Weekly Wednesday Actions: 4:30pm every Wednesday at ONE Allen Center (corner of Dallas & Smith in Downtown) The J4J team has a fun-filled line-up of activities for the rest of the […]
The J4J team has a fun-filled line-up of activities for the rest of the month of May leading up to the janitors’ contract expiration on May 31st. #RaiseHouston #RaiseAmerica #MakeHoustonGreat #HoustonJanitors #Fightfor15 […]
YOU are invited to visit & have a good time with other peace & justice activists. Bring information to share, if you wish, about your favorite upcoming event, or just come and relax.
The J4J team has a fun-filled line-up of activities for the rest of the month of May leading up to the janitors’ contract expiration on May 31st. #RaiseHouston #RaiseAmerica #MakeHoustonGreat #HoustonJanitors #Fightfor15 […]
The J4J team has a fun-filled line-up of activities for the rest of the month of May leading up to the janitors’ contract expiration on May 31st. #RaiseHouston #RaiseAmerica #MakeHoustonGreat #HoustonJanitors #Fightfor15 […]
What is Taizé anyway? Taizé is a village in France where a unique ecumenical form of contemplative worship was created by a monastic community for people worldwide. It originated following WWII under the leadership of Brother Roger and today has become a very significant site of religious pilgrimage. The pilgrims return home encouraged to live in the spirit of kindness, simplicity and reconciliation. Come as you are to this free service
This is the regional premier of "Lidless", a play about a former Guantanamo Bay interrogator who wants to move on with her life, her former detainee Bashir, and her daugher who wants to know more about her mother's former life. LIDLESS explores the conflicting eroticism and brutality of violence amid the domestic fallout of personal trauma.
This year we are proud to have FIVE public weeks of Peace Camp, each at a different location in Houston, 9AM-3:30 PM for each week! Volunteers and donations are needed, too.
* Houston Mennonite Church - 1231 Wirt Rd 77055 - June 6-10
* First Congregational Church- 10840 Beinhorn, 77024 - June 20-24
* S.H.A.P.E. Community Center - 3903 Almeda, 77004 - June 27-July 1
* Cameron Retreat Center - 2403 Holcombe-77021 - July 18-22
* Emerson Unitarian Church - 1900 Bering Dr. 77057 - July 25-29
The Houston GardenCrawl is a biking event that will take place in 5-6 locations throughout the innerloop of Houston. We will ride from Market Square Park downtown to various community gardens. At each spot we will hear about the projects going on at the garden and hear/see local musicians! We will also have live art and music at the last stop!
Check back for more details and a draft agenda the week before this meeting.
Houston Community Vigil for Orlando from 6-7 pm Monday at the Montrose Center, 401 Branard Street
This month Andrew Cobb will present on his apprenticeship at the Possibility Alliance (PA), a electric free and low petroleum permaculture farm in Missouri. At the farm they cooked by wood fire, made wattle fences from the forest, raised animals, and hosted visitors looking to learn about nonviolent living.
The City of Houston will host a public candlelight vigil in remembrance of the victims of the Orlando shooting rampage. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Houston City Hall […]
This is a potluck for the friends and families of Peace Camp, and an opportunity to learn more about it and talk with people involved with the camp.
Want to learn to make homemade Kombucha and Wild Fermented root drinks like Ginger Beer, Turmeric Beer, and Sunchoke Beer? They are all fermented to be full of probiotics (healthy gut!), non-alcoholic (less than .5 percent), and simple to make.
Hello all, This Saturday 6/18 we meet from 12 to 1:30 at 7801 Oldhaven St, 77074. Bring snacks as you like. As a preview of our discussion, meetings from now […]
The Center for the Healing of Racism Presents
The 22nd Annual Juneteenth Ally Award Bar-B-Que Luncheon THE COLOR OF FORGIVENESS
Since 2009, 55 people have died in the Harris County jail because they couldn't afford bail.
That is NOT right. That is NOT just.
77% of people in the Harris County jail are there because they can't afford a bail of $5,000 or less.
This year we are proud to have FIVE public weeks of Peace Camp, each at a different location in Houston, 9AM-3:30 PM for each week! Volunteers and donations are needed, too.
* Houston Mennonite Church - 1231 Wirt Rd 77055 - June 6-10
* First Congregational Church- 10840 Beinhorn, 77024 - June 20-24
* S.H.A.P.E. Community Center - 3903 Almeda, 77004 - June 27-July 1
* Cameron Retreat Center - 2403 Holcombe-77021 - July 18-22
* Emerson Unitarian Church - 1900 Bering Dr. 77057 - July 25-29
This summer, bring your friends, family and a blanket – and the Rothko Chapel will supply the music. Spend one Thursday a month at the Chapel, exploring the Americas through music with "Summer Sounds on the Plaza." The indigenous cultures of Mexico, Central America and South America will all be honored and celebrated in performances.
