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Peace Camp Houston 2016 at Emerson UU Church

Emerson UU Church 1900 Bering Drive, Houston

This year we are proud to have FIVE public weeks of Peace Camp, each at a different location in Houston, 9AM-3:30 PM for each week! Volunteers and donations are needed, too.

* Houston Mennonite Church - 1231 Wirt Rd 77055 - June 6-10
* First Congregational Church- 10840 Beinhorn, 77024 - June 20-24
* S.H.A.P.E. Community Center - 3903 Almeda, 77004 - June 27-July 1
* Cameron Retreat Center - 2403 Holcombe-77021 - July 18-22
* Emerson Unitarian Church - 1900 Bering Dr. 77057 - July 25-29

Transition Houston Meeting! Tuesday, August 2nd – Growing Food in Uncommon Places

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

Do you or someone you know live in a food desert? How can we bring quality food to our communities? Join us to learn more about Rob Finley, a Guerrilla Gardener who serves the community by teaching people the power of growing your own food. We’ll also hear how youth from Houston’s East End Green […]

August “Take Action” Event

Central Market Community Room 3815 Westheimer, Houston

Please attend Free and open to the public; Amnesty international Houston’s "Take Action" Event !  Tuesday, August 2nd at 7:30 PM in the Central Market Community Room (3815 Westheimer) Food, Drink & Information re: the 10 initiatives we defend and support! Meet us & learn how *you* can make a difference locally and globally ! For […]

Free

Meditation, with a Side of Ginger Rothko Chapel’s “Twelve Moments” series continues with Vipassana meditation

Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St., Houston, TX, United States

Turn off your inner critic and learn to see the world in a new way at the Rothko Chapel.
Ginger Clarkson will be leading guided Vipassana meditation at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, August 3 at the Rothko Chapel, located at 3900 Yupon. Suggested donation is $10.

Vipassana is a meditation technique which requires internal and external attention. A practitioner consciously observes without judgment, analysis or the attempt to change anything.

$10

EPA Region 6 Environmental Justice Summit

Crowne Plaza Dallas Downtown 1015 Elm Street, Dallas, TX, United States

U.S. EPA Region 6 is hosting a 2-day Environmental Justice Summit on August 9-10, 2016, in Dallas. The purpose of the summit is to:

- Discuss progress on the development and implementation of EPA Region 6 Environmental Justice Collaborative Action Plans for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
- Highlight examples of successful multi-stakeholder collaborations to address environmental justice issues in communities across Region 6.
- Highlight recent federal government initiatives that can support local community efforts to address environmental justice issues.
Target Audience:

Grassroots and community leaders, non-profit organizations, academia, industry, local, state, and federal environmental justice partners.

Summer Sounds on the Plaza – Wayanay Inka

This summer, bring your friends, family and a blanket – and the Rothko Chapel will supply the music.

Spend one Thursday a month at the Chapel, exploring the Americas through music with "Summer Sounds on the Plaza."

The indigenous cultures of Mexico, Central America and South America will all be honored and celebrated in performances.

$10

Creation Care Fest – Environmental Extravaganza

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Blvd., Houston

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to the 2016 Creation Care Fest – Environmental Extravaganza on Saturday, Aug. 13. This year’s theme is Connections between People and Nature. This free environmental educational offering has activities for all ages. Adults can attend interactive lectures addressing the theme by a variety of experts, from anthropologists to zoologists. Kids can enjoy meeting live education animals, coloring, seeing films, and other fun activities. Nursery care for kids under 5 will be provided. Exhibits by local environmental nonprofits will offer more opportunities to learn and engage. Featured speakers include:

HPJC Quarterly Board Meeting-Aug. 2016

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

Check back for more details and a draft agenda the week before this meeting.

Traveler Concert @ the Millbend Coffee House

Millbend Coffee House 1370 N. Millbend Drive, The Woodlands

Millbend Coffee House in The Woodlands, TX presents Traveler, A Folk, Rock, Blues, & Bluegrass Trio. Opening act will be Greg Audel, Storyteller This is a benefiit concert for the the Fill the Gap project in Montgomery County. The Fill the Gap program of the Peace and Justice Network of Montgomery County is to raise […]

$20

Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training

TX

Building on the momentum from COP 21, The Climate Reality Project will be conducting an intensive three-day training, led by its Chairman Al Gore, running August 16–18 in Texas. The training will bring together pioneers, change agents, and proven leaders from across business, government, and civil society sectors to enable participants to develop the skills, relationships, and connections to help implement the agreement reached in Paris.

Restorative Justice Collaborative of Houston Networking and Community Meeting

Walter Neighborhood Library . 7660 Clarewood Dr, Houston, TX, United States

We are a diverse coalition of educators, students, researchers, academics, parents, clinicians, lawyers, advocates, and detention officers who are committed to breaking the school to prison pipeline through creative, community driven models of restorative justice. We seek solutions that will strengthen communities, keep people accountable for their actions, and reintegrate those who have harmed society.

Free

Amnesty International Houston, Human Trafficking Awareness launch party

Stella Link Library 7405 Stella Link Houston, Texas 77025, Houston

Amnesty International Houston, Local 23 invites you Saturday, August 20th, 3:00PM to 5:00PM  to our "Human Trafficking Awareness" launch party at the Stella Link Library 7405 Stella Link Houston, Texas 77025 (832) 393-1313 Refreshments will be served. *Please* RSVP by emailing Julia at; [email protected] For more about us, find us on Facebook , Twitter, or email […]

free

Meeting 1: Resist Fracking on Shores of Lake Houston

First Unitarian Universalist Church 5200 Fannin St., Houston, TX, United States

Date: August 23rd
Time: Noon
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church , 5200 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77004
Food: Lunch provided by contacting...Jere Locke of the Texas Drought Project at 512-416-7170-h/o or 512-203-8858-c or jerelocke - - yahoo - - com.

We have very reliable information that a fracking company, which has been buying mineral rights on the shores of Lake Houston, intends to start fracking in late September or early October. This will have impacts on Lake Houston water, the primary source of water for Houston, & the health of those, especially women & children, living near the fracking operations. More info. below!

Meeting 2: Resist Fracking on Shores of Lake Houston

Kingwood Home 5915 Spring Lodge Dr, Humble

We have very reliable information that a fracking company, which has been buying mineral rights on the shores of Lake Houston, intends to start fracking in late September or early October. This will have impacts on Lake Houston water, the primary source of water for Houston, & the health of those, especially women & children, living near the fracking operations. More info. below!

Date: August 23rd
Time: 7pm
Location: 5915 Spring Lodge Dr, Humble, TX 77345

Seventh Annual Benefit Jazz Concert

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

Benefiting Houston Committee for Youth and Nonmilitary Opportunities, Inc. Sunday, September 4, 2016 - 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Houston Mennonite Church, 1231 Wirt Rd. Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/ggXz58AYryQ2 Enrich your soul with music and support a wonderful cause! Performers include: Bob Henschen Quartet, featuring saxophonist Ernesto Vega, and the wildly eclectic eight-piece jazz group, Free Radicals. Proceeds support HCYNO's counter-recruitment work in Houston […]

Presence, Patience and Love at the Rothko Chapel “Twelve Moments” series continues with Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss

Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, Houston

Sometimes making a little change can be a big challenge.

Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss says the first step is learning to love who and where you are now – before moving forward and heading to where you want to be.
The Rabbi will be leading a guided, silent and reflective meditation at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Rothko Chapel at 3900 Yupon. Suggested donation is $10.

$10
Event Series Film: Sonita

Film: Sonita

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1001 Bissonnet, Houston

Sonita Winning two awards at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Sonita tells the inspiring story of Sonita Alizadeh, an 18-year-old Afghan refugee in Iran, who thinks of Michael Jackson and Rihanna as her spiritual parents and dreams of becoming a big-name rapper. Currently her only fans are the other teenage girls in a Tehran shelter, […]

$9

Lightening Your Footprint

Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Dr, Houston, TX, United States

Have you wondered what it means to be sustainable or how you might transition to a more sustainable way of living. What ways are you inspired to make changes in your lifestyle, your neighborhood, workplace or the Houston area that offer more care for the Earth, care for people and creates community?

This workshop is intended to empower you to go forward with your ideas of how to live more sustainably.

$28

American Women Fight To Vote

Discovery Green 1500 McKinney, Houston

Movie:  Iron Jawed Angels Sponsored by:  Houston Peace & Justice Center and League of Women Voters September 16, 2016 - 7:30-10:00 pm  Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney This is the story of 2 important women in the history of suffrage in the United States.  Alice Paul and Luc Burns began a more radical branch of women […]

Free
Event Series Progress Theatre’s THE BURNIN’

Progress Theatre’s THE BURNIN’

MATCH (Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston) 3400 Main Street, Houston

THE BURNIN' is an a'capella musical--or NeoSpiritual--fusing styles from The Blues and Jazz to Spoken Word and Hip Hop, inspired by the 1940 Rhythm Club Fire of Natchez, MS and the 2003 E2 Club Stampede of Chicago, IL. Following a group of clubgoers before, during and after two reimagined U.S. club tragedies, THE BURNIN' straddles […]

$20