Cancelled: HPJC Quarterly Board Meeting
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesHPJC holds a quarterly board meeting for member organizations and executive committee members to discuss business items and network.
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HPJC Board Meeting
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesThird Quarter Board Meeting
August 26, 2017 - 1-3 pm
Houston Mennonite Church, 1231 Wirt Rd, Houston, Tx
Open To All Members - Guests also welcome
An excellent way to get to know HPJC as an organization if you are considering joining.
A Dialogue About Tears We Cannot Stop
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United StatesWorking as a white ally against racism is hard but not impossible. One thing that doesn’t help the cause is saying “I don’t see color.” The failure to see color only benefits white America. A world without color is a world without racial debt. Rather, the most radical action a white person can take is to acknowledge privilege, to admit that in the institutional and deep psychological structures of the United States, the underlying assumption is that white lives are worth more than black lives.
Free. Donations encouraged.
Center for Civic Engagement-Kingwood 2017-18 Schedule
Civic engagement means promoting the quality of life in a community through both political and nonpolitical processes. It teaches many different executive skills such as: grit, self-control, zest, social intelligence, gratitude, optimism, and curiosity. Check the event for multiple topics and dates.
Progressive Movie Night
Join the Houston Communist Party for our monthly Progressive Movie Night! This month our feature film will be Sergei Eisenstein's classic, "Battleship Potemkin". When they are fed rancid meat, the […]
Free
INVESTIGATING RUSSIA—2017 Natalie M. Smith PH.D.
Bay Area UU Church 17503 El Camino Real , Houston, TX, United StatesNatalie M Smith visited Crimea, Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, as a delegate of the Center for Citizen Initiatives in May 2017. She has a Ph.D. in Russian literature and linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and has traveled in the Russian Federation since 1995. CCI, the largest citizen diplomacy organization between the two nations, determined this year to carry out a first-ever “information-gathering” delegation of American citizen investigators who would travel to major Russian cities to learn what is happening in Russia – since many allegations are made in US mainstream media and few know whether it is truth or misinformation.
Free
Latinx History Month
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United StatesIn celebration of Latinx History Month, the Center for the Healing of Racism will present a screening and discussion of “Latino Americans” on Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 7:00 to […]
Free. Donations encouraged. Registration required.
Investigating Russia 2017 Natalie M. Smith PH.D
Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United StatesNatalie M Smith visited Crimea, Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, as a delegate of the Center for Citizen Initiatives in May 2017. She has a Ph.D. in Russian literature and linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and has traveled in the Russian Federation since 1995. CCI, the largest citizen diplomacy organization between the two nations, determined this year to carry out a first-ever “information-gathering” delegation of American citizen investigators who would travel to major Russian cities to learn what is happening in Russia – since many allegations are made in US mainstream media and few know whether it is truth or misinformation.
Free
September 2017 Economic Justice Working Group monthly meeting
The Black Hole Coffee House 4504 Graustark, Houston, United StatesCome join us as we discuss current plans and future goals relating to economic justice.
Repair Cafe
TXRX Labs 6501 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX, United StatesOur society revolves around consumption. Personal consumption of durable goods add up to 8% of GDP, and non-durable goods add up to 15%, totaling about $4 trillion dollars annually in the USA! The more we buy, the more we throw away, often during the first year! And... most people no longer know how to repair things.
ACR Houston Lifetime Achievement Gala
The Junior League of Houston 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, United StatesA Salute to Leaders in the Field of Conflict Resolution
The Association for Conflict Resolution Houston (ACRH) Chapter, a 501c3 since 2001, is holding its inaugural benefit to raise funds for the professional commitment of local mediators to initiate Peer Mediation programs within schools in the Harris County and contiguous counties.
Houston Peace News 2017 Jazz Fundraiser
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesFeaturing: Peace Camp Youth, Bob Henschen Jazz Quartet, Free Radicals, vegetarian Indian dinner, and an Art Auction
$10 – $30
Share Your Peace: Creatives Resist
Solidarity Houston 6733 Harrisburg Blvd, Houston, TX, United StatesAs part of our continued efforts to create platforms for peace, self-expression, and creativity, we our hosting our first "Share Your Peace" poetry/prose recitation. One of the most important tools for building a culture of peace, is self expression. Therefore, we invite all poets, writers, resisters, lovers, painters, and creatives of every kind to come and share your peace. Tell us how you live peace. Show us how you live justice. Guide us through your art journey and let's build a creative bond together.
$5 – $10
No Borders/Sin Fronteras
Shape Community Center 3903 Almeda Rd, Houston, TXAs part of Campaign Nonviolence-Houston's continued effort to educate the masses of the struggles that communities are going through and their creative ways of liberating themselves, we have partnered with Black Rose/Rosa Negra to bring you this film SIN FRONTERAS/NO BORDERS produced by Sur Negro Communicaciones
https://eng.surnegro.tv/
$10
Houston Anarchist Book Fair
MECA 1900 Kane St., Houston, United StatesAnnouncing the 2017 Houston Anarchist Bookfair! On Sunday September 24, 2017, Houston Anarchist Black Cross will host a one-day convergence to network, grow, and celebrate anarchist and anti-authoritarian projects in Texas and the surrounding region. Join us for books, workshops, and discussion to celebrate and expand our southern radical communities of resistance!
Free
Connections between People & Nature: Biodiversity
online not applicable, not applicable, United StatesSunday Evening Conversations on Creation Continue… Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to attend Sunday Evening Conversations on Creation, an environmental education web meeting series whose theme in […]
Free
Art and Incarceration: Poetry, Theatre and Music in and about Captivity
Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, HoustonConcert, Ensemble Pi
For this interdisciplinary performance, Ensemble Pi presents music, text, and theater works that focus on the rise of mass incarceration, the racial disparities it reveals, and the emotional toll it takes on inmates and their families. The concert opens with Rzewski’s minimalist masterpiece, Coming Together, composed in the wake of the 1971 prison riots in upstate New York and powerfully expressing the frustration of life behind bars and anger about injustice.
Pay what you can
Double Jeopardy: Women and the Criminal Justice System
Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, Houston2017 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award Pre-Program
Double jeopardy: Women and the Criminal Justice System
Conversation and Book Signing with Julie Bindel
Women of sex trafficking face the dual realities of being victims while also being prosecuted as offenders. Join Julie Bindel in conversation with Houston activists and advocates as they explore this topic from both local and global perspectives.
Pay what you can
Justice Without Death
First Congregational Church of Houston 10840 Beinhorn Road, Houston, TX, United StatesJustice Without Death Shared stories from murder victim family members of healing through reconciliation, and Q&A with the Office of Kim Ogg, Harris County District Attorney. Told from personal experiences […]
Free
Calming the Mind: Joy of Living Level 1
Dominican Sisters of Houston 6501 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX, United StatesIn this weekend meditation workshop, we will learn how cultivating awareness can help create a peaceful mind and joyful heart. The practice of meditation enables us to transform all experiences, even difficult emotions and painful thoughts, into sources of joy. Over the course of this weekend, we will explore the landscape of our experience with mindful awareness, learning how to use the body, sensory experiences, thoughts, emotions, and even awareness itself as supports for meditation.
$75 – $125