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SUMMARY:Walk Gently on Earth
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public;\n\n\nSunday\, June 10\, 1:30 p.m.\nEmerson Unitarian Universalist Church & online\n\n\n1900 Bering Dr. \nHouston\, TX 77057 \n713-782-8250 \nhttp://emersonhouston.org/ \n\n\n  Last fall\, world religious leaders presented the interfaith climate declaration\, Walk Gently on Earth\, to the UN Conference on Climate Change in Bonn. The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to a talk about the declaration by Imaad Khan\, of the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy (TICPP)\, who was there. Imaad will discuss the presentation of the declaration\, its message\, and how houses of worship and their members can leverage this initiative. Walk Gently on Earth invites people of faith to lead the world in adopting a sustainable lifestyle.\n\n  The focus for 2018 is in transforming three areas of our lives: energy use; food consumption; and travel. This talk takes place at Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church and online\, via a simultaneous web meeting. Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 1900 Bering Dr. in Houston.\n\n  Please register for this event;\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-gently-on-earth-tickets-45446870814\n\nTexas Interfaith Power and Light\, the environmental program of TICPP\, has joined this initiative. For more information on the Walk Gently on Earth initiative\, see their site at:\n http://www.txipl.org/content/walk-gently-earth.\n\n\n  For more information about this talk\, please contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com.
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/walk-gently-on-earth/
LOCATION:Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church & online\, 1900 Bering Dr.\, Houston\, 77057
CATEGORIES:Environmental & Environmental Justice,Presentation or Lecture
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SUMMARY:Texas Migrant and Refugee Leadership Academy
DESCRIPTION:Do you have what it takes?  Calling on all migrants and refugee leaders in the State of Texas to attend a statewide migrants and refugee leadership training to be held in Dallas\, Texas on Friday\, June 15* to Sunday\, June 17. \n  \nThis all day training event offers migrants and refugees the opportunity to come together to share experiences\, connect with each other\, and develop the skills necessary to advocate on issues of importance to migrants and refugees in Texas. \n  \nThe training is designed to hone your leadership skills; create opportunity for networking; and incentives for participants to take the experience back to their local communities and advocate for issues of concern to the broader migrant and refugee community.  Our goal is to lift up the voices of all refugees in order to create more welcoming communities in Texas. \nIf selected to attend\, we will cover your transportation\, room and board. \nSpace is limited\, so please apply today! \n  \nApplications must be received by Thursday\, May 24. \n  \nAPPLY TODAY: Please follow this link to the application form. \nIf you have any questions\, feel free to email: \nGislaine Williams\, Refugee Council USA\, gwilliams@rcusa.org or \nJustin Nsenga\, Partners for Refugee Empowerment\, justin@pfre.org
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/texas-migrant-and-refugee-leadership-academy/
LOCATION:TBD\, Houston\, 77009
CATEGORIES:Human Rights & Criminal Justice,Presentation or Lecture,Social,Training
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SUMMARY:Mayor Turner’s Annual Acres Homes Juneteenth Parade
DESCRIPTION:Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Annual Acres Homes Juneteenth Parade on Saturday\, June 16\, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. \nThe parade will begin at the Acres Homes Multi-Service Center located at 6719 W. Montgomery\, travel north on W. Montgomery\, west on Dolly Wright and conclude at Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church located at 1620 Dolly Wright.
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/mayor-turners-annual-acres-homes-juneteenth-parade/
LOCATION:Acres Homes Multi-Service Center\, 6719 W. Montgomery Rd.\, Houston\, 77091
CATEGORIES:Human Rights & Criminal Justice,March
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SUMMARY:Emancipation Park Juneteenth Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Emancipation Park’s Juneteenth Celebration\n10 am – 5 pm\nHosts: City of Houston and Emancipation Park Conservancy\nLocation: Emancipation Park\, 3018 Emancipation Avenue\, Houston\, Texas 77004 \nEMANCIPATION PARK opened in the Third Ward in 1872\, on a plot of land purchased for $800 by a group of former slaves. The opening took place nine years after president Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation\, and seven years after slaves were formally freed in Texas. \n  \nGo to https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/houston-juneteenth-emancipation-park.html to read an NY Times story  about Emancipation Park.
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/emancipation-park-juneteenth-celebration/
LOCATION:Emancipation Park\, 3018 Emancipation Ave.\, Houston\, 77004
CATEGORIES:Social
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SUMMARY:24th Annual Juneteenth Ally Award Luncheon “Giving our Youth a Voice”
DESCRIPTION:The Center for the Healing of Racism will hold its 24th annual Juneteenth Ally Award luncheon\, “Giving our Youth a Voice\,” on Saturday\, June 16\, 2018.  This year’s award recipients are:\n\n\n– James W. Loewen\, sociologist\, historian and author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong;\n– Tahirih Justice Center\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting immigrant women and girls and promoting a world where women and girls enjoy equality\, safety and dignity;\n– Lisa Falkenberg\, Houston Chronicle columnist and Pulitzer Prize recipient (2015) for her groundbreaking columns about corrupt grand jury practices and egregious problems in the legal and immigration systems;\n– Ben and Sarah Becker\, who will receive the Center’s “Individual Initiative Award.”\n\n\nThe luncheon will be held at noon on Saturday\, June 16\, at First Methodist Church (Lower Level Fellowship Hall)\, 1320 Main Street\, Houston\, TX 77002.  Free parking at lot across from the church’s Clay street entrance.  Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased through the Center for the Healing of Racism.  Contact: cfhr1@juno.com or (713) 520-8226.  Sponsorships are also available.\nwww.centerhealingracism.org
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/24th-annual-juneteenth-ally-award-luncheon-giving-our-youth-a-voice/
LOCATION:First Methodist Church (Lower Level Fellowship Hall)\, 1320 Main Street\, Houston\, TX 77002\, 1320 Main Street (at Clay)\, Houston\, 77002
CATEGORIES:Human Rights & Criminal Justice,Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for the Healing of Racism":MAILTO:cfhr1@juno.com
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