Prepare for Congressional Recess: July 21, Houston  

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

This event prepares you to meet with congressional district offices during their August recess.  TX Impact will be coordinating legislative visits for both TX state and Congressional legislators after the training during the month of August. We'll be focusing on immigration, climate and energy and health policy.

Free

United We Win – Collaborating to Solve Houston’s Toughest Environmental Challenges

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

In July, Jaime Gonzalez, Houston Urban Conservation Programs Manager for The Nature Conservancy, will highlight a variety of local environmental issues, and how local people/organizations are coming together to address them.  He will explain tools used for environmental action mapping that make collective action more effective. And, he’ll speak about how all of us can work together to create positive environmental change.

Free

Bruce Elementary Press Conference re: I-45 Expansion

Bruce Elementary School 510 Jensen Dr., Houston

(HOUSTON, TX) – Community advocates and concerned residents will hold a rally and press conference on Tuesday, July 23, at 10:30 a.m. to urge Houston-Galveston Area Council’s (H-GAC) Transportation Policy Council (TPC) to delay voting on funding for Segment 2 of Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) controversial North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP), or the I-45 expansion.

Free

Refuse Fascism Bridge Blogging

Giving Houston's drivers a "voice" and keep Houstonians aware that the Resistance is alive and growing. Tuesdays 4:30 pm at 59 and Montrose Bridge. Theme changes every week according to Refuse Fascism's perspective to resist Trump's regime.

HPJC Volunteer and Member Appreciation Party

8th Wonder Brewery 2202 Dallas Street, Houston

You are invited to join us at 8th Wonder Brewery to show appreciation for our amazing volunteers and member organizations. Meet new folks interested in peace activism and catch up with old characters. Our President, Jeff Reese, will also be present to share with us some of the powerful and important actions HPJC has been involved in so far this year. Beverages will be provided.

Free

March for Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We the People Organize First March for The Tuttles Houston— July 26, 2019- We the People Organize will hold our first March and Rally for the Tuttles […]

Peace Camp 2019 – Week Four

First Unitarian Universalist Church 5200 Fannin 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.

Houston Rapid Response Network Training

Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United States

The Houston Rapid Response Network is a group of people on-call to show up for people and families impacted by current anti-immigration laws. The training will review actions to help counteract deportation and the splitting up of families in our state. The training also covers how documented allies can play both small and large roles in the network and how all of us together can show up in solidarity with the undocumented and migrant people in our community.

Free
Event Series Film Screening: Babylon

Film Screening: Babylon

Brown Auditorium Theater 1001 Bissonnet, Houston

The incendiary Babylon has been finally released in the U.S., playing to packed screenings and hailed as a true discovery. Raw and smoldering, it follows a dancehall DJ (Brinsley Forde, front man of the British reggae group Aswad) in South London as he pursues his musical ambitions, battling against the racism and xenophobia of employers, neighbors, and police. The blistering soundtrack features Aswad, Johnny Clarke, Dennis Bovell, and more.

$7 – $65

Traveler at Bohemeo’s – Peace Camp Fundraiser

Bohemeo's 708 Telephone Road, Houston

We hope you can join us for this benefit for HPJC's Peace Camp Houston, a day camp for kids that fosters an understanding of peace, justice, and environmental awareness.

$15

Transition Houston Meeting: The Green New Deal

Haven's Center 1827 W Alabama St, Houston, TX, United States

The Green New Deal What Does it Mean for Me and What Does it Mean for the Future? We hope you'll join us for our August Transition Houston meeting! Socializing […]

Walk with a Doc

Evelyn's park 4400 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire

Inspiring healthy lifestyle behaviors in individuals and communities. Participants walk with the Doc(s) and ask questions on health related topics.

Free

The Silence of Others (El silencio de otros)

Brown Auditorium Theater 1001 Bissonnet, Houston

Filmed over six years, The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims from Spain’s dictatorship (1939-1975) under General Francisco Franco. A powerful and poetic cautionary tale about fascism, and the dangers of forgetting the past, the award-winning documentary offers a cinematic portrait of the first attempt in history to prosecute crimes of Franco whose perpetrators have enjoyed impunity for decades due to a 1977 amnesty law. Executive produced by Pedro Almodóvar, the film brings to light a painful past that Spain is reluctant to face, even today, decades after the dictator’s death.

$7 – $65

“From Hate to Healing”

Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, United States

The Center for the Healing of Racism invites you to “FROM HATE TO HEALING,” a dialogue around present-day hate in this country.

Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required.

Harris County Demonstration: Tell the DNC We Need a Climate Debate

TX, United States

Climate change is an emergency that disrupts every aspect of our lives, especially in Houston, and it's about time the Democratic party started to act like it. We deserve to know each 2020 candidate's plan to protect our city: we need a climate debate!

Join youth leaders from the Sunrise Movement Houston by showing up at our local Democratic office, where, together with members of our Harris County Democratic Party, we'll tell our stories, bring our signs, and demand our DNC members join us in calling on the DNC to host a #ClimateDebate.

Free

Bridge Blog

Every week, Refuse Fascism invites all in the Houston area to give the 59&Montrose traffic a voice. We stand on the bridge overlooking the traffic. Signage changes according to the horrific actions from this White House, as well the ever-present need  to join RF to drive out Trump and Pence.

Free

HPJC Quarterly Board Meeting

Talento Bilingue de Houston 333 S. Jensen Drive, Houston, TX, United States

Please join the Houston Peace & Justice Center for our Quarterly Board Meeting. Organizational members are asked to send a representative to each Quarterly Board Meeting. Individual members are always welcome to attend. We will be discussing our 2018 plans for activism towards peace and justice in the areas of peace and family education, foreign and military policy, environmental justice, economic justice, and human rights and criminal justice. We also welcome members to send in their agenda items. Hope to see everyone there!

Free

Creation Care Fest/Environmental Extravaganza

Faith Lutheran Church 4600 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire

You are invited to the 2019 Creation Care Fest – Environmental Extravaganza! This free event is actually three events in one: lectures by expert speakers on The State of Our World, an exhibit by local environmental organizations, and a family-friendly festival with kids’ activities such as nature/environment-focused games, crafts, encounters with live education animals, seed planting (to take home & watch grow!) and much more.

Free

Creation Care Fest/Environmental Extravaganza

Faith Lutheran Church 4600 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire

This free event is actually three events in one:  lectures by expert speakers on The State of Our World, an exhibit by local environmental organizations, and a family-friendly festival with kids’ activities such as nature/environment-focused games, crafts, encounters with live education animals, seed planting (to take home & watch grow!) and much more.

Free