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  • Nonviolent Communication Day-Long Workshop

    Nonviolent Communication Day-Long Workshop
    Country home outside of Brenham

    Building Solid Relationships: At Home, Work, School, Anywhere! is the title of this Nonviolent Communication event facilitated by CNVC Certified Trainer, Bren Hardt, long-time member of HPJC.  Staying present and grounded with skills to manage one's emotions, speaking with authenticity, clarity and in a connecting (rather than disconnecting) way, and listening with curiosity for both content and meaning are the skills of NVC - Nonviolent Communication.  NVC is a globally respected communication set of skills that is serving leaders around the world to be more effective and to build a culture of peace.

  • Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Fundraiser

    Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church 1900 Bering Dr., Houston

    Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ HTX) invites you to learn how to join and unite with the Native Original Tribe of Texas in a respectful way in the massive efforts to protect our state from environmental and political destruction. The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe is repopulating a network of frontline encampments on their ancient village sites, protecting indigenous sacred sites, resisting construction of the LNG (fracked gas) terminals and their source of pipelines for more fracked gas, and educating people about the environmental devastation the Border Wall will cause. They are peacefully struggling to stop the senseless endangerment of people, animals our only environment and for a rapid equitable transition to sustainable/renewable natural ways of life to secure a future for all children and our future generations.

    $5 – $30

  • Greater Houston Coalition for Justice: News Conference

    TBH (Talento Bilingüe de Houston) 333 S. Jensen Drive, Houston, TX, United States

    The Greater Houston Coalition for Justice, call for state and congressional hearings as a results of the explosion at the KMCO facility and the Intercontinental Terminals Co. plant in Deer Park.

    Free

  • FREE Houston showing and Q&A on Restorative Justice film called “Circles”

    The University of Houston Downtown, Center for Critical Race Studies

    Circles, an award-winning documentary will be shown together with Q&A with Eric Butler, featured in film.  Donations will be welcome and will go to the film creator and distributor and an honorarium to Eric Butler.

    Free

  • We Are Girls Conference

    Hogg Middle School 1100 Merrill St, Houston

    The We Are Girls Conferences, produced by Girls Empowerment Network (GEN) are held in Austin, Houston, and Dallas, Texas annually and are designed especially for thousands of 3rd – 8th-grade girls and the adults who care about them. With dynamic break-out sessions and an empowering dance party, girls get to be totally in charge of their day. They walk away inspired by what’s possible and with a new belief in their personal power. The 2018-2019 theme is “Ignite Her Power.” Leadership positions are available for high school girls. Tickets cost $30 per person and 50% of attendees receive scholarships.

    $30

  • Wellness Summit

    5959 Corporate Dr Houston, Texas 5959 Corporate Dr, Houston

    Weight loss and Wellness Summit - learn from breakout sessions provided by doctors, registered dietitian, nutritionist, exercise physiologist, health coach, and food for life instructor. Our inspiring Keynote Speaker is Josh Lajaunie who will share tips and tricks from his journey of going from 420 lbs to ultra marathon runner.

    $49

  • Peace Camp Brunch and Fundraiser!

    Bering Memorial United Church of Christ 1440 Harold St., Houston, TX, United States

    Mark your calendar to save April 27 from 9 AM-1 PM for a fun brunch! The venue will be Bering Methodist Church on Harold St. This is a fundraiser for Peace Camp scholarships, and there will be delicious food-including vegan options plus exciting entertainment. Invite your friends and come and learn about this exciting outreach program of HPJC!

    $10

  • Autism: Beyond The Walk

    This event is a opportunity for Autism Awareness.It is also a platform for the families with autistic children to tell their story.

    $10 – $60

  • The Ecological Crisis & The Response of Faith

    What is our present ecological crisis? What specific issues are central? Lisa Brenskelle will examine the science that explains the present state of our world and the major environmental issues we face. She will then consider how our faith both informs and enables our response to this crisis.

    Free

  • How Water Conservation Will Save the Dry Day & What You Can Do to Help

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    Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2019 is environmental issues and what you can do.

    In April, Robert Mace, professor of practice at U.T. - Austin, Department of Geography, will speak on water issues in Texas. Water Scarcity has been deemed one of the most significant environmental issues facing North America by the U.N.'s Global Environmental Outlook, the U.N.'s flagship environmental assessment.

    Free

  • International Workers Day Celebration

    An International Workers Day Celebration will be held on Wednesday, May 1, 6-8 pm, at Guadalupe Plaza, 2311 Runnels St. Please plan to join us in celebrating this holiday for workers of all nationalities. We will commemorate the past struggles and achievements of the working class, address the dangers faced by workers and oppressed people today, and call for revolutionary social change.

  • Alianza Latina Internacional’s May Day March & Rally

    Corner of Renwick & Bellaire

    Join us Saturday, May 4th to march from Renwick and Bellaire to Burnett Bayland Park for a rally in celebration of International Workers Day.

    Together, we will build solidarity across our differences to honor the legacy of all working people in continuing to fight for immigrant, racial, economic, and environmental justice in a system that puts profit over people.

    Free

  • The Texas Coastal Exchange – How Houses of Worship & Their Members Can Engage

    Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston

    The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to learn about the Texas Coastal Exchange (TCX), a new carbon offset program for our region of Texas. As Jim Blackburn, Rice professor and member of the board of directors for TCX will explain, the TCX is designed both as a land conservation tool and a means to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions. Find out how you/your house of worship can support local land conservation as a buyer of carbon offsets! Or, learn how you/your house of worship can sell carbon storage on your land!

    Free

  • 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

  • Celebrate World Fair Trade Day

    Dominican Center for Spirituality 6501 Almeda Rd, Houston

    The 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

  • No License to Discriminate: Postcard Party & Happy Hour

    Axelrad 1517 Alabama St., Houston

    Join 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 States

    You 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 States

    In 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., Houston

    PSR 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, Houston

    Core 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, Houston

    The 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 States

    Peace 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.     

  • World Refugee Day: Presenting “When We Were Strangers”

    14 Pews Arts Theater 800 Aurora, Houston

    In 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 States

    Tim 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 States

    Peace 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.