• International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street (@ Holman), Houston, TX

    PLEASE 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 […]

    Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required:
  • Confronting Climate Gridlock

    Online TX

    Confronting 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 and policy approaches to accelerate the pursuit of clean energy and slow global warming. Drawing on lessons from his recently published book, Confronting Climate Gridlock: […]

    Free
  • The Age of Reason or the Annihilation of Humanity

    Online Houston

    We 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 […]

    free
  • Turning Lawns into Native Vegetable Gardens

    Online TX

    Join 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 […]

    Free
  • Dialogue: Racism

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

    The 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 […]

    Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required:
  • “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, Houston

    The 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 […]

    Free
  • Dialogue: Racism

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

    The 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 […]

    Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required:
  • Beach Clean-Up

    Seawolf Park 100 Seawolf Park Blvd., Galveston, TX, TX

    Calling 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 […]

    Free
  • Reconnecting Communities after a Natural Disaster

    Online TX

    Join 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 on local communities – often having more impact on lower socioeconomic communities who have less flood control measures put in place and have less resilience […]

    Free
  • Student-Led Resistance to Voter Suppression, Then and Now

    Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street (@ Holman), Houston, TX

    The 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 […]

    Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required:
  • Greening Finances for Faith Communities & People of Faith

    Online TX

    Want 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?  Bob Errett has extensive experience in greening the finances of a large faith-based organization, while Lisa Brenskelle has worked for years on greening of her […]

    Free
  • Creation Care 101

    Creation Care 101
    Online TX

    Interested 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 […]

    Free
  • Dialogue on the Plantations

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

    Please 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 […]

    $520 – $8226
  • Jubilee House Community in Nicaragua, part of Center for Development in Central America.

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

    JHC-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 […]

    Free
  • 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 States

    WHO:  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 […]

  • Guided Prayer Walk in the Park

    Hermann Park 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston

    Connect 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 […]

    Free
  • 2023 Music Festival

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

    Outdoor 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 […]

    Free
  • 2023 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award Ceremony

    Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, Houston

    The 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 […]

    Free
  • 2023 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award Ceremony

    Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, Houston

    Since 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 […]

    Free with suggested donation
  • Watershed Connections: Land, Water, and People

    Online TX

    Houston 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 […]

    Free
  • Friends of Iman Iftar and Interfaith Panel Discussion

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

    Friends 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           […]

  • Earth Month EcoChallenge – The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations

    Online TX

    All 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 on a challenge in: climate & ecosystems, economy & communities, health & equity, education & livelihood or basic needs & security.  You can learn about […]

    Free
  • “We Have Always Been Here”

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

    Please 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 […]

    Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required:
  • Guided Prayer Walk in the Park

    Hermann Park 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston

    Connect 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 each stop along the walk, there will be a theme, an accompanying Bible verse, and reflection questions for you to ponder.  Deepen your Christian spiritual […]

    Free
  • The Racist History of the Death Penalty

    Dominican Center for Spirituality 6501 Almeda Rd, Houston

    This program is free and open to the public.  Registration is required to assure enough seating and hand outs are available. For further information and to register contact Ceil Roeger croeger@domhou.org or 713-440-3714

    Free
  • Texas JSA Spring State Convention

    Hello,   My name is Jack Sims, and I am an Activism Agent for the Junior State of America (JSA). We are a youth-run, non-partisan 501(c)(3) non-profit that has been […]

    Free
  • Thrills, Bills, and All the Feels

    Muze Office 8990 Kirby Drive Suite #220, Houston

    Thrills, Bills and all the Feels is a FREE one-of-a-kind, real-life simulation event for kids in Houston, TX taking place on April 15, 2023. During the simulation, kids will be given currency to visit ten (10) stations to earn, spend, donate, and save money. This is a unique and engaging opportunity for kids (and their […]

    Free
  • Without the Development of All Nations, there Can Be No Lasting Peace for the Planet

    Online TX

    A little more after the war in Ukraine, which in reality had started in 2014, escalated with the Russian military operation, it has become very clear that the real issue is not Ukraine.  It is a proxy war between the U.S. Great Britain and NATO, on the one side, and Russia on the other -- […]

    free
  • Traveling Museum Exhibit

    Location: Native American Exhibit India House 8888 Bellfort Houston Texas 77031

    Free