BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Houston Peace & Justice Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hpjc.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Houston Peace & Justice Center
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20250309T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20251102T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20260308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20261101T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20270314T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20271107T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260202T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T151429
CREATED:20260312T174516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T174519Z
UID:10002394-1770055200-1770058800@hpjc.org
SUMMARY:Faithful Resilience: A Study on Climate Resilience for Faith Communities
DESCRIPTION:Faithful Resilience is a six-part weekly study on climate resilience for faith communities. The climate crisis has arrived. Faith communities must not only react\, but also prepare. Over the last decade\, hurricanes have intensified\, wildfires have burnt stronger\, and heat waves have baked our cities. These events can only be expected to get worse in the next decades. Most of our faith communities are not ready for these climate-driven disasters. Yet\, the communities who will be most threatened by climate change also have an opportunity to play a pivotal role in building resilience in their towns and cities. Whether a faith community has a large facility\, land\, social capital\, or something else\, those assets can be channeled into building climate resilience in preparation for the coming physical and spiritual storms of the climate crisis. Join us for this six-week weekly exploration and consider how your faith community can become a force for climate resilience. To learn more/register\, see: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1975013162535. Contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com for more information. \nTopics for the six-week exploration of how faith communities can become a force for climate resilience for your community include: \n  \nWeek 1: The Land We Inhabit \nWeek 2: The Fierce Urgency of Now \nWeek 3: Resilience & Restoration \nWeek 4: Climate Migration \nWeek 5: Building Resilience \nWeek 6: Resilient Religion/Spirituality
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/faithful-resilience-a-study-on-climate-resilience-for-faith-communities-7/2026-02-02/
LOCATION:online\, not applicable\, not applicable\, not applicable\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental & Environmental Justice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hpjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Faithful-resilience-logo.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston":MAILTO:gcs.lrc@gmail.com
GEO:38.888684;-77.004719
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=online not applicable not applicable not applicable United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=not applicable:geo:-77.004719,38.888684
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260209T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T151429
CREATED:20260312T173542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T173547Z
UID:10002395-1770660000-1770663600@hpjc.org
SUMMARY:Faithful Resilience: A Study on Climate Resilience for Faith Communities
DESCRIPTION:Faithful Resilience is a six-part weekly study on climate resilience for faith communities. The climate crisis has arrived. Faith communities must not only react\, but also prepare. Over the last decade\, hurricanes have intensified\, wildfires have burnt stronger\, and heat waves have baked our cities. These events can only be expected to get worse in the next decades. Most of our faith communities are not ready for these climate-driven disasters. Yet\, the communities who will be most threatened by climate change also have an opportunity to play a pivotal role in building resilience in their towns and cities. Whether a faith community has a large facility\, land\, social capital\, or something else\, those assets can be channeled into building climate resilience in preparation for the coming physical and spiritual storms of the climate crisis. Join us for this six-week weekly exploration and consider how your faith community can become a force for climate resilience.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more/register\, see: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1975013162535. Contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com for more information. \n\n\n\nTopics for the six-week exploration of how faith communities can become a force for climate resilience for your community include: \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nWeek 1: The Land We Inhabit \n\n\n\nWeek 2: The Fierce Urgency of Now \n\n\n\nWeek 3: Resilience & Restoration \n\n\n\nWeek 4: Climate Migration \n\n\n\nWeek 5: Building Resilience \n\n\n\nWeek 6: Resilient Religion/Spirituality
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/faithful-resilience-a-study-on-climate-resilience-for-faith-communities-6/
LOCATION:online\, not applicable\, not applicable\, not applicable\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental & Environmental Justice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hpjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Faithful-resilience-logo.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston":MAILTO:gcs.lrc@gmail.com
GEO:38.888684;-77.004719
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=online not applicable not applicable not applicable United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=not applicable:geo:-77.004719,38.888684
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260216T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T151429
CREATED:20260312T173122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T173129Z
UID:10002396-1771264800-1771268400@hpjc.org
SUMMARY:Faithful Resilience: A Study on Climate Resilience for Faith Communities
DESCRIPTION:Faithful Resilience is a six-part weekly study on climate resilience for faith communities. The climate crisis has arrived. Faith communities must not only react\, but also prepare. Over the last decade\, hurricanes have intensified\, wildfires have burnt stronger\, and heat waves have baked our cities. These events can only be expected to get worse in the next decades. Most of our faith communities are not ready for these climate-driven disasters. Yet\, the communities who will be most threatened by climate change also have an opportunity to play a pivotal role in building resilience in their towns and cities. Whether a faith community has a large facility\, land\, social capital\, or something else\, those assets can be channeled into building climate resilience in preparation for the coming physical and spiritual storms of the climate crisis. Join us for this six-week weekly exploration and consider how your faith community can become a force for climate resilience.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more/register\, see: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1975013162535.  \n\n\n\nContact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com for more information. \n\n\n\nTopics for the six-week exploration of how faith communities can become a force for climate resilience for your community include: \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nWeek 1: The Land We Inhabit \n\n\n\nWeek 2: The Fierce Urgency of Now \n\n\n\nWeek 3: Resilience & Restoration \n\n\n\nWeek 4: Climate Migration \n\n\n\nWeek 5: Building Resilience \n\n\n\nWeek 6: Resilient Religion/Spirituality
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/faithful-resilience-a-study-on-climate-resilience-for-faith-communities-5/
LOCATION:online\, not applicable\, not applicable\, not applicable\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental & Environmental Justice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hpjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Faithful-resilience-logo.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston":MAILTO:gcs.lrc@gmail.com
GEO:38.888684;-77.004719
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=online not applicable not applicable not applicable United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=not applicable:geo:-77.004719,38.888684
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260222T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260222T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T151429
CREATED:20260312T172457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T172503Z
UID:10002420-1771768800-1771776000@hpjc.org
SUMMARY:Beach Clean-Up
DESCRIPTION:Calling people of all faiths\, or no faith at all\, to care for our common home in a beach clean-up in Surfside! We will remove trash polluting a shoreline at Surfside Beach\, helping to protect and restore our beautiful Gulf. This event will offer activities for all ages and skill levels\, so bring the whole family! Supplies will be provided. You just need a reusable water bottle and closed-toe shoes. This beach clean-up is organized by the Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston in partnership with the Village of Surfside Beach. Registration for this event is limited and required for participation. Specific meeting location in Surfside Beach will be sent to all registrants several days prior to the event.  \n\n\n\nRegister on www.eventbrite.com at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979233877808.   \n\n\n\nContact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com with any questions. \n\n\n\n.
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/beach-clean-up-4/
LOCATION:Surfside Beach\, Highway 332 at Surf Drive\, Village of Surfside Beach\, 77541
CATEGORIES:Environmental & Environmental Justice
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hpjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/beach-clean-up-photo.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston":MAILTO:gcs.lrc@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260222T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T151429
CREATED:20260312T172338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T172343Z
UID:10002421-1771783200-1771786800@hpjc.org
SUMMARY:The Role of Community Engagement in Environmental Health Research
DESCRIPTION:Join Melissa Suter\, PhD\, of Baylor College of Medicine\, and Lance Hallberg\, PhD\, and Claire Hallmark\, MPH\, both of University of Texas Medical Branch\, for a talk highlighting the role of the Community Engagement Core (CEC) in fostering meaningful\, bidirectional communication between researchers and communities impacted by Superfund site chemical pollutants. They will discuss strategies for partnering with local leaders and residents to co-develop prevention and intervention approaches aimed at reducing exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other contaminants. Finally\, the presentation will showcase how these collaborative efforts inform research directions\, build capacity\, and advance environmental health equity in vulnerable populations. Time for interactive discussion with the speakers will be provided.  \n\n\n\nPlease register for this talk on www.eventbrite.com at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979387429084. All registrants will receive a link to the recording of the event. This virtual event will use the WebEx platform. Registrants will receive a separate e-mail with WebEx connection details.   \n\n\n\nContact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com with any questions.
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/the-role-of-community-engagement-in-environmental-health-research/
LOCATION:online\, not applicable\, not applicable\, not applicable\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental & Environmental Justice,Presentation or Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hpjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/speakers-for-February-2026-conversation.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church":MAILTO:ctk@ctkelc.org
GEO:38.888684;-77.004719
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=online not applicable not applicable not applicable United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=not applicable:geo:-77.004719,38.888684
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260225T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260226T083000
DTSTAMP:20260502T151429
CREATED:20260312T170718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T170724Z
UID:10002435-1772002800-1772094600@hpjc.org
SUMMARY:Building New Cycles of Peace: Centering Former Combatants as Agents of Peace
DESCRIPTION:We will explore the unique and powerful roles of youth—including those formerly involved in armed conflicts—in building and sustaining peace. \n\n[Time and Venue]\n\n 	Time: 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time)\, Wednesday\, 25th February 2026\n\n 	12:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.\, 26th February (Japan Standard Time)\n 	8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Pakistan time）\n 	4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (DRC time)\n 	3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (UK time)\n\n\n 	Online (Zoom webinar)\n\n[Registration]\nhttps://charterforcompassion.org/what-we-do/support-youth/building-new-cycles-of-peace.html\n[Contents]\nIn recent years\, the role of youth has been increasingly emphasized in international agendas such as the SDGs\, Women\, Peace and Security (WPS)\, and the Youth\, Peace\, and Security (YPS) agenda. However\, while the potential and critical role of young people is being recognized\, youth who have been involved with non-state armed groups—who may be some of the most essential actors in conflict resolution and peacebuilding—are often overlooked and viewed merely as security threats by the international community.\n\nAt this event\, we are honored to have two members of GTY: Mr. Abdul Wahid Sesay\, who was a former combatant of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone\, and Mr. Julien Vikemba\, co-founder and executive director of Sote Pamoja in the Democratic Republic of Congo\, specializing in supporting the rehabilitation\, reconciliation\, and reintegration of former combatants. The discussion will be moderated by Ms. Atma Kaur Narinder\, Social Impact Director.\n\nDrawing on Wahid’s lived experience of involvement with a non-state armed group\, and Vikemba’s expertise as a researcher and practitioner in peacebuilding\, the discussion will highlight the complex challenges faced by former youth combatants toward reintegration\, while also exploring the unique and powerful roles that such youth can play in advancing and sustaining peace.\n\nThis co-hosted event by GTY and CFC aims to shed light on the unique potential of youth combatants with lived experience of armed conflict through a dialogue. By amplifying their voices and fostering genuine dialogue\, we aim to raise awareness of their critical roles in peacebuilding. Listening to their experiences is essential to deepening global discussions on their rights\, as well as on the support needed for their reintegration and empowerment as Agents of Peace.\n\nRegister from here: https://charterforcompassion.org/what-we-do/support-youth/building-new-cycles-of-peace.html
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/building-new-cycles-of-peace-centering-former-combatants-as-agents-of-peace/
LOCATION:online\, not applicable\, not applicable\, not applicable\, United States
CATEGORIES:Human Rights & Criminal Justice,Peace Education for Children & Families,Social
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hpjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/260225_GTYCFC-Online-Event.png
GEO:38.888684;-77.004719
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=online not applicable not applicable not applicable United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=not applicable:geo:-77.004719,38.888684
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR