May Amnesty Houston Meeting
Free and open to the public; Amnesty International Houston, local 23, welcomes guest speaker Sri Preston Kulkarni. He will be speaking on the issue of immigration.
Free
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Celebrate World Fair Trade Day
Dominican Center for Spirituality 6501 Almeda Rd, HoustonThe Chocolate Case asks "Is eating chocolate linked to child slavery?" Join Fair Trade Houston and the Dominican Sisters for this entertaining and shocking documentary film about the journalists investigating global chocolate production.
Free
Humanists Ideas Club: Universal Health Care through Cooperatives forming in Houston
Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, houston"How to create Community-run Cooperatives that result in Universal Health Care." Ed Barr hosts the Ideas Club for Humanists of Houston (www.meetup.com/humanism-177/events/jmrcrpyzhbpb/) at Bayland Community Center. Sat. May 11, Don McCormick, founding CEO of the nonprofits TBT.com and PPC (Patient/Physician Cooperatives based in Houston), will address medical economics, and how to build member-owned Cooperatives around existing clinics and hospitals working with PPC to cut health care costs in half.
Free
International Conference on Biodiversity and Ecology Restoration
Meetings International (Meetings Int.) invites you to attend “International conference on Biodiversity and Ecology restoration” which is to be held on May 15-16, 2019 at Brussels, Belgium.
$549
No License to Discriminate: Postcard Party & Happy Hour
Axelrad 1517 Alabama St., HoustonJoin the ACLU of Texas and the Transgender Education Network of Texas for a postcard party and happy hour to keep discrimination out of Texas. We need your help to stop SB 17, a bill that would create a license to discriminate against virtually anyone – especially LGBTQ Texans – for religious reasons.
Come out to Axelrad and fill out postcards or submit testimony to your lawmakers. We’ll be there from 6:30PM until 8:00PM so be sure to drop by and make your voice heard. Register to attend via the ticket link above and your first drink is on us!
Free
Achieving Zero Waste in Houston & What You Can Do
online not applicable, not applicable, United StatesYou are invited to join Rosanne Barone, Program Director in Houston for Texas Campaign for the Environment, for an online talk on Achieving Zero Waste in Houston & What You Can Do. Rosanne will address policymaking at the local and state levels to achieve zero waste goals and address problematic waste facilities, as well as international efforts to curb the production of products that can’t be recycled.
Free
Film Screening, “Tim Wise on White Privilege”
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United StatesIn anticipation of his keynote address at the 2019 Juneteenth Ally Award Luncheon, The Center for the Healing of Racism invites your to a screening of the film “Tim Wise on White Privilege” on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 6:30PM, 3412 Crawford (at Holman), Houston, TX 77004. Wise is one of the nation’s most prominent antiracism educators and writers. The event is free and open to the public.
Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required.
Climate Change Forum hosted by PSR East End
The City of Houston's - E.B. Cape Center 4501 Leeland St., HoustonPSR East End Houston is hosting a climate change forum on Saturday, June 1 to discuss current efforts by the City of Houston and Harris County to create policies around climate change in our area and what advocacy efforts are needed to see such policies implemented for the benefit of Houston's East End, the City of Houston, and Harris County, Texas.
HOUSTONIANS ARE CALLED TO DANCE FOR PEACE
Hermann Park 5555 Hermann Park Drive, HoustonCore Dance, a professional dance organization, invites Houstonians of all ages and abilities to come together to dance for peace on Sunday, June 2 from 10am to noon in Hermann Park. Now in its 39thyear, Planetary Danceis a simple dance that everyone can do co-created by Anna Halprin. Known as the pioneer of the postmodern dance movement, Halprin describes Planetary Danceas “a dance for promoting peace among people and peace with the Earth.” Local dancers and drummers will invite those participating to walk, run, or stand in three concentric circles creating a moving mandala. Halprin’s intent is that the group will form a collective body whose every step will become a prayer for healing Earth.
Free
Houston Central Solar Co-Op for Houses of Worship & Their Members
St. Philip Presbyterian Church & online 4807 San Felipe, HoustonThe Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites houses of worship& their members to learn how they can go solar for less as part of theHouston Central Solar Co-Op. A co-op leverages bulk-purchasing power toget discounted pricing. Each participant gets an individual solar quote, but asingle installer is selected for the group.
Free and open to the public.
Peace Camp 2019 – Week One
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesPeace Camp is an alternative day camp, from 9am - 3pm, for children ages 5-18. The focus will be on developing inner peace and building problem solving skills. Yoga, gardening, special guests, using puppets co-operative games, and cooking are some of the activities planned. Youth who are 13 and older will have a curriculum that deals with gun control, racism, LGBTQ issues, PTSD, and other more mature topics.
Montrose/59 Bridge Blog
Refuse Fascism Texas hosts a Bridge Blog at Montrose and Highway 59 every Tuesday beginning at 4:30 pm and usually ending about 6:00 pm. We gather around one theme every week to give a clear message to the drivers. Our presence offers the rush-hour traffic the assurance that people will not tolerate policies, bills, new laws that promote hatred or anything that disrupts peace. RF is a non-violent, civil disobedience group.
OKRA Charity Saloon Event for Amnesty International Houston
OKRA Charity Saloon 924 Congress St, HoustonPlease join Amnesty International Houston, Local Group 23 at a "Drink for a Cause!" event upstairs at the OKRA Charity Saloon.
For each drink purchased, guests receive one vote that they may cast that night for Amnesty Houston.
Weltanschauung: Episode I – The Great Acceleration, Part I
A Television Program examining "The Great Acceleration". This episode will focus on the confluence of human activities that have resulted in environmental degradation, from an earth system perspective.
World Refugee Day: Presenting “When We Were Strangers”
14 Pews Arts Theater 800 Aurora, HoustonIn celebration of World Refugee Day, Independent Writer, Kimberly Meyer is coupling a film screening of Soufra with the launching of her project "When We Were Strangers" – following the lives of nine single mother refugees in Houston, which has been funded in part by a grant from Houston Arts Alliance.
$25
Tim Wise Honored at Annual Juneteenth Ally Award Luncheon
St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Fondren Hall 5501 Main Street, Houston, TX, United StatesTim Wise, one of the country’s leading anti-racism writers and educators, will deliver the keynote address at The Center for the Healing of Racism’s Annual Ally Award Luncheon on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 12 noon, St. Paul Methodist Church, Fondren Hall, 5501 Main Street, Houston, TX 77004. The author of seven books on race and racism, Wise is a popular speaker at venues across the United States, on television, radio and podcasts. He will be joined by two other Award recipients, Houston’s SHAPE Community Center, which has worked to improve he quality of life for Houston’s African American community for the past 50 years, and Maya Ford, who will receive an Individual Initiative Award for her courage to sit in silence alone in the parking lot of a detention center for migrant children and families.
$50
Peace Camp 2019 – Week Two
Mission Milby Community Center 2220 Broadway St., Houston, TX, United StatesPeace Camp is an alternative day camp, from 9am - 3pm, for children ages 5-18. The focus will be on developing inner peace and building problem solving skills. Yoga, gardening, special guests, using puppets co-operative games, and cooking are some of the activities planned. Youth who are 13 and older will have a curriculum that deals with gun control, racism, LGBTQ issues, PTSD, and other more mature topics.
Juneteenth Vigil
Mayfield Park 106 Avenue D, Sugar LandJoin the Convict Leasing and Labor Project for a Juneteenth Vigil honoring the Sugar Land 95 and the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved African to the United States. Dinner will be provided followed by a candlelight vigil.
Free
Vigil for Detainees at Joe Corley Detention Center, Conroe
Joe Corley Detention Center 500 Hilbig Rd., ConroeJoe Corley Detention Center and Montgomery Processing Center, one mile away, both hold 1,000 detainees and both are operated by GEO, a Florida based private correctional company that operates 40 facilities in the United States and in 10 other countries.. We will vigil at the entrance of the Joe Corley for proper treatment of detainees.
Free
Plastic Free Ecochallenge
The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites all area residents to join their team for the Plastic Free EcoChallenge! This challenge engages participants in committing to reduce consumption of single-use plastics during July. Choose from challenges in food, personal care, community, lifestyle, pets, family, or create your own custom challenge.
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