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ROTHKO CHAPEL AND TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY CELEBRATE MLK BIRTHDAY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM

Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University 3401 Cleburne Street, Houston

Rothko Chapel and the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University (TSU) will partner for a program to explore the influence of Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement on environmental justice. The program, “Actions of Change: From the Civil Rights Movement to the Struggle for Environmental Justice,” is set for Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at 6 p.m. on what would have been Dr. King’s 91st birthday. Dr. Robert Bullard, distinguished professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at TSU, also known to many as the “father of environmental justice,” will give a keynote address then join in conversation with Yvette Arellano, senior staff, Policy Research & Grassroots Advocate for Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (t.e.j.a.s), and Bridgette Murray, founder of Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS). Dr. Richard McKinley Mizelle, Jr., associate professor of History at University of Houston, will moderate the discussion exploring the evolution of the environmental justice movement, continued environmental challenges and inequities faced by vulnerable and frontline communities, and actions being taken to improve the health of the region.

Free

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof

Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd, Houston

Nicholas Kristof and spouse and co-author Sheryl WuDunn discuss their new book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for hope. Solutions to the crisis in working class America.

$150

Know Your Rights! Workshop

Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University 3401 Cleburne Street, Houston

Learn about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated. Come out and learn about 2nd amendment rights, 4th amendment rights, how to file a grievance against law enforcement, record expungement opportunities, courtroom procedures, and more!

Free

No War on Iran! U.S. Out of the Middle East!

pm, at the intersection of Westheimer and Post Oak in Houston.. This is the day before the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and we will be remembering his insight that the U.S. government is "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."

26th Annual MLK Grande Parade In Midtown Houston

Midtown Houston 1200 Holman Street San Jacinto Streeet & Elgin Street San Jacinto Streeet & Elgin Street, Houston, TX, United States

The MLK Grande Parade In Houston's Midtown Is One Of The Largest Single Day Multicultural Events In The U.S. That Is Held In Honor Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Free

The 42nd Annual “Original” MLK, Jr. Parade Celebration

Houston City Hall 901 Bagby Street, Houston

The 42nd Annual “Original” MLK, Jr. Parade Celebration

Starting at Lamar Street and Smith Street – Downtown Houston adjacent to City Hall. This is the MLK event that HPJC takes part in.

Houston Women’s March 2020

Buffalo Bayou Water Works 105 Sabine Street, Houston

Please join us at the annual Houston Women's March on Saturday, January 25, 2020.  Our theme this year is "Powerful Together." On that day, women and our allies will march for civil rights and democracy and to address human needs and stand up to authoritarian, divisive and dangerous policies that have been proposed or enacted against marginalized people.

Free

EAT Lancet Commission on Food, Planet & Health: Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems

Stephen Long, a public health physician, will discuss the EAT Lancet Commission on Food, Planet & Health: Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems report at Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 9:45 a.m. This study, compiled by 37 scientists and other experts from 16 countries, aims to establish a global food economy that could combat chronic diseases in wealthy nations like ours and provide better nutrition for poor ones, all without destroying the planet.

Free

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