Vote Smart: 2018 Facts Matter Tour
First Congregational Church of Houston 10840 Beinhorn Road, HoustonWeek of Events
Awakening the Spirit
Awakening the Spirit
The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to explore spirituality in nature with those of other faiths, using the documentary The National Parks – America’s Best Idea, as a source of inspiration.
Vote Smart: 2018 Facts Matter Tour
Vote Smart: 2018 Facts Matter Tour
The Vote Smart: 2018 Facts Matter Tour will be hosted on September 9th at First Congregational Church in Houston. This is the only Houston presentation on the national tour of this voter education program.
The Facts Matter Tour will address Voter Self-Defense strategies that help us
· Learn how to view entertaining but dangerous political commercials that manipulate us instead of informing us
· Take actions to defend our right to the facts, the truth, and the reality that our democracy depends on
HARC People & Nature Speaker Series: Innovative Resilience Financing
HARC People & Nature Speaker Series: Innovative Resilience Financing
“Will we be Ready for the Next Harvey? Innovative Funding Strategies and Opportunities for Community Resilience”
On Wednesday, September 12, HARC will continue its People & Nature Speaker Series hosting an evening conversation with six national thought leaders on the topic of innovative resilience financing and the role that the public and private sectors can play to develop new community partnerships and diversified resilience funding mechanisms in Greater Houston.
Special Presentation: Run Like the Devil
Special Presentation: Run Like the Devil
The MFAH hosts the Houston stop on the state-wide tour of this new documentary. Run Like the Devil chronicles the energetic and impassioned 2018 race for the U.S. Senate between Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas). Filmmaker Steve Mims takes a nonpartisan look at the candidates and their tireless efforts to communicate with voters across the Lone Star State. Campaign-trail interviews with Cruz and O’Rourke—interwoven with stories from political insiders including Mark McKinnon and Evan Smith—create a vivid, timely, and exhausting account of a uniquely Texan campaign.
An Evening with Doug Blackmon
An Evening with Doug Blackmon
Dinner and conversation with Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II."
Houston Youth Voters Conference
Houston Youth Voters Conference
The first ever Houston Youth Voters Conference will take place on Saturday, September 15th at Rice University from 9am-4pm! We will be bringing together 5 Houston-area universities: Rice, UH, UHD, TSU, and Lone Star College to talk about the importance of voting, how to vote, how to get other students on our campuses to vote, and how to mobilize around specific policy issues that we care about. You will get to hear from some awesome guest speakers about youth voting and empowerment and meet with other passionate students from all over Houston!