Lunar New Year Celebration at POST Houston
On Jan 15, POST is celebrating the Lunar New Year which welcomes the Year of the Rabbit (Year of the Cat in the Vietnamese Zodiac). The celebration, which brings back […]
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POST HTX 401 Franklin St., Houston
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“Images & Words: Media’s Influence on the Struggle for Civil Rights” Annual MLK Birthday Observance
Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, HoustonIn partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and The Gordon Parks Foundation, the 2023 Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observance explores the role of the media in civil rights movements past and present. Inspired by the MFAH’s current exhibition Gordon Parks: Stokely Carmichael and Black Power, panelists share their work […]
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29th Annual MLK Grande Parade
Midtown Houston 1200 Holman Street San Jacinto Streeet & Elgin Street San Jacinto Streeet & Elgin Street, Houston, TX, United StatesThe 2023-MLK Grande Parade will be held in Midtown Houston on January 16, 2023 originating on San Jacinto Street & Elgin Street beginning @ 10A (CST). To register for the […]
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MLK Parade Houston-2023
Midtown Houston 1200 Holman Street San Jacinto Streeet & Elgin Street San Jacinto Streeet & Elgin Street, Houston, TX, United StatesThe MLK Grande Parade-2023 will be held in Midtown Houston on January 16, 2023 originating on San Jacinto Street & Elgin Street beginning @10A (CST). Watch live on the CW 39-Houston from 9:30A-12P (CST). For more information log on to www.mlkgrandeparade.org
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Annual MLK PARADE hOUSTON-2023
AL, IndiaThe MLK Grande Parade-2023 will be held in Midtown Houston on January 16, 2023 originating on San Jacinto Street & Elgin Street beginning @ 10A (CST). The parade will be televised by Houston's CW 39 from 9:30A-12P(CST). For more information visit us @ www.mlkgrandeparade.org
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BHS Annual 45th MLK Parade and Festival
As you know, MLK Jr. Day is a Federal Holiday cherished by many. Therefore, I am pleased to announce the 45th "Original" MLK Day Parade in Downtown Houston on January 16, 2023. The Black Heritage Society and the City of Houston wish to invite Community Leaders, Schools, Directors, CEOs, and Businesses to join us for […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street (@ Holman), Houston, TXPLEASE NOTE: TIME CHANGED TO 12:00-2:00 PM Please join us for a program in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, January 27, 2023, 12:00-2:00 pm at the Center for the Healing of Racism, 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX 77004. International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of […]
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Confronting Climate Gridlock
Online TXConfronting climate change will require interconnected efforts to improve technologies, policy, and diplomacy. Professor Dan Cohan of Rice University will explore the interconnections between domestic and international efforts and market-based […]
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The Age of Reason or the Annihilation of Humanity
Online HoustonWe are in an epochal change. The countries of the Global South are now demanding their innate right for development. The old order, which neither follows rules, nor is in order, is trying to prevent a change in the status quo, which protects the rights of the billionaires, but neglects the billions of people who […]
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Turning Lawns into Native Vegetable Gardens
Online TXJoin Dany Millikin, Director of Education at the Houston Botanic Garden, to learn how to convert the lawn at your home or house of worship to a native vegetable garden. In addition to his work at the garden, Dany has long specialized in incorporating edibles into landscaping. In fact, he co-founded Edible Earth Resources in […]
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Dialogue: Racism
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TXThe Center for the Healing of Racism will present Dialogue: Racism, a two-day intensive workshop that educates participants about racism and facilitates the process by which they can begin to counter the effects of racism on their lives, empowering them to interrupt the cycle of racist attitudes. The workshop provides a safe, respectful and loving […]
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“The Long Struggle to Abolish Reproductive Slavery” with Dorothy Roberts Annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights
Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, HoustonThe Rothko Chapel and the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin present the eighth annual Sissy Farenthold Lecture featuring acclaimed scholar of race, gender and the law, Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie […]
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Dialogue: Racism
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TXThe Center for the Healing of Racism will present Dialogue: Racism, a two-day intensive workshop that educates participants about racism and facilitates the process by which they can begin to counter the effects of racism on their lives, empowering them to interrupt the cycle of racist attitudes. The workshop provides a safe, respectful and loving […]
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Beach Clean-Up
Seawolf Park 100 Seawolf Park Blvd., Galveston, TX, TXCalling people of all faiths, or no faith at all, to care for our shared environment! We will remove trash polluting a shoreline along Galveston Bay at Seawolf Park in Galveston, helping to protect and restore the beautiful bay ecosystem. This event will offer activities for all ages and skill levels, so bring the whole family! Supplies […]
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Reconnecting Communities after a Natural Disaster
Online TXJoin Dr. Brett Perkison of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for a discussion of the effects that repeated record flooding due to climate change can have […]
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Student-Led Resistance to Voter Suppression, Then and Now
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street (@ Holman), Houston, TXThe history of voter suppression efforts on HBCU campuses is long and ugly, but there is an equally long history of student-led resistance. Please join the Center for the Healing of Racism on Monday, February 27, 2023, 6:00 to 8:00 PM (on Zoom), to hear Prairie View A&M professor Ron Goodwin, Ph.D. discuss the history […]
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Greening Finances for Faith Communities & People of Faith
Online TXWant to align your finances, or those of your faith community or other faith-based organization, with the values of your faith - but not sure how to go about it? […]
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Creation Care 101
Online TXInterested to connect your Christian faith to care for the earth? Want to learn how your church can live the faith through caring for creation? Or, want to improve your own stewardship? Join a free online course, Creation Care 101, and begin a journey of restoring faith, justice, and creation. Each session will feature talks […]
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Dialogue on the Plantations
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TXPlease join the Center for the Healing of Racism for the 5th annual Dialogue on the Plantation, March 11-12, 2023. We will travel together by bus to experience a powerful tour of three Louisiana plantations. Our first stop on will be St. Joseph Plantation, a working sugar cane plantation east of New Orleans. Oprah Winfrey’s hit […]
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Jubilee House Community in Nicaragua, part of Center for Development in Central America.
Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United StatesJHC-CDCA in NicaraguaSarah Woodward has presented before about Jubilee House Community and its work in Nicaragua as part of Center for Development in Central America. She will have a 20-25 minute powerpoint presentation, and then we'll have time for Q&A as you wish. If you've been hearing strange things about Nicaragua, this is your chance to […]
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ZEE CLARKE OFFERS TOOLS AND SUPPORT FOR BIPOC COMMUNITIES WITH THE LAUNCH OF HER NEW BOOK, BLACK PEOPLE BREATHE, AT HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
Houston Museum of African American Culture 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX, United StatesWHO: Zee Clarke is a Harvard MBA and mindfulness and breathwork expert for BIPOC communities. After spending more than 20 years leading teams at Fortune 500 companies and tech startups in Silicon Valley, Zee realized that mindfulness and breathwork were much more powerful outside of the yoga studio and in the context of our […]
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Guided Prayer Walk in the Park
Hermann Park 5555 Hermann Park Drive, HoustonConnect with God as revealed through creation at Hermann Park in this guided prayer walk in the park, using the park’s beautiful natural setting to stimulate prayer and reflection. At […]
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2023 Music Festival
Unitarian Fellowship of Houston 1504 Wirt Road, Houston, TX, United StatesOutdoor Music, Peace and Justice Festival in a beautiful, shaded setting at the Unitarian Fellowship of Houston, with indoor space in case of bad weather. Music! Food! Information Tables! Networking! Enjoy a relaxing afternoon and evening with peace and justice activists. HPJC member organizations are invited to share information and literature, while everyone gets to […]
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2023 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award Ceremony
Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, HoustonThe 2023 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award recognizes individuals and organizations exercising courageous, grassroots, human rights advocacy to further civil rights in the United States. At a time when many urgent, intersecting civil liberties and human rights are under attack and actively losing protections in the US, the Rothko Chapel continues a multi-year effort to […]
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2023 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award Ceremony
Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, HoustonSince 1986, the Rothko Chapel has been given the Óscar Romero Award in recognition of courageous, grassroots human rights advocacy. This award is named in honor of Saint Óscar Romero of San Salvador, who was assassinated in March 1980 while conducting Catholic Mass in a local hospital chapel. He is recognized internationally for his vocal opposition against […]
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Watershed Connections: Land, Water, and People
Online TXHouston is the Bayou City, but many of us do not touch or experience these creeks and streams in our daily lives. We drive past and over bayous without seeing […]
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Friends of Iman Iftar and Interfaith Panel Discussion
Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United StatesFriends of Iman Iftar and Interfaith Panel Discussion Hosted by Live Oak Friends Meeting–weather permitting, also experience the James Turrell Skyspace Schedule: 6:15-doors open 6:30 Program 7:30 Iftar and Prayer […]
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Earth Month EcoChallenge – The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
Online TXAll Houston-area residents are invited to participate in the online Earth Month Ecochallenge. This event offers you the opportunity to care for the earth and all its peoples by taking […]
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“We Have Always Been Here”
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TXPlease join us on Wednesday April 5, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 PM, for an intimate conversation with Ethan Michelle Ganz, a trans nonbinary individual, who uses all pronouns interchangeably. Ethan will talk about his journey through self discovery, self acceptance and understanding. They will discuss how learning about the history of trans and non-binary people in cultures around […]
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