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

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series. In January, 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.

Free

#OutNow@refusefascism

Join an ever-growing number of people who demand that Trump and Pence be removed NOW! 5 pm at the Mickey Leland Federal Building!

Foreign Policy Social

Slowpokes Coffee 1203 West 34th St., Suite D, Houston

Gather with Foreign Policy Alliance to discuss recent developments and any matters of concern related to militarism and foreign policy.

Free

Waking (Let’s Talk) News

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

Come share an article with us on the last Friday of the month. Bring a sack lunch and articles clipped from newspapers, magazines, journals or online publications. Anything related to discrimination, oppression and all forms of racism. Join us in a lively discussion and contribute your ideas and materials to the Center's tool kit.

$520 – $8226

Protest Against “Deal of the Century”

Intersection of Post Oak and Westheimer 2521 Post Oak Blvd, Houston

Join the Houston community as we voice our opposition to Trump and Netanyahu’s “Deal of the Century,” which is meant to forfeit the Palestinian right to self-determination. We say no to this sham! We say no to entrenchment of apartheid!

Roy Zimmerman: Benefit Concert for Peace Camp Houston

Unitarian Fellowship of Houston 1504 Wirt Road, Houston, TX, United States

What can one person do about climate change, torture, racism, xenophobia, gun violence, fracking, Congressional ineptitude, ignorance, war and greed?  Write funny songs, says Roy Zimmerman , master satirist, songwriter, and performer.

HPJC is bringing Roy Zimmerman back to Houston in a benefit to raise funds for Peace Camp Houston. Finger-foods and social begins at 6pm and the music starts at 7pm.

$20

Gaza Freedom Flotilla Captain Presentation

Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United States

Join Norwegian Herman Reksten as he shares his experiences as captain of the fishing vessel Al Awda which was intercepted and boarded in international waters and taken to Israel on July 29, 2018.  This was his third attempt at breaking the blockade of Gaza even though he is not quite 30 years old.  Get a feel for life on a boat trying to break the over 10 year old Gaza blockade!

Free

Amnesty Houston Welcomes Guest Speaker

Olive Branch Room 2360 Rice Blvd., Houston

Please join Amnesty International Houston, local 23, in welcoming special guest speaker Gislaine Williams, Community Relations Director for The Alliance (Alliance for Multicultural Community Services).

Free

TAKE A “TOXIC TOUR” OF HOUSTON WITH ROTHKO CHAPEL AND TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY SERVICES

Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, Houston

Rothko Chapel in collaboration with Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (t.e.j.a.s.) will host a bus tour of toxic sites in and around the greater Houston community on Saturday, February 8, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  The tour will be led by Juan Parras and Yvette Arellano of t.e.j.a.s. and will explore the East End of Houston, a neighborhood which borders Houston’s Ship Channel and is comprised of mostly Latino residents.  This frontline community is situated next to some of the largest refineries and chemical plants in the city.  Air pollution from nearby plastics-producing plants floats over schools, offices, and, homes.  The goal of the tour is to show participants the structural reality of these massive industrial complexes and to offer a first-hand understanding of environmental justice issues the community faces.

$20.00

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 2020 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.

Living the Change!

Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church & online 1900 Bering Dr., Houston

The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to learn how to get started
Living the Change in your life/your house of worship. Living the Change is an international
interfaith initiative to address climate change. This event will explain the components of
Living the Change, resources available, how to host an event, and how to leverage this
initiative to make real change in addressing climate change.

Free

“Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North”

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

The Center for the Healing of Racism will celebrate Black History Month with a screening of the film “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North.” The documentary follows filmmaker Katrina Browne as she discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide.  The film will be followed by a dialogue.

Free. RSVP required. Donations appreciated

Impeach, Remove and Disbar Attorney General William Bar

Corner of Westheimer and Montrose

Join us this Friday to protest the illegal actions of William Barr. He has consistently protected Trump and his cronies.

Within the last 4 days, 1100 Attorney Generals in the Unites States are calling for Barr's resignation or immediate removal.

Join us as we jump on board with this demand.

Dialogue: Racism

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

Dialogue: Racism is an intensive workshop that provides a safe, respectful, and loving atmosphere where participants can learn about racism, share personal experiences, dispel fears and guilt and get to know one another.

$40

Community Restorative Justice Training

Smith Neighborhood Library 3624 Scott St, Houston

Restorative justice is a philosophy that promotes community building and healing after harm takes place. Come learn from youth experts about how circles can be used to transform families, institutions, and ourselves!

Free

Refuse Fascism Mass Meeting-#OutNow Movement

Community House at St. Stephens Episcopal Church 1755 Sul Ross, Houston, TX, United States

We can no longer tolerate the constant attacks on our Constitution, the consistent pardons of war criminals, flagrant incarceration of immigrants and asylum seekers. What kind of person have I become if I continue to sit and wait for an election to determine IF my nation's people have civil rights or not.

Join us as we plan our nonviolent yet aggressive plans to demonstrate what kind of government we want and we deserve as human beings.

The Wonders of Soil

Think that soil is just dirt? Think again! Join John Ferguson, soil scientist, owner of Nature’s Way Resources, and an organic gardening expert, in February as he explains the wonders of soil. You’ll leave this talk amazed at what lies beneath your feet.

Free