m., exhibits throughout the event, workshops at 3 p.m. (Rain Barrels for the Houston Area Community), 3:30 p.m. (Tips […]

    Free

  • Tips and Tricks to Going Solar

    Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston

    Sophy Ashworth, a long-time solar homeowner and volunteer with the non-profit Solar United Neighbors (SUN), will share from her and SUN's experience how best to invest in solar, avoid scams, and hedge against rising electricity costs. Bring your questions and between Sophy and SUN's great Help Desk, we will help take down the barriers to […]

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  • Houston Community Climate Summit

    Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural and Events Center 5309 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX

    The climate crisis is already here in Houston — and so is the power to fight back. The 2025 Houston Community Climate Summit is a community-led gathering bringing together organizers, youth, elders, artists, frontline residents, and advocates to build a shared vision for climate justice in the Greater Houston Area and Texas Gulf Coast. A […]

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  • The Nuts and Bolts of Integral Ecology

    Online TX

    What is integral ecology, and how can we put it into practice? Join Sr. Damien Marie Savino as she addresses these questions, focusing on the notion of integral ecology introduced by Pope Francis in his environmental encyclical, Laudato Si’ and explored in her new book Learning the Language of Creation, to be released in January […]

    Free

  • People’s Ecochallenge

    online not applicable, not applicable, United States

    The online People’s Ecochallenge offers you the opportunity to care for the earth by taking on a challenge(s) in: community, energy, food, health, nature, simplicity, transportation, waste, and water.  You can learn about these topics, take action in your personal life, advocate or create a new environmental justice/stewardship habit over the course of the month […]

    Free

  • Earth and Soul book discussion group

    Earth and Soul book discussion group
    online not applicable, not applicable, United States

    Facing directly into the devastation of climate chaos and biodiversity loss, Earth and Soul takes readers on a soul journey through grief and loss to also claim the beauty, joy and possibilities available when we reconnect with Earth. As we follow the author’s compelling personal experiences and engagingly lyrical stories of whales, cedars, sparrows, and […]

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  • Clean Water in Action: Advocacy Through the Permitting Process

    online not applicable, not applicable, United States

    Join Alenka Cardenas and Clara Goodwin of Bayou City Waterkeeper for an overview of the Clean Water Act's permitting programs. Alenka and Clara will teach attendees how to use a variety of monitoring and reporting tools to identify and correct water permit violations. They will also share best practices for advocating through the permitting process to […]

    Free

  • Climate Solutions 101

    Faithful Resilience: A Study on Climate Resilience for Faith Communities
    online not applicable, not applicable, United States

    Think there is no solution to climate change? Nothing could be farther from the truth. Effective climate solutions are available now! Climate Solutions 101 is the world’s first major educational effort focused solely on climate solutions. Rather than rehashing well-known climate challenges, these materials from Project Drawdown concentrate on game-changing climate action based on rigorous […]

    Free

  • Via Creationis: Walking the Way of Creation

    Hermann Park 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston

    Gain a richer appreciation of the great mystery of God’s creation in this guided walk in Hermann Park, using the park’s beautiful natural setting to prayerfully ponder this mystery and […]

    Free

  • 2025 HPJC Peacemaker Awards Ceremony

    Dominican Sisters of Houston Spirituality Center Meeting Room Dominican Sisters of Houston, 6501 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX, United States

    The Houston Peace & Justice Center is excited to announce the Peacemaker Awardees who we will recognize at our annual Peacemaker Awards Ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 9, and encourage you to make your reservations soon for this event - which is also the primary fundraiser for the year, for all of HPJC's activities. Peacemaker Awardees […]

  • Drawdown Roadmap

    The Path of Hope: A Study on Climate Action for Faith Communities
    online not applicable, not applicable, United States

    You may know that there are many possible solutions to combat climate change.  But, how do we focus our efforts, create the most effective plan and really make a difference on climate before it’s too late? The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions, pointing to which climate actions governments, businesses, investors, […]

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  • HPJC Board Meeting & Annual Elections

    Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United States

    The HPJC Annual Board Meeting and Annual Elections will be held in person, and we hope all HPJC Board members can attend. It will be at the Houston Mennonite Church at 1231 Wirt Road, about a mile north of I-10. The meeting will start promptly at 10:30 am, but we need Board members to arrive […]

  • HPJC 2025 Holiday Networking Mixer/Social/Lunch

    Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United States

    HPJC invites representatives from other Houston area non-profits to join us for a pot-luck lunch and holiday networking mixer/social at the Houston Mennonite Church on Saturday, Dec. 6. It will start at 12:30 pm, immediately following an HPJC Board meeting that day Please RSVP to let us know you are coming here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eCCwtwu9-Rm2tD5_K9bX0nDkS8VLcChMv9xM1Dp7f-s/edit?usp=sharing or email […]

  • Book Launch: To Gaza With Love

    Trinity Episcopal Church 1015 Holman St., Houston, Texas, United States

    Book Launch: To Gaza With Love by Dr. Samina SalimHouston, TX – December 6, 2025 — Trinity Episcopal Church will host the highly anticipated launch of To Gaza With Love, a moving new book by Dr. Samina Salim, on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at 2:00 PM. To Gaza With Love is an evocative collection of reflections, poetry, and art; a deeply personal […]

  • 【Season of Giving Special Event】Dialogue on Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza and New Pathways to Peace

    For nearly 80 years, the Palestinian issue has been defined by ongoing conflict, occupation, and hardship, profoundly affecting the stability of both the Middle East and the wider international community. The situation has further deteriorated since October 2023. In Gaza, a severe humanitarian crisis continues, with reports indicating that more than 69,000 people have lost […]