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.
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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
Rescheduled: 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 is saying “I don’t see color.” The failure to see color only benefits […]
Free. Donations encouraged. RSVP required.
The Mask of Microaggressions: Studies of Racism in the US
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United StatesAuthors Mark Tschaepe and Ronald Goodwin will discuss their new book, The Mask of Microaggressions: Studies of Racism in the US, on Wednesday, October 4 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Center for the Healing of Racism, 3412 Crawford St., Houston, 77004. Tschaepe and Goodwin, assistant professors at Prairie View A&M University, will also sign copies of books purchased at the event.
Free. Donations encouraged. Registration required.
White Like Me (screening and discussion)
Dominican Sisters of Houston Spirituality Center Meeting Room 6501 Almeda Rd, HoustonFor there to be racial justice in America much work is needed within the white discussion. Please join the Dominican Sisters of Houston for a discussion of the film that […]
Free
Dialogue: Racism
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United StatesThe Center for the Healing of Racism presents Dialogue: Racism, a two-day intensive workshop that educates participants about racism and facilitates the process by which individuals can begin to counter the affects of racism on their lives and become empowered to interrupt the cycle of racist attitudes. The workshop provides a safe, respectful, and loving atmosphere for individuals to learn new information, share experiences, dispel fears and guilt, and get to know each other.
Free. Donations encouraged. Registration required.
Benefit Concert for the Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston
Bohemeo's Cafe & Coffeeshop 708 Telephone Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesEnjoy a concert by the band Traveler & a special guest while sipping coffee/beer/wine and nibbling tasty food at Bohemeo’s, 708 Telephone Rd. The concert benefits the new Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston (IENoH), the Houston chapter of Texas Interfaith Power & Light, a division of the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy. The IENoH aims to educate and empower the faith community in Houston to advocate and act as stewards of the environment. A suggested donation of $20 will be accepted at the door. For more information, contact Lisa Brenskelle
$20
Grassroots Relief and Empowerment on Houston’s Eastside
Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United StatesJoin Cavanaugh Nweze and Andrew Cobb of West Street Recovery to hear about grassroots relief work and ongoing empowerment work in communities of color in Houston's Eastside. The team started […]
Free
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Ads in Peacemaker Awards Booklet
Buy an advertisement in the program booklet for the upcoming HPJC Peacemaker Awards Dinner. Promote your organization, advertise your business, or write a note of thanks to peace activists. Our […]
The Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing
The Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing puts human faces on the issue of the death penalty. Led by murder victim family members joined by death row families, the exonerated and others impacted by the failed promises of a broken system. Our unique personal stories touch people’s hearts and change people's minds on this vitally important issue. We advocate for alternatives to the death penalty, we encourage forgiveness as a way of healing and endorse restorative justice as a way of life.