KPFT Local Station Board Meeting
Montrose Center 401 Branard Street, Houston, TX, United StatesThis body meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 7-10pm at the Montrose Center. Public comment is from 8 to 8.30pm.
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Peace Camp Houston 2022 – Week 2
Community Tabernacle Church 4819 Hershe St., Houston, TexasThis second week of Peace Camp this year will be at at Community Tabernacle Church, 4819 Hershe St. (same location as Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church), in northeast Houston. This week will be for children who will be in grades 1-6 next fall. Scholarships are available but they must be requested in advance. More details, with […]
Peace Camp Houston 2022 – Week 3
Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United StatesThis third week of Peace Camp this year will be at Houston Mennonite Church, 1231 Wirt Rd. in northwest Houston. This week will be exclusively for older campers who will be in grades 7-12 next fall. Scholarships are available but they must be requested in advance. More details, with important information and updates on Peace […]
Navajo Code Talkers / Film & Discussion
Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TXThis year marks the 80th anniversary of the more that 400 Navajo men recruited during World War II as Code Talkers, an elite group of US Marines who developed an unbreakable code using their native language, a code the Japanese never broke. Please join us for a Lunch and Learn on Monday, August 14, 2022, […]
Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required:
Water Resilience
Online TXJoin Professor Robert Mace of Texas State University for a discussion on freshwater scarcity. Growing populations, the ever-present threat of drought, aquifer over-pumping, reservoir sedimentation, and climate change are creating a perfect storm to challenge the resiliency of our water supplies. Since water is needed for human health, agriculture, industry, energy, recreation, and the environment […]
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Plastic Pollution
Online TXJoin Professor Hyun-Min Hwang of Texas Southern University as he examines the issue of plastic pollution. Plastic is a polymeric material, not biodegradable, and may last hundreds of years in the environment. Substantial fractions of plastic waste are disposed of improperly, and are found everywhere, even in the middle of the ocean and deep-sea floor. […]
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6th Annual School Mental Health Conference
WA, IndiaThe Annual CSBH School Mental Health Conference will be held on August 20, 2022 at the Region 4 Education Center. This is a full-day professional development opportunity with some of the most innovative approaches around education and mental health for participants. The 2022 theme is Beyond a Theory: Healing and Transformation in the Education System. […]
$75
Air Pollution: Past, Present & Future
Online TXJoin Professor Gunnar Schade of Texas A&M University to learn about the issue of air pollution. Air pollution is a major factor for public health throughout the world. An increasing human population, increasingly clustered in urban areas, is exposed to a variety of air pollutants. Among the common pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone exposure […]
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Pulitzer Winner Nikole Hannah-Jones Live in Houston
Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd, HoustonPulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones will discuss her book, New York Times number one bestseller The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, at The Progressive Forum Wednesday, August 24, at 7:30 p.m. CT. In 2021, Governor Abbott and Texas legislators explicitly banned The 1619 Project from being taught in K-12 public schools. The ACLU of […]
$45 – $150
Climate Change: Simple, Serious, Solvable
Online TXJoin Professor Sylvia Dee of Rice University to consider climate change, its causes, impacts, and solutions. There is now a long-established global scientific consensus that climate change will damage human and natural systems at high expense. Climate change-induced disruptions to human-environment interactions occur via impacts such as sea level rise, storm surge, tropical cyclones, and […]
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Ecological Gardening: Fruit and Veggies for Summer to Fall
Online TXGardening and growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs organically is easy when recreating systems of nature to incorporate plants for wildlife and for people. Gardening in the gulf coast climate allows us to grow year around. Carol Burton, Director of Garden Education at Urban Harvest will explore the seasons from Summer gardening strategies to Fall […]
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Biodiversity Loss
Online TXJoin Professor Kerri Crawford of the University of Houston for a talk on the issue of biodiversity loss. Our planet is home to millions of species that rely on each other and provide important ecosystem services. Humans, too, rely on nature -- but we take a disproportionate amount of the resources and modify the environment […]
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Houston Community Climate Summit
Building a Just and Sustainable Future in Houston: ClimateAction and Political Advocacy for Frontline Community Members The hope for this event is to support a coming together of frontline community members, community leaders, organizers, activists, and environmental advocacy professionals to share resources, learn about neighborhood-specific issues, identify sustainability strategies, collaborate to support each other's existing […]
Heat in Houston: Justice Implications, Solutions, & How People of Faith Can Engage
Online TXHeat is the greatest weather-related disaster in the U.S., killing more people than any other kind of natural disaster. And, Texas is one of three states with the highest heat-related deaths. A study found that the Houston area averaged 18 dangerously hot summer days per year from 1975 to 2010. Without any action to combat […]
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Faithful Voter Weekly Online Discussion Group
Online TXAs people of faith and conscience, we believe elections are a referendum on the values that will shape our future. How can we renew our fragile democracy? How do we honor the human dignity of every person? Will we protect our Sacred Earth and our children’s future? What policies will prioritize the common good and […]
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Racial Identity and the Souls of Black Folk — A Zoom Dialogue
Zoom EventWEB DuBois’ collection of essays found in The Souls of Black Folk illustrates the complexities of being an “African in America” at the beginning of the twentieth century. This event, inspired by the exhibit Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks currently at Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, highlights the book’s enduring legacy and the the theme of racial […]
Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required:
Forest Bathing & Earth Examen
Montgomery County Nature Preserve 1122 Pruitt Road, The Woodlands, TXExperience forest bathing, led by a certified guide, followed by practice of the Christian spiritual discipline of the Earth Examen. Forest bathing, a practice that originated in Japan, involves taking in, in all of one's senses, the forest atmosphere. Not simply a walk in the woods, it is the conscious and contemplative practice of being […]
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Faith in Democracy
St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Fondren Hall 5501 Main Street, Houston, TX, United StatesTexas Impact, an interfaith justice advocacy organization based in Austin (https://texasimpact.org/about-us/), is coming to see you here in Houston! Faith in Democracy is your opportunity to reflect with Houston faith leaders about why civic engagement is a must for faith communities. You’ll also hear from Texas Impact about their plans for the 2023 legislative session […]
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Voter Suppression: Christian Nationalism’s Attempts to Control Who Votes
ZoomTexas' fight over the Election Integrity Protection Act of 2021, known as SB1, and the problems it led to in Texas' primaries this spring have drawn national attention. Long before the 2020 election, Christian right leaders were promoting legislation to limit voter access. Americans United has written frequently about how Christian nationalist organizations have been […]
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Voter Registration Event
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Blvd., HoustonLive in Harris county and need to register to vote or change the address on your registration? Get registered in time for the 2022 election in November! Bring your TX driver’s license, or state-issued i.d. to register. Or, if you don’t have these forms of identification, you can register using the last 4 digits of […]
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