Pupetista Preparation for J20 and J22
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6:30 - 7:15
Mecom Fountain (Montrose and Main)
Bring a sign and a candle, or come hold one of our signs
Amnesty International, Group 23

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize...
This is the First Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's session 1: Grassroots Democracy and HCGP information.
-- DIFFERENT PLACE: NOT Mykonos --
West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft
A block and a half east of Montrose
halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer

Inauguration Preparation
2PM: Puppetista Organizing brief/Build for J20 and J22 actions
Bill Hicks Resurrection Laboratory, 2915 Delafield Rd
7PM: J20 Spokescouncil meeting at Houston Indymedia Center (3414 La branch in the Midtown Arts Center)
http://www.houstonglobalawareness.org

Diary of an Execution
at the Art Car Museum, 7PM
check Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty for more

Fundraiser for "Inaugurate Yourself" Actions J20-J22
Evening at HELIOS: film screening, Free Radicals

Inauguration Preparation
Noon to 6PM: Puppetista Build
Bill Hicks Resurrection Laboratory, 2915 Delafield Rd
7PM Sunday J20 Spokes Council meeting at Houston Indymedia Center (3414 La branch in the Midtown Arts Center)
www.houstonglobalawareness.org

Eleventh Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade
starts at 10 AM
gather 8:30 am Texas and Bastrop

Afternoon Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade
meet and assemble
1pm Texas and Chartres
(sponsored by Black Heritage Society)

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., SYMPOSIUM
Texas Southern University and Texas Friends of TransAfrica, with TSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Rice University, Houston Community College System, and University of Houston.
Actor Danny Glover chairs the board of directors of the TransAfrica Forum
10 a.m. at Thurgood Marshall School of Law Room 107.
For more information, call 713/313-6848.

All PM: All kinds of workshops and trianing and solidarity
Bill Hicks Resurrection Laboratory, 2915 Delafield Rd
www.houstonglobalawareness.org

Rothko Chapel honors Martin Luther King Jr. with a program for people still growing. Featured performers: Melissa Waddy-Thibodeaux performing "Escape to Freedom: The Resurrection of Harriet Tubman," and Sandra Organ and the Sandra Organ Dance Company. Limited seating, first come first served. 7:30 p.m. at the chapel, 1409 Sul Ross at Yupon

INAUGURATE YOURSELF!!
Call For Nonviolent Autonomous Action and Non-Cooperation
NOON
Rally in front of the library at the University of Houston for a festival of resistance.
free-form activity from dawn to dusk -- e.g. street theater, protest signs held over overpasses, banner drops, mall actions.

For more info, come to J20 action spokescouncil meetings 7pm every Sunday at Houston Indymedia space [3414 Labranch in the Midtown Arts Center] or contact:
Melissa Patrick, 281/455-3144, anothermotherforpeace@earthlink.net
Scott Parkin, houston_da@riseup.net
or visit www.houstonglobalawareness.org

“Not One Damn Dime Day” is another way to observe inauguration day. Noting that all the big money that backs Bush & Co. is throwing him a very expensive inauguration, one idea being floated around the country is to withdraw from Corporate America’s hold on the culture by spending nothing--no purchase at restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and especially Wal-Mart. (If you shop there, it must be because you need a Living Wage. VOTE GREEN!)

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's Session 2: Ecological Wisdom, Consensus Decision-Making and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

THERE IS A DELAY IN THE TRIAL AS ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEFENSE FILE A MOTION BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT ONCE MORE...so let's postpone tomorrow's action but begin to seriously organize to get our message to the US Attorney that we do not agree with the Death Penalty in this case!!

--- maria jimenez <dignidad@hotmail.com> wrote:
Several of us who have fought for immigrant rights for many years are very troubled by the US government decision to ask for the death penalty in the case of the truck driver of the vehicle where 19 immigrants perished on route to Houston.

We waited for the federal courts to resolve it. The appeal was turned down last week.

If jury selection proceeds in this case on Tuesday, January 25, we will be in front of the Federal Court, 515 Rusk, from 8:45 am to 9:30 am to demonstrate our opposition to the death penalty.

As people of conscience, we cannot remain silent.

KPFT's Second Town Hall Meeting
1:30-4:50 PM
S.H.A.P.E. Community Center
3815 Live Oak St. at Alabama
The station wants to know how it can be of better service to its constituencies and the issues they care about.
Schedule:
1:30pm-2:00pm: Meet & Greet with free refreshments
2:00pm-4:00pm: Town Hall Meeting
4:30pm-4:50pm: Visit with local Stations Board, management, and staff.
For further information, call KPFT, 713-526-4000

Last day to sign up for free transportation and meals in connection with Texans for Medical Marijuana's lobby day in Austin on February 17. Call Karen Heikkala, 512/220-9209, email karen@texansformedicalmarijuana.org, or visit www.texansformedicalmarijuana.org

Texas Campaign Ethics Reform Houston Summit
University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall
6PM
Discuss the power of money in state elections and reform strategies in this part of a statewide effort to rally 10,000 Texans in support of campaign finance reform in the 2005 legislature. Confirmed speakers include: Houston Mayor Bill White; Mickey Jo Lawrence, former executive director of the Texas Ethics Commission; and Fred Lewis, president of Campaigns for People.
Sponsors include Muslim Public Affairs Council-Houston, League of Women Voters-Houston, AARP-Texas, Memorial West Republican Women, and American Association of University Women-Texas.
RSVP to patrick@campaignsforpeople.org to assure a seat and a meal.
For more information, contact MPAC-Houston, 713/797-6722.

AIR POLLUTION SOLUTIONS/TOWN HALL MEETING
6:00 ­ 8:00 PM
Milby High School Auditorium
1601 Broadway Street
Councilmember Carol Alvarado and other elected officials are sponsoring this meeting in response to the series of Chronicle articles about toxic air pollution in East Houston. www.chron.com/toxics
Whether or not you live in East Houston, this issue is a concern for all Houstonians because it affects our economy and our quality of life. Come to this meeting to discuss air pollution solutions and learn about:
What chemicals are polluting our air?
How are you being affected?
What can you do to reduce exposure?
What can community leaders do to fix the problem?
Jane L. Laping, M.S., M.P.H.
Executive Director, Mothers for Clean Air
3100 Richmond, Suite 309
Houston, TX 77098
713-526-0110 phone; 713-526-0550 fax mfca@mothersforcleanair.org www.mothersforcleanair.org

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Even Month, so it's session 3: Social Justice and Texas Green Party.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Why Is Our Texas Water Being Endangered in the Water/Highway/Railroad Corridor with Little Media Attention?
The little noticed Trans Texas Corridor from the Mexican border across Texas needs scrutiny.
7:30 pm Globalization Forum presents a talk on this water marketing aspect of the massive super highway-rail-utility (oil, gas, water). Chris Sagstetter will explore this project for Texas (also Mexico & Central America) with ACTION IDEAS for stopping this boondoggle. This leads to water becoming more and more a commodity for both local people and multinational corporations.
2360 Rice Blvd. garage apt. 4 doors from Greenbriar. Contact Joan Denkler 713-467-2996 jndenkler48@ev1.net

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Even Month, so it's session 4: Non Violence and National and International Green Parties.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

7:30 PM
A Houston Premier Film:
"Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train"
The life and times of Howard Zinn
El Dorado Ballroom 2310 Elgin @ Dowling
(Panel on Friday--Civil Rights: Then and Now)
Contact: 713.524-7821 info@voicesbreakingboundaries.org
Sliding Scale Admission $5-$10, No One Turned Away.
http://www.voicesbreakingboundaries.org/vbb.html

A Black History Program, 2-4 PM
"From Lynchings to Executions:
The Struggle to Abolish the Death Penalty"

A Black History Program featuring the mothers of Frances Newton and Nanon Williams, KPFT radio host and activist Hitaji Aziz, Gloria Rubac and
Njeri Shakur with the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement and many youth from Acres Homes who will celebrate Black History through dance, song, and poetry by death row prisoners.
In Acres Homes at Hope in Christ Missionary Baptist Church
10310 Antoine Drive (just north of Highway249)

(Committee to Free Frances Newton. Please see the PDF flyer about other activities during the week; print it, email it, spread the word.)

Emergency Demonstration
Protest Taser Killing by Harris County Constables
4:30 pm
Harris County Criminal Justice Center
1201 Franklin St. in Houston
MORE INFO

Committee in Support of the April 27 Immigrant Action Day
organizing meeting, 7 pm at the Harris County AFL-CIO

Lobby Day! Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas has room for YOU on one of our lobby day buses (and it is FREE). This year we are taking 8 buses from across our service area and encourage women's health supporters to join with us and make a difference for women and families in Texas! Planned Parenthood and its clients need you to stand with us for reproductive rights and access to services - if you don't, who will?

Join us! Fill out (click) this short form with your information if you are interested in attending.
AND SEE THIS

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's session 1: Grassroots Democracy and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Lobby Day on Family in Austin
See the item in Get Involved
Sponsored in part by Texas Inmate Families Association
http://www.tifa.org

Lobby Day on Lesbian/Gay Rights in Austin
Check-in begins at 8 a.m. (location TBA). Brief training at 8:30 a.m. covering lobbying and the legislative process. Teams combining experienced LGRL volunteers and novices will begin visiting legislators at 10. For more information, contact Colin Cunliff, 512/474-5475 or colin@lgrl.org. Rally the preceding day.

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's Session 2: Ecological Wisdom, Consensus Decision-Making and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Deadline for registering entries in the Cesar E. Chavez Hispanic Pride Parade (see below under April 9).

Bhopal: This Could Happen Here!

Film: Bhopal - In Search of Justice, 7-8 pm
Panel Discussion: 8:15-9:30 pm
The Artery
5401 Jackson @ Prospect
Entrance at Prospect

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Even Month, so it's session 3: Social Justice and Texas Green Party.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Houston Indymedia Presents:
Seize the Media! Films of Media Pirates
8:00 PM - Rice Cinema
1. Radio Insurgente: La Voz De Los Sin Voz (12 min.)
2. Telestreet (8 min.)
3. Free Radio: A Documentary (100 min.)
See http://houston.indymedia.org

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Even Month, so it's session 4: Non Violence and National and International Green Parties.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Island Nite Concert
@ Miller Outdoor Theatre
(Check back to SHAPE calendar for updates)

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's session 1: Grassroots Democracy and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

ART CAR PARADE
OKAY: Gather before 1 PM on Allen Parkay upstream from Taft, be prepared to HAVE FUN!
OUR ENTRY: #120 - the Green Hornet reborn, reupholstered in green astroturf, with Four Pillar Greek Temple atop. Join in, bike, blade, or otherwise cruise with Greens!

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's Session 2: Ecological Wisdom, Consensus Decision-Making and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Green Grrls Slumber Party at Nathalie's

Green Party of Texas
Annual Statewide Convention
Details -- Dallas

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Even Month, so it's Session 4: Non Violence and National and International Green Parties.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Juneteenth Freedom Festival Parade begins at 10 AM.
It commemorates June 19th, the day news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas (in Galveston).
Check the Houston Chronicle for the downtown Houston parade route.

Houston Sustainability Solutions mini-conference
afternoon and evening at The Artery - 5401 Jackson at Prospect

Juneteenth Freedom Festival at Miller Outdoor Theater in Herman Park
The program begin at 2 PM. The hosts will begin to serve free barbeque
at 3:45 and continue until it runs out. At 4 PM there’s a talent extravaganza, and at 8 PM the entertainment begins with bands. For more information, call
713/529-4195.

Public forum on police actions at the May 18 protest of the Halliburton Shareholders meeting
7:30 PM, University of Houston,
in the Architecture Theatre, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. (Take Entrance 18 off Cullen.)
Local Houston anti-war organizers and concerned citizens will meet with Mayor White, City Council members and other public officials. They are being given a packet including about 25 pages of letters, personal accounts, and commercial and independent media articles describing police behavior at the rally. Included also is a DVD compilation of private video footage and media footage documenting the rally, especially the charge of the police horses into the crowd.
Sponsored by Code Pink, Progressive Activists Alliance, and Houston Global Awareness Collective.

Houston Pride Festival 2005 and Pride Parade
Get out to the Parade site (Westheimer and Yoakum) early and enjoy the day with friends, food and fun. GLBT entertainment on two stages, headlined by Grammy-nominee Sophie B. Hawkins and queer punk legend Pansy Division. The festival starts at 2 PM, the parade at 8:45. For more information, visit www.pridehouston.org.

Immigrants and Refugees: Seeking Rights, Seeking Services, Seeking a Future
A conference and town hall meeting sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs (MOIRA). The conference aims to supply service providers, government agencies, and community organizations with the information they need to serve Houston's diverse immigrant and refugee population. The town hall meeting will have a panel with the participation of city elected officials, the Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and directors of the following COH departments: Police, Health & Human Services, and Housing. Conference is 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; town hall meeting is 5:30-7 p.m., both at Centro Familiar Cristiano, 1100 Dairy Ashford. Conference registration is $30/$45; town hall meeting is free. To register on-line, visit www.uh.edu/enroll/admis/OIA/Immigration.
For more information, contact MOIRA director Benito Juarez, 713/437-6968, benito.juarez@cityofhouston.net

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's Session 1: Grassroots Democracy and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Green Drinks
6-8 PM at Dimassi's, 2401 Times Blvd. in Rice Village
An informal gathering of people interested in the quality of Houston's environment. This month's guest is Charlote Wells of the Texans for Alternative to Pesticides. Network from 6PM, presentation from 7PM.
(Green Drinks is part of Houston Sustainability Network; meets second Thursday of every month. To confirm the next Green Drinks location contact info@houstonsustainability.net)

2 PM -- Houston Justice for Janitors
St. Anne's Catholic Church 2140 Westheimer Rd.
Support Houston janitors' call for a living wage and health care benefits.

Annual Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan
Friendship Reception welcoming the Caravanistas and final aid collection of humanitarian materials for the people of Cuba
3 PM to 7 PM
note LOCATION CHANGE:
St Dominic Center, 2403 East Holcombe
updated letter from Ernest McMillan

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's Session 2: Ecological Wisdom, Consensus Decision-Making and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Town Hall Meeting on War Profiteering and Militarization
7:30 PM at SHAPE Family Community Center, 3815 Live Oak
Houston Global Awareness Collective

Committee to Free Frances Newton meeting
7:00 PM
2620 Fountainview, Suite 113
Phone - 713 266 7251
Leave a message "I want to help Free Frances"

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Even Month, so it's Session 3: Social Justice and Texas Green Party.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Hiroshima: 60 years ago
Live Oak Friends Meetinghouse
8:15 AM

Bayou City Barter Fair
1-4 PM
http://www.hpjc.org/majorevents.asp#8-6-2005

P-FLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meets
2:00-4:30 PM at St. Paul's Methodist Church,
5501 S. Main St. at Binz in the Museum District.
All are welcome. For more information, call 713/467-3524 or visit www.pflaghouston.org

Committee to Free Frances Newton meeting
6:30 PM
2620 Fountainview, Suite 113
Phone - 713 266 7251
Leave a message "I want to help Free Frances"

Green Drinks
6-8 PM, 2nd Thursday of each month
at Dimassi's, 2401 Times Blvd. in Rice Village
An informal gathering of people interested in the quality of Houston's environment. Networking from 6PM, monthly guest presentation from 7PM.
THIS MONTH: Steve Hupp, program manager for the Harris County Pollution Control (http://www.hd.co.harris.tx.us/pcd/) will speak about the county's innovative programs and bayou cleanup efforts.
(Green Drinks is part of Houston Sustainability Network, as well as GreenDrinks.org; to confirm next Green Drinks location contact info@houstonsustainability.net)

Progressive Action Alliance
Monthly meeting 7:00 PM, socialize 6:30 PM
Leisure Learning Center, 2990 Richmond, Houston
(6th floor, Room 6)
2nd Thursday
Contact Bill Crosier, 713-641-4941

Go to Crawford, Texas
Support Cindy Sheehan
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0807-03.htm
Driving Directions from Houston: US290 W, 44.3 miles; TX6 N, 126.2 miles; TX434-SPUR N. 0.1 miles; TX340 LOOP E/TX6 N, 17.9 miles; Turn LEFT onto FM 185. 9.1 miles: -- Crawford.
HIMC Report

March on Washington DC
9 AM to Noon
Lafayette Park (across from the White House)
Two million in prison is too many!
http://www.journeyforjustice.org/
Download Flyer (PDF, requires Acrobat)

Committee to Free Frances Newton meeting
6:30 PM
2620 Fountainview, Suite 113
Phone - 713 266 7251
Leave a message "I want to help Free Frances"

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Even Month, so it's Session 4: Non Violence and National and International Green Parties.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Prayer Vigil for Frances Newton Downtown
11 AM - 1 PM
in front of the Harris County Court House, 1201 Franklin

LIVABLE HOUSTON INITIATIVE
Garden cities, green cities: Ebenezer Howard changed the way planners think about cities more than 100 years ago when he described his ideas for bringing city and country together in garden cities. Today, those ideas look better and better. How could “green” planning work in the Houston region? Presentation by David Crossley of the Gulf Coast Institute. The meeting is Wednesday, August 24, noon-1:30 pm, Houston-Galveston Area Council, 3555 Timmons, second floor. Bring your lunch. For more information call 713-523-5757. The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

Committee to Free Frances Newton meeting
6:30 PM
2620 Fountainview, Suite 113
Phone - 713 266 7251
Leave a message "I want to help Free Frances"

Town Hall meeting with Sheila Jackson Lee about Iraq.

Grassroots Campaign Skillshare 2005
When: 9 AM - 5 PM
Where: Super Happy Fun Land
(2610 Ashland Street corner W. 27th in the Heights)

Topics will include: Goal-setting, Budgeting, Citizen Outreach, Staff Responsibilities, Fun-Raising, The Media and Advertising, Managing Volunteers, Reporting, and Public Speaking - Your Message.

Everyone is Welcome! -- Sponsored by Harris County Green Party
For information and to register, e-mail gcs@tx.greens.org

March in Austin, Texas
to
Save Frances Newton

Outreach to Day Laborers in Houson
2:00 PM
Help get day laborers to the AFL-CIO Hall at
2600 Sutherland for 2PM organizing meeting.
contact: Maria Jimenez, (713)928-6849 email: dignidad@hotmail.com
MORE DETAILS

On Tuesday, August 30th at 7:30, Houston Independent Media Center and
Dirty South Earth First! will screen the newly released film, The Forest
for the Trees, with a special screening of the short film Viva Judi Bari.

Committee to Free Frances Newton meeting
7:15 PM at SHAPE Community Center
3815 Live Oak (at Alabama)
713.521.0641

Cindy Sheehan
and the Bring Them Home Tour
in Houston
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

at the Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church
located at 2025 West 11th Street (at W. TC Jester)

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's Session 1: Grassroots Democracy and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Chocolate Bayou Festival
11 am - 7 pm at Sunnyside Park
3502 West Bellfort, 2 miles east of Hwy. 288, Bellfort exit
(Greens will be there at booths about Minutemen and about Frances Newton and for KPFT, and probably other places.)

Japhet Jump-up
3-11 pm, fun day of bands
4601 Clinton Dr., south of the historic Fifth Ward.

Bridge the Economic Gap Day
(Banner Drops Nationwide)
www.UniversalLivingWage.org
call 713-880-9929 nathalie

DEATH PENALTY VIGIL AT MECOM FOUNTAIN
6:30 - 7:15 PM
This time, the vigil is especially devoted to Frances Newton,
scheduled for Lethal Injection one week from tonight.
Amnesty International Group 23 holds a vigil on the first Wednesday of each month at Mecom Fountain (where Montrose and Main meet). See http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/ for more about this dedicated group of people. They meet after the vigil at Maryknoll House.

Committee to Free Frances Newton meeting
7:15 PM at SHAPE Community Center
3815 Live Oak (at Alabama)
713.521.0641

Green Drinks
6-8 PM, 2nd Thursday of each month
An informal gathering of people interested in the quality of Houston's environment. Networking from 6PM, monthly guest presentation from 7PM.
(Green Drinks is part of Houston Sustainability Network, as well as GreenDrinks.org; to confirm next Green Drinks location contact info@houstonsustainability.net)

Progressive Action Alliance
Monthly meeting 7:00 PM, socialize 6:30 PM
Leisure Learning Center, 2990 Richmond, Houston
(6th floor, Room 6)
2nd Thursday
Contact Bill Crosier, 713-641-4941

6 PM at the Walls Unit in Huntsville
scheduled execution
Frances Newton
VIGILS EVERYWHERE

End of Suburbia and Matthew Simmons
7 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts
1001 Bissonet at Main Street
Realfilms

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's Session 2: Ecological Wisdom, Consensus Decision-Making and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Disrupted by Rita here in Houston, but several hundred thousand descended on Washington, D.C.

MARCH AND RALLY AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR
People will assemble at Market Square Park (301 Milam) at 12 pm and march to City Hall/Hermann Square (901 Bagby) at 12:30 pm.

The rally will include speakers, musicians, spoken word performances, and lots of chanting. The demands of the day are: Stop the war on Iraq! Bring the troops home now! Stop U.S. torture! Military recruiters out of our schools and communities! End the occupation of Afghanistan and Palestine! Stop the war on immigrants, communities of color, and workers! Defend the civil liberties and civil rights of all!

This event is being organized by the Houston September 24 Coalition. Coalition members (in formation): Civilians Down, Code Pink, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Free Press Houston, Harris County Green Party, Houston Nonviolent Action/War Resisters League, Houston Peace Forum, International Socialist Organization, Latinos Por La Paz, Mamas Brigade, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Mexicanos en Accion, North Harris Peace Group, Pax Christi, Peace Action, Peace with Justice Ministry of the United Methodist Church Texas Conference, Progressive Action Alliance, Progressive Workers Organizing Committee, Troops Out Now Coalition, Wage Peace, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and Worldwide Movement for Justice and Peace.

For more information, call (832) 692-2306, (713) 775-2108, or (713) 861-2494.
Email: dsmith2740@houston.rr.com or herbertrothschild@hotmail.com.

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Even Month, so it's Session 3: Social Justice and Texas Green Party.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

HOUSTON IS A HATE-FREE ZONE!
Say NO! to the Racism of the Minute!

Rally against Intolerance and for Respect
3 PM, Burnet Bayland Park
6000 Chimney Rock at Gulfton
STAND UP AGAINST THE MINUTEMEN AND THEIR INTOLERANCE
Organized by the Coalition Against Intolerance and for Respect
For more information, call 832.392.8777 or 832.282.6997

Green Drinks
6-8 PM, 2nd Thursday of each month
An informal gathering of people interested in the quality of Houston's environment. Networking from 6PM, monthly guest presentation from 7PM.
(Green Drinks is part of Houston Sustainability Network, as well as GreenDrinks.org; to confirm next Green Drinks location contact info@houstonsustainability.net)

Progressive Action Alliance
Monthly meeting 7:00 PM, socialize 6:30 PM
Leisure Learning Center, 2990 Richmond, Houston
(6th floor, Room 6)
2nd Thursday
Contact Bill Crosier, 713-641-4941

JOURNEY OF HOPE
October 14-30, 2005
Rally TODAY at The Walls Unit, in Huntsville
(site of lethal injections)
This event launches the Texas round of the tour, which will include visits to Houston (stay tuned for details), Dallas/Fort Worth, Bryan/College Station, San Antonio, and finally Austin at the end of the month.
From Violence to Healing is led by murder victim family members who oppose the death penalty. The Journey is joined by death row family members and exonerated death row inmates. Activists from around the world will be joining the Journey to help on this educational speaking tour.

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Even Month, so it's Session 4: Non Violence and National and International Green Parties.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

ANNUAL MORATORIUM MARCH ON THE CAPITOL
(to end capital punishment)
This is planned to coincide with meetings of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) in Austin, Texas
see Journey of Hope tour plans

Benefit to establish the Houston Social Forum
6 p.m.-2 a.m. at Helios, 411 Westheimer Rd.
a venue for progressive activists to strategize, network, spread ideas and information, increase awareness of progressive organizations, and educate each other about issues. The first HSF meeting is set for spring 2006. This benefit will feature musical entertainment by local bands Punkin Pie, Rosa, The Free Radicals, and Meridia. Also poetry readings, literature display tables, baked goods, vegan delicacies, and desserts for sale. People can bring literature for the tables. $5 cover charge for folks over 21, $10 for folks under 21.
For more information about the Houston Social Forum, visit www.houstonsocialforum.org.

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's session 1: Grassroots Democracy and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Green Drinks
6-8 PM, 2nd Thursday of each month
An informal gathering of people interested in the quality of Houston's environment. Networking from 6PM, monthly guest presentation from 7PM.
(Green Drinks is part of Houston Sustainability Network, as well as GreenDrinks.org; to confirm next Green Drinks location contact info@houstonsustainability.net)

Progressive Action Alliance
Monthly meeting 7:00 PM, socialize 6:30 PM
Leisure Learning Center, 2990 Richmond, Houston
(6th floor, Room 6)
2nd Thursday
Contact Bill Crosier, 713-641-4941

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Odd Month, so it's Session 2: Ecological Wisdom, Consensus Decision-Making and HCGP information.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Campus Greens host David Cobb at University of Houston
NOON
University Center Plaza on the north side (not the parking lot side)
Sponsored by the renascent Campus Greens in Houston

Green Party House Party
7 PM at 4015 Tartan, Houston, TX 77025
This is a fundraising event, but nobody will be turned away.
For directions and/or to RSVP, please call 713-705-5594.

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the First Thursday of an Even Month, so it's session 3: Social Justice and Texas Green Party.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Annual Houston ACLU Gala (featuring Al Franken this year)

7-10 p.m. at The Station Museum, 1502 Alabama at LaBranch.
To mark the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, there'll be a talk by Robert King Wilkerson, a Black Panther imprisoned for years in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He and two other Panthers were sentenced to one of the longest solitary confinements in U.S. penal history. Texas filmmaker Jimmy O'Halligan will also be present to screen selections from his documentary film, "3 Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation." Sponsored by Anarchist Black Cross, which works with political prisoners.

DEATH PENALTY VIGIL AT MECOM FOUNTAIN
6:30 - 7:15 PM
Tony Egbuna Ford was scheduled for Lethal Injection tonight in Huntsville,
but he GOT A STAY!
Amnesty International Group 23 holds a vigil on the first Wednesday of each month at Mecom Fountain (where Montrose and Main meet). See http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/ for more about this dedicated group of people. They meet after the vigil at Maryknoll House.

Green Drinks
6-8 PM, 2nd Thursday of each month, now at
Dimassi's Middle Eastern Restaurant at 2401 Times Blvd (In Rice Village)
An informal gathering of people interested in the quality of Houston's environment. Networking from 6PM, monthly guest presentation from 7PM.
This Month: Cas and Git Vanwoerden will talk about their permaculture farm, Animal Farm
http://www.trcat.com/animalfarm.htm
(Green Drinks is part of Houston Sustainability Network, as well as GreenDrinks.org; to confirm next Green Drinks location contact info@houstonsustainability.net)

Progressive Action Alliance
Monthly meeting 7:00 PM, socialize 6:30 PM
Leisure Learning Center, 2990 Richmond, Houston
(6th floor, Room 6)
2nd Thursday
Contact Bill Crosier, 713-641-4941

CAIR-Houston's annual banquet has as its theme "American Muslims: Partners for Equality, Promoting Community!" CAIR stands for Council of American-Islamic Relations. Featured on the program are Dr. Parvez Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR-National; Mrs. Yaphet Elamin, Missouri State Representative; Mr. Talib Elamin, St. Louis Committeeman; Sr. Hadia Mubarak, CAIR-National Board Member and past MSA National President; Br. James “Yusuf” Yee, Former Army Chaplin at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer Road at Post Oak Blvd. No time is yet posted on the website. Call 713/838-2247 or email info@cairhouston.org.

PUBLIC ACCESS TV: 8 p.m. on Channel 17 (Warner Cable) also 12/28.
The Drug Policy Forum of Texas presents a program called "Drugs, Crime and Politics," featuring Buford Terrell, professor at South Texas Law School, and drug policy reform activist Bindu Nair. They'll discuss current efforts to reduce the harm done by drug abuse as well as the harm caused by misguided drug laws and enforcement practices. A news segment will cover the latest developments, both positive and negative, on the drug war front, stressing the damage caused by prohibitory laws and explore possible alternatives.

Thinking Green (1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7-9pm)
If you got here from the HCGP home page, you may already have scanned words like no pressure, talk, learn, and socialize... This is the Third Thursday of an Even Month, so it's Session 4: Non Violence and National and International Green Parties.
WHERE: West Gray Cafe, 415 West Gray near Taft (one and a half blocks east of Montrose, halfway between Buffalo Bayou and Westheimer)

Harris County Green Party PARTY
5 PM potluck at the home of Deb and George,
7260 Santa Fe, Houston, TX 77061;
Call 713-641-2815 to RSVP and learn what to bring.

PUBLIC ACCESS TV: 8 p.m. on Channel 17 (Warner Cable)
The Drug Policy Forum of Texas presents a program called "Drugs, Crime and Politics," featuring Buford Terrell, professor at South Texas Law School, and drug policy reform activist Bindu Nair. They'll discuss current efforts to reduce the harm done by drug abuse as well as the harm caused by misguided drug laws and enforcement practices. A news segment will cover the latest developments, both positive and negative, on the drug war front, stressing the damage caused by prohibitory laws and explore possible alternatives.

What to do with the last day of the year?
Think about running for office -- DO!!!
See TX Secretary of State.
If not you, WHO?