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SUMMARY:IS PEACE POSSIBLE IN UKRAINE?
DESCRIPTION:Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book\,  co-authored with Nicolas Davies\, entitled “War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict.”   She traces the origins of the war back to the fall of the Soviet Union  and addresses Russia’s grievances as well as Ukraine’s. Understanding both is necessary to find solutions to end the conflict.  Ms. Benjamin is a co-founder of CODEPINK\, the women-led peace and justice organization. \nFor information\, call 832-971-6796.\nHosted by Houston Peace and Justice Center Military and Foreign Policy Workgroup and\nForeign Policy Alliance-Houston. \nBay Area Unitarian Universalist Church\, 17503 El Camino Real\,\nHouston 77058.
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/is-peace-possible-in-ukraine-2/
LOCATION:Bay Area UU Church\, 17503 El Camino Real \, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States
CATEGORIES:Foreign & Military Policy
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SUMMARY:In Their Footsteps: An American Muslim Civil Rights Journey
DESCRIPTION:In Their Footsteps: An American Muslim Civil RightsJourney” follows some 30 American Muslim civil rights leaders as they journeyed through Alabama in April 2018 to learn about the history of slavery\, lynching\, segregation\, and about present-day racial injustice. \nYou will hear deeply personal and emotional reflections from American Muslims — including African-American Muslims — who lived through segregation and Jim Crow laws\, and for whom the journey brought back memories from their own lives. \n\n\nDuring the journey\, the Muslim leaders attended the inauguration of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery and learned from experts at the historic 16th Street Baptist Church\, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute\, the Southern Poverty Law Center\, and the Civil Rights Memorial. Following the screening\, there will be a panel discussion of the film and related topics. \nhttp://bauuc.org/ \nAn optional hot lunch is available: $7 for adults\, $3 four children
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/in-their-footsteps-an-american-muslim-civil-rights-journey/
LOCATION:Bay Area UU Church\, 17503 El Camino Real \, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170908T190000
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SUMMARY:INVESTIGATING RUSSIA—2017  Natalie M. Smith PH.D.
DESCRIPTION:Natalie M Smith visited Crimea\, Moscow and St. Petersburg\, Russia\, as a delegate of the Center for Citizen Initiatives in May 2017. She has a Ph.D. in Russian literature and linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and has traveled in the Russian Federation since 1995. CCI\, the largest citizen diplomacy organization between the two nations\, determined this year to carry out a first-ever “information-gathering” delegation of American citizen investigators who would travel to major Russian cities to learn what is happening in Russia – since many allegations are made in US mainstream media and few know whether it is truth or misinformation. \n  \nIn Moscow\, CCI delegates met with Mikhail Gorbachev\, ballistics expert Vladimir Kozin\, foreign policy expert Andrei Kortunov\, journalist Dmitri Babich and TV celebrity Vladimir Pozner to discuss areas of US and Russian concern. \n  \nIn Yalta\, Simferopol and Sevastopol city officials\, school children\, Simferopol’s Rotary Club\, university students\, journalists and many others gave perspectives on Crimea’s 2014 referendum and Western sanctions\, extended by the EU to 2018. \n  \nIn St.Petersburg entrepreneurs\, opposition politicians\, and educators shared their hopes for more cooperative work in the future. \n  \n  \nSharon Tennison’s website further describes her work: \nhttps://ccisf.org/ \n  \n  \nThe attached photo is during our meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev:
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/investigating-russia-2017-natalie-m-smith-ph-d/
LOCATION:Bay Area UU Church\, 17503 El Camino Real \, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States
CATEGORIES:Foreign & Military Policy,Presentation or Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170627T190000
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SUMMARY:Palestinian Scientist speaks on Conflict Resolution
DESCRIPTION:  \nMazin Qumsiyeh; he is a medical geneticist who trained in the U.S. and taught at Duke and Yale. He is a Palestinian Christian who teaches at Bethlehem University in Bethlehem in the West Bank and has co-founded a museum of natural history which just opened recently. He is interested in promoting awareness of the museum and its important work in educating children and young people about recycling\, sustainability\, and nature conservation. The museum is a very exciting endeavor that has already reached many children and youth there and draws a steady stream of visitors and volunteers. \n  \nThe topics Dr. Qumsiyeh covers include Palestinian Christian perspective on Islam and on teaching conflict resolution in the Peace Studies MA program at Bethlehem Bible College as well as presenting information about the flora and fauna of the Holy Land. He received the 2011 Social Courage Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association and has written several books\, including one titled Sharing the Land of Canaan. He is interested in reaching beyond the usual political audiences for a Palestinian speaker and educating people here about the work of his museum and also topics related to religion and peace/conflict resolution studies. \n 
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/palestinian-scientist-speaks-conflict-resolution/
LOCATION:Bay Area UU Church\, 17503 El Camino Real \, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170610T080000
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SUMMARY:Russia Observations Fake News
DESCRIPTION:Natalie M Smith visited Crimea\, Moscow and St. Petersburg\, Russia\, as a delegate of the Center for Citizen Initiatives in May 2017. She has a Ph.D. in Russian literature and linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and has traveled in the Russian Federation since 1995. CCI\, the largest citizen diplomacy organization between the two nations\, determined this year to carry out a first-ever “information-gathering” delegation of American citizen investigators who would travel to major Russian cities to learn what is happening in Russia – since many allegations are made in US mainstream media and few know whether it is truth or misinformation. \nIn Moscow\, CCI delegates met with Mikhail Gorbachev\, ballistics expert Vladimir Kozin\, foreign policy expert Andrei Kortunov\, journalist Dmitri Babich and TV celebrity Vladimir Pozner to discuss areas of US and Russian concern. \nIn Yalta\, Simferopol and Sevastopol city officials\, school children\, Simferopol’s Rotary Club\, university students\, journalists and many others gave perspectives on Crimea’s 2014 referendum and Western sanctions\, extended by the EU to 2018. \nIn St.Petersburg entrepreneurs\, opposition politicians\, and educators shared their hopes for more cooperative work in the future. \nSharon Tennison’s website further describes her work: \nhttps://ccisf.org/ \n 
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/russia-observations-fake-news/
LOCATION:Bay Area UU Church\, 17503 El Camino Real \, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States
CATEGORIES:Foreign & Military Policy,Presentation or Lecture
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SUMMARY:How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We can do about it
DESCRIPTION:The BAUUC Service and Justice Ministry (SJM) invite all to hear acclaimed author and scholar Chuck Collins discuss\, “How wealth inequality is wrecking the world and what we can do about it”.  The event is scheduled for March 22nd\, 7 to 9PM \nThe year Chuck Collins turned 16\, his father took him aside for a man-to-man talk. Edward Collins told his son that he had set up a substantial trust fund for him.\nChuck remembers feeling utter amazement. The great-grandson of Oscar Mayer and an heir to the wiener fortune\, he had grown up living comfortably\, but not lavishly\, in suburban Detroit. Now\, as his father spelled out\, he realized he would not have to work for money unless he wanted to. His dad also stressed his hope that the money would not change his son or his life goals. It didn’t. However\, events took a very different course from the one the elder Collins had so carefully planned. Ten years later\, in 1985\, Chuck Collins gave away every penny of his inheritance\, nearly half a million dollars\, to foundations and groups that he knew needed funding—organizations working for the environment\, peace\, racial equality\, and indigenous and gay people’s rights.\nChuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and directs IPS’s Program on Inequality and the Common Good where he co-edits He is an expert on U.S. inequality and author of several books\, including 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It.\nHe is co-author with Bill Gates Sr. of Wealth and Our Commonwealth\, (Beacon Press\, 2003)\, a case for taxing inherited fortunes. He is co-author with Mary Wright of The Moral Measure of the Economy\, a book about Christian ethics and economic life. His new book is Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality\, Bringing Wealth Home\, and Committing to the Common Good (Chelsea Green\, Sept. 2016).\nHe is co-founder of Wealth for the Common Good\, a network of business leaders\, high-income households and partners working together to promote shared prosperity and fair taxation. This network merged in 2015 with the Patriotic Millionaires.\nIn 1995\, he co-founded United for a Fair Economy (UFE) to raise the profile of the inequality issue and support popular education and organizing efforts to address inequality. He was Executive Director of UFE from 1995-2001 and Program Director until 2005.
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/wealth-inequality-wrecking-world-wat-can/
LOCATION:Bay Area UU Church\, 17503 El Camino Real \, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States
CATEGORIES:Economic Justice,Environmental & Environmental Justice,Human Rights & Criminal Justice,Presentation or Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170217T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170217T170000
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SUMMARY:Love Thy Neighbor Rally in Clear Lake!
DESCRIPTION:Residents from across the southern suburbs of Houston will be publicly showing our support for our Muslim neighbors and for refugees and immigrants from predominately Muslim countries. Recent efforts to restrict immigration\, turn away refugees\, and incidents of anti-Muslim violence and harassment make this an important time for us all to come together and let our voices of respect and compassion be heard. \n  \nOn Friday February 17 at 1:00pm\, the Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church in Clear Lake will be welcoming all of our neighbors from every religious tradition\, culture and background to gather for a HUGE rally to demonstrate our support for the members of the Clear Lake Islamic Center\, their families\, and their friends as they arrive for their weekly Friday worship. We’ll gather along the private road (Beacon Street) which leads from El Camino Real to the Islamic Center with signs of support for Muslims and for immigrants and refugees in Houston\, across America and around the world. \nWe invite you to join us in this local\, passionate and positive event! This rally will be non-partisan and is aimed at expressing of our shared values of inclusion\, compassion and respect for diversity in these challenging and difficult times. It is not a protest but a celebration of the gifts of unity and community. We’ll be rallying and then enjoying snacks and refreshments together with our Muslim friends. \n  \nThe Rally will take place on Friday February 17 starting at 1:00 at 17503 El Camino Real in Clear Lake (near the big blue water tower off of El Camino Real\, just south of Bay Area Boulevard and just north of NASA Road 1). For more information or directions\, please visit www.bauuc.org or call \n281-488-2001. \n  \nCome\, bring your friends\, bring your positive signs of support and love for our neighbors\, and help us make a joyful noise as we stand on the side of love together! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/love-thy-neighbor-rally-clear-lake/
LOCATION:Bay Area UU Church\, 17503 El Camino Real \, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States
CATEGORIES:Human Rights & Criminal Justice,Peace Education for Children & Families
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SUMMARY:T.E.J.A.S. Toxic Tour visit to communities affected by fossil fuel and other pollution.
DESCRIPTION:Visit toxic sites in SE Houston where neighborhoods surrounded by refineries and chemical plants spewing toxins. \nLunch n learn presentation & bus tour \nJuan Parras Sierra Club Enviromental Justice receipient and founder director T.e.j.a.s. \n12 – 12-30 lunch  $7 \n12-30-1:00 presentation \n1:00-3:00 toxic tour
URL:https://hpjc.org/event/t-e-j-a-s-toxic-tour-2016/
LOCATION:Bay Area UU Church\, 17503 El Camino Real \, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental & Environmental Justice
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