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Sunday, January 1 |
| HAPPY
NEW YEAR!!!
(Make it so.) |
| Tuesday,
January 3 |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
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DEATH
PENALTY VIGIL AT MECOM FOUNTAIN
6:30 - 7:15 PM
Amnesty
International Group 23 gathers on the first Wednesday of
each month.
(Montrose and Main come together at Mecom Fountain in Houston.)
See http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/
for more about this dedicated group of people. After the vigil,
they meet 2360 Rice Blvd in the garage apartment behind Maryknoll
House starting at 7:30 PM.
|
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
Public
Access Cable Channel 17 (Kingwood 98). |
| Thursday,
January 5 |
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)
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| Friday,
January 6 |
First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program.
This month features a program entitled "Withdrawal of Troops
from Iraq: When, Why, How," presented by the Houston chapter
of Veterans for Peace. Discussion will focus not only on the withdrawal,
but also the reparations needed and the reconstruction contracts
that should provide jobs for Iraqi workers and companies. |
| Monday,
January 9 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:30-9:30 PM at Charlie Mauch's house
1621 Cherryhurst
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| Wednesday,
January 11 |
GreenWatch
TV planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
most likely again at Field of Greens Restaurant, 2320 West Alabama
north side of the street, east of Shepherd, west of Greenbriar
(We meet at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
January 12 |
Houston
Peace Forum - 7:30PM
The Peace Forum begins its 21st year with a talk by Zhaleh Sahand,
political activist and former Iranian political prisoner, speaking
on "The Absence of Freedom in Iran and Opposition to American
Policy." Questions and discussion following. First
Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin, Room 302. Contact:
Pat Nichols, 713-681-6267 |
| Wednesday,
January 11 |
PRESS
CONFERENCE AT 11AM AT MICKEY LELAND FEDERAL BUILDING
Details
about Bill
H.R. 4437: On December 16, 2005, the House of Representatives
passed this bill that turns into a felon anyone who resides in the
United States without authorization and makes a criminal anyone
who assists them including their spouses, relatives and friends.
It also includes provisions that turn misdemeanors into aggravated
felonies, which are applied retroactively. (See below for more) |
GreenWatch
TV planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
most likely again at Field of Greens Restaurant, 2320 West Alabama
north side of the street, east of Shepherd, west of Greenbriar
(We meet at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
January 12 |
Houston
Peace Forum - 7:30PM
The Peace Forum begins its 21st year with a talk by Zhaleh Sahand,
political activist and former Iranian political prisoner, speaking
on "The Absence of Freedom in Iran and Opposition to American
Policy." Questions and discussion following. First
Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin, Room 302. Contact:
Pat Nichols, 713-681-6267 |
| Saturday,
January 14 |
More
regarding Bill
H.R. 4437 (Immigrant Rights)
Community
Forum is scheduled for Saturday, January 14 at 3:00 pm at First
Will Baptist Church 10331 Veterans Memorial Dr. Houston 77038.
For more information call Jezer Urena at 281-989-2563.
El foro comunitario lo acordamos para el sabado, 14 de enero a
las 3 pm en la Iglesia First Will Baptist que se localiza en el
10331 Veterans Memorial Dr Houston 77038. Para mas informacion
llame a Jezer Ureqa al 281-989-2563. |
| "The
Trapped Flea Principle and Other Weapons of Mass Instruction"
John Taylor Gatto, author of "The Underground History of
American Education" and "Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden
Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling" (and former New York
State Teacher of the Year) will be giving a talk at the United
Way Center, 1:00 PM at 50 Waugh Dr. Tickets are $15 and
may be purchased at the Houston Sudbury School, 1330 Heights Blvd.,
or online at www.houstonsudbury.org. For more information on John
Taylor Gatto, visit www.johntaylorgatto.com. |
| PASAFEST
2006, hosted by the Politically Active Students Association,
will benefit UNICEF. Bands scheduled to play are Humanicide, Hiest
at Hand, Free Radicals, and Million Year Dance. $4 at the door,
other donations welcome. 7 p.m. at Helios, 411 Westheimer. |
| Monday,
January 16 |
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day Parade 10:00 AM
Join
with KPFT and Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement; details
to be posted as they become available. |
Vigil
for Dignity and Rights of Immigrants - 5:00PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day around
the Mickey Leland Federal Building, 1919 Smith, in response to anti-immigrant
measures in Congress which make millions of undocumented immigrants,
including 1.6 million children, agravated felons and broadens the
definition of smuggling to include anyone assisting, employing or
serving them. ( For more information, please call Teodoro Aguiluz
at CRECEN (713)271-9703.) See also HR
4437 analysis.
La Vigilia Por la Dignidad y Los Derechos se llevara acabo en el
Dia de Martin Luther King, Jr. el lunes 16 de enero frente al edificio
federal Mickey Leland, 1919 Smith con Pierce. Para mas infomacion,
llame a Teodoro Aguiluz a CRECEN (713)271-9703. |
| Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
Tentative MAJOR TOPIC: Help
Make Election Plans 2006
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING WE MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET
on the southwest corner of Westheimer and Weslayan, just inside
the 610 loop.
Our
meetings start shortly after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
|
Speech
and Film About the Oppression of the Ogoni People - 7:30PM
Please
join us for a speech by prominent local Nigerian Ogoni activist
Mr. James Nalley, and a film about the Oppression of the Ogoni
and the execution of their leader, Ken Sara-Wiwa.In
the Banquet Room of the Black Labrador Pub, 4100 Montrose
(at Richmond).
For more information about struggle of the Ogoni and the peoples
of the Niger Delta visit www.november10th.com
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| |
Journalist
Panel: Reporting the Middle East - 6:30PM-8:00PM
No journalistic challenge is larger at the moment than reporting
the Middle East. No other story has more impact, no other place
is more important now for peace in the world. While the Palestinian/Israeli
conflict is a central event in the region, it’s not the only
event. Through the countless other stories, public perceptions are
affected, both locally and abroad, as much by what journalists choose
to cover as they are by the coverage itself. We’ve asked a
distinguished panel of journalists to discuss how they decide what
to bring to their audience, which stories they cover, how they verify
facts and what pressures they face as journalists in this difficult
region.
Hafez Al-Mirazi is the bureau chief of the Washington
office of Al-Jazeera Television. He hosts a weekly show, “From
Washington”, which highlights U.S. positions for Arab audiences
and hosts top U.S. officials and opinion leaders.
Yaron Deckel is considered by many to be one of
Israel’s top political reporters and commentators and has
covered the trials and tribulations of Israeli politics since 1985.
Since 2002, he has been reporting from Washington as IBA’s
Bureau Chief.
Ambassador Robert Jordan was US Ambassador to Saudi
Arabia from October 2001 until November 2003, one of the most turbulent
time periods in the relationship between the two countries. Resuming
his law career at Baker Botts in 2004, Mr. Jordan currently engages
in an international business and dispute resolution practice.
To be held at the Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane.
Registration: 6:30 pm; Program: 7:00pm - 8:00pm.
HWAC members Free, non-members $20.
This event is co-sponsored by the
Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce and Houston World Affairs
Council. For more information, visit www.hwac.net |
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Globalization
Working Group - 7:30PM
Action Invitation for Justice in
Globalization through the Globalization Working Group.
Come share with us action ideas and projects in the Globalization
Working Group.
At the Maryknoll Olive Branch Room (rear garage apt) 2360
Rice Blvd.
Contact: Joan Denkler 713-467-2996 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
Public
Access Cable Channel 17 (Kingwood 98). |
| Thursday,
January 19 |
| Execution
vigil for Julius Murphy. 5:30-6:20 PM (outside
St. Anne Church on the the north side of Westheimer just west of
Shepherd) -- STAYED |
| Saturday,
January 21 |
Annual
Urban Harvest Fruit Tree Sale
9:00 AM
Houston's subtropical climate is the perfect growing environment
for many trees bearing delicious fruit. The event is held at MECA
(1900 Kane Street). It will also include a brief seminar at 8
am on how to take care of fruit trees purchased at the event that
day. |
| Sunday,
January 22 |
Dosti
2006, A Forum on Peace in South Asia - 3:00PM-7:30PM
The Dosti Forum is an event for Pakistanis,
Indians and others to come together to explore their thoughts and
ideas for peace. The first Dosti forum was in 2003, and in 2006
we will host our third forum. This time, Dosti will look at the
role of peace in economic and social development. De-escalation
of conflict between India and Pakistan could improve the lives of
millions of people struggling with poverty, disease, and illiteracy
in both countries. The goal of the forum is to give Houstonians
the opportunity to build new relationships to bring local communities
closer and make the voice of peace-supporters heard in Washington,
D.C., Delhi and Islamabad.
The Dosti 2006 program will start in the afternoon with short speeches
from experts on economics and South Asia. Then participants will
break into small group discussions to talk about one topic that
is of particular interest to them. Topics for discussion include
current events, social welfare and much more about South Asia. Register
to find out more about the discussions.
Grand Hall, Rice University. The forum is free, but you
must register. Visit www.pakindiadosti.org for details. |
| Wednesday,
January 25 |
| Execution
vigil for Marion Dudley. 5:30-6:20 PM (outside
St. Anne Church on the the north side of Westheimer just west of
Shepherd) |
GreenWatch
TV planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Hunan
Village, 3311 South Shepherd
just north of Richmond on the east side of the street.
(Unless otherwise announced, as above, by default we meet at Field
of Greens, 2320 West Alabama north side of the street, east of
Shepherd, west of Greenbriar. We do meet
at different places, so stay tuned.) |
| |
Texas
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Annual Conference
Check www.tcadp.org
for more information on speakers and workshops.
FLYER
(large RTF file 1.3 MB)
Film festival finishes the TCADP conference in
San Antonio.
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| Tuesday,
January 31 |
| Execution
vigil for Jaime Elizalde. 5:30-6:20 PM
(outside St. Anne Church on the the north side of Westheimer just
west of Shepherd)
|
| BUSH
STEP DOWN! March and Rally. MAKE SOME NOISE! Taft and West Gray,
proceed north on Taft and west on Allen Parkway to Channel 11. The
Union is in a state of emergency! 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM |
| |
| Wednesday,
February 1 |
DEATH
PENALTY VIGIL AT MECOM FOUNTAIN
6:30 - 7:15 PM
Amnesty
International Group 23 gathers on the first Wednesday of
each month.
(Montrose and Main come together at Mecom Fountain in Houston.)
See http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/
for more about this dedicated group of people. After the vigil,
they meet 2360 Rice Blvd in the garage apartment behind Maryknoll
House starting at 7:30 PM.
|
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
Public
Access Cable Channel 17 (Kingwood 98). |
| Friday,
February 3 |
First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program.
This month: "Venezuela: Hope for the Future or Road to Chaos."
Native Venezuelan Laura Celis Black will discuss the direction President
Hugo Chavez is leading the country. She is a Latin American specialist
and a cross-cultural trainer who was an official observer of the
last elections in Venezuela. |
| Sunday,
February 5 |
2:30
p.m. at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin
Houston Climate Protection Coalition will hold
its second meeting on
climate change and global warming. All interested individuals and
group
representatives are invited to help organize for education and action
here
in Houston.For more information, contact Deborah Rothschild, 713/861-2494. |
| Tuesday,
February 7 |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
February 8 |
| "The
Future of Privacy: Rethinking Security Trade-Offs"
4 p.m. in McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall at Rice
Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane Security Inc. looks at systems
we have in place post-9/11, revealing which of them actually work
and which ones are simply "security theater" against
"movie-plot threats." He discusses the non-security
motivations for much of our nation's security policies, and explains
how future technological developments will leave us less safe,
not more. |
GreenWatch
TV planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
most likely again at Field of Greens Restaurant, 2320 West Alabama
north side of the street, east of Shepherd, west of Greenbriar
(We meet at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
February 9 |
| 7:30
p.m. in Rm. 302, First Unitarian Univeralist Church, 5200 Fannin
Houston Peace Forum: Dr. Sharon Joy, Music Educator
in the Moores School of Music at UH, speaks about her personal
experiences traveling in Israel and Palestine, and about her grassroot
effort to bring together a dialogue group of Jews and Palestinians
here. She is exploring the use of the performing arts to further
the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Discussion will follow,
refreshments are served. For more information, contact Pat Nichols,
713/681-6267. |
| Friday,
February 10 |
7:30
p.m. in UH Cullen Performance Hall. Take Entrance 1 off Calhoun.
Famed activist folksinger Odetta will perform songs
for social change. The event is sponsored by the University of Houston
and the US Department of Education Teaching American History Grant
Partners; Houston Independent School District; the Museum of Fine
Arts-Houston, and Region IV Education Service Central. For more
information, contact Cameron White, cswhite@uh.edu |
| Sunday,
February 12 |
5:30-9
p.m. at the Artery, 401 Jackson at Prospect (entrance on Prospect)
Potluck fundraiser and movie for the Houston Social Forum
A short musical performance by Houston poet/singer/songwriter
Barton "kingbaby" Boyce will kick off the gathering.
Also visit with Heather Smith and Jennifer Rooks, two young local
activists who will have recently returned from the World Social
Forum in Caracas, Venezuela. The film is "Argentina: Hope
in Hard Times" a 74 min. film about how Argentinians at the
grassroots rescued their economy from the debacle created by WTO/World
Bank policies. The Houston Social Forum is a regional event planned
for April 29-30. Designed to address local as well as global issues,
it's comprised of diverse groups and individuals building from
common values, including participatory democracy, nonviolent resistance
to global injustice, and structures that value people over profit.
Donations requested but not required. . For more information,
contact media@houstonsocialforum.org or call 713/524-1944. |
| Monday,
February 13 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:30-9:30 PM at Charlie Mauch's house
1621 Cherryhurst
|
| Wednesday,
February 15 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
Public
Access Cable Channel 17 (Kingwood 98). |
Monday,
February 20 |
| This
is an announcement of a major protest event.
Time: 4-7 p.m.
Place: In front of St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road
at Woodway
in Tanglewood just outside 610 (the West Loop).
Cindy Sheehan and the Gold Star Families for Peace, in conjunction
with Veterans for Peace and Code Pink (and other groups) will
be taking our protest of the Iraqi War to Barbara Bush, mother
of the President. We want to ask her "Why did our sons die
for your son's lies?" This is to be a peaceful, nonviolent
anti-war
protest/demonstration, mother to mother (and we all have mothers,
right?).
We would like you to join us in this protest. Please contact
us at
abranham@houston.rr.com or magicas@pdq.net if you would like to
receive
updated information about this event and about Cindy's appearance
with
other Gold Star Families in the Woodlands the night before (Feb.
19).
|
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: To
be decided.
(Also: Steering Committee elections)
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
NOW MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of
Westheimer and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop.
Our
meetings start shortly after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
| Wednesday,
February 22 |
GreenWatch
TV planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
most likely again at Field of Greens Restaurant, 2320 West Alabama
north side of the street, east of Shepherd, west of Greenbriar
(We meet at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Tuesday,
February 28 |
| Texas
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty meets 7PM fourth
Tuesday of each month. |
| |
| Wednesday,
March 1 |
DEATH
PENALTY VIGIL AT MECOM FOUNTAIN
6:30 - 7:15 PM
Amnesty
International Group 23 gathers on the first Wednesday of
each month.
(Montrose and Main come together at Mecom Fountain in Houston.)
See http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/
for more about this dedicated group of people. After the vigil,
they meet 2360 Rice Blvd in the garage apartment behind Maryknoll
House starting at 7:30 PM.
|
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
Public
Access Cable Channel 17 (Kingwood 98). |
| Friday,
March 3 |
First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program.
This month: focus on economic globalization with a talk by Joan
Denkler entitled "For Rich and Poor Alike: Globalization's
Impact on Our
Lives." Denkler is the founder of Globalization Forum and has
addressed many
audiences in the Houston area on a variety of topics connected with
the new
economic world order and its injustices. |
| |
ELECTION
DAY
(BTW, don't vote; if you do, you cannot,
may not, sign Ballot Access PETITIONS. Or if you do, your signature
does not count.)
|
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
March 8 |
GreenWatch
TV planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Daily Grind, south side of Washington 3-4 blocks east of Shepherd.
(We meet at different places; stay tuned.) |
PUBLIC
SPEAK OUT: 7-9 PM at Ripley House, 4410 Navigation
Tell federal, state, and local PUBLIC OFFICIALS about the devastation
of current and proposed cuts to federal funding; see also next posting. |
| Thursday,
March 9 |
Conference:
"The U.S. Budget: A Failure of the Heart"
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 600
Pecore
(in the Heights near downtown).
The day will be spent absorbing information about what is happening
in Congress and planning a grassroots campaign to resist current
taxing and spending priorities. Sponsored by the Washington-based
Coalition on Human Needs, the Office of Justice and Peace of the
Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, and the
Houston Peace and Justice Center.
Conference
Program and Mail-in Registration Form. |
7:30 p.m. in Rm. 302, First Unitarian Universalist Church,
5200 Fannin.
The
Houston Peace Forum hosts members of the peace
activist group CODE PINK. They'll talk about
the history of the organization and its current activities. Discussion
follows. Refreshments are served. For more information, contact
Pat Nichols, 713/681-6267. |
| Sunday,
March 12 |
| GREEN
HOUSE PARTY |
| Monday,
March 13 |
| Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:30-9:30 PM, Room 616, Leisure Learning Unlimited, 2990 Richmond
(north side of the street, just east of Buffalo Speedway).
|
| March
15 - May 30 |
TAKE
PART IN THE BALLOT ACCESS PETITION
DRIVE
May 29 = last day
to turn in and notarize Petition Forms
In Houston, GO TO LLU, 6th floor, 2990 Richmond, Houston
3 PM - 9 PM
We deliver forms to Texas Secretary of State on Tuesday
email: hcgp@hcgp.org
Call: 713.515.3433 (Earl) or
713.866.6285 (HCGP) |
| Wednesday,
March 15 |
BALLOT
ACCESS PETITION
DRIVE KICK-OFF
DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, rush hours
along Louisana near the Library and City Hall
email: hcgp@hcgp.org
Call: 713.515.3443 |
Execution
vigil for Tommie Hughes.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Joseph's Church at the corner of Houston and
Lubbock downtown;
see DPvigils
|
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. THIS WEEK: HR 4437 -- anti-immigrant
legislation. Question -- how long ago did YOUR people arrive
on the continent? Tune in at 9-10pm
on We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
March 16 |
"Writing
Black Women into our Nation's History" is the subject of
the 2006
B. K. Smith Lecture at University of St. Thomas. Darlene Clark-Hine,
professor of history at Northwestern University, is the lecturer.
7:30 p.m.
in UST's Cullen Hall, 4000 Mt. Vernon. Parking available for
$2 in the Moran
Center at Graustark and W. Alabama. For more information, contact
Dr. Irving
Kelter, kelter@stthom.edu.
|
| Monday-Friday,
March 13-17 |
| |
| Tuesday-Sunday,
March 14-19 |
Veterans
for Peace and Hurricane Survivors
March from Mobile to New Orleans to coincide with the third
anniversary of the invasion.
The march has been organized by the Mobile Veterans for Peace
chapter to highlight links between the Iraq War and underfunding
of domestic needs programs. The slogan is "Every bomb
dropped in Iraq explodes over New Orleans." Complete
itinerary and other information about the event: www.vetgulfmarch.org.
|
| Saturday,
March 18 |
3rd
anniversary of Iraq invasion
Leafleting begins 11 am at VA Hospital,
corner of Holcombe and Almeda
Rally 1 pm across the street from
Dominican Sisters Center, 6501 Almeda
just north of the hospital
Performances by local musicians and poets, plus an open mic
for our youth to voice their ideas on Taking Back Our Future.
Sponsored by a multitude of peace and justice organizations.
For more information, contact Gloria Rubac,
grubac@prodigy.net
(See also: hpjc.org)
|
| Sunday,
March 19 |
| Screening
of video-taped interview with the former Abu Ghraib prisoner who
was the hooded figure in the infamous photographs of U.S. torture
there.
Breakfast will be served. 11 a.m. at the home of
Nora and Dean Dwyer, 603 Welch (in Montrose). For more information
and to RSVP, contact Dean, 713/528-1817 or 713/412.8385.
|
Monday,
March 20 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: To
be decided.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop.
Our
meetings start shortly after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
7-9
pm, "WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ"
a theatrical reading, multimedia performance, & artistic
act of dissent, and vigil
at First Unitarian-Universalist Church,
5200 Fannin at Southmore
for details see PAA
calendar and
Eliot
Weinberger
|
| Tuesday,
March 21 |
In
conjunction with Women's History Month, the Women's Studies
Program at University of Houston is showing "Maria Full
of Grace." A well-received commercial film, it tells the
story of a pregnant Columbian 17 year old who, out of financial
desperation, agrees to carry drugs to New York in her stomach.
1:15 p.m. in the Pacific Room, University Center Underground.
For more information, call 713/743-3214. [See also March 28.]
|
| Wednesday,
March 22 |
Execution
vigil for Robert Salazar, Jr.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Joseph's Church at the corner of Houston and
Lubbock downtown;
see DPvigils
|
The
University of Houston Bauer College of Business will show John
Pilger's powerful documentary about elite economic globalization
called
"The New Rulers of the World."
While
Prof. Tyler is showing this to students studying international
business, he welcomes townspeople to engage in a dialogue following
the film.
7
p.m. in Melcher Hall Room 170 (on Calhoun St.)
Take entrance 1 into campus and turn right into the
first parking lot. For more information, contact Joan Denkler,
713/467-2996, jndenkler48@ev1.net.
|
| Thursday,
March 23 |
| moved
from Wed to Thur this week so we can see the movie above...
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next
come help with a show! join us making TV,
This time at Field of Greens, on Alabama east of
Kirby.
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
An
Auspicious Appearance
muckraker
Seymour Hersh will be in town, at a fundaraiser for Democrats
GOOD DEMOCRATS!
Seymour Hersh, author of "Chain of Command, The
Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib," will speak under the auspices
of The Progressive Forum. He will reveal his perspective on
how we got from the morning of 9/11 to a divisive war of choice
in Iraq. One of the most acclaimed investigative reporters of
our time, Hersh won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking the story
of the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A writer for
The New Yorker, Mr. Hersh has won over a dozen prizes for stories
such as Nixon’s secret bombings in Cambodia, Kissinger’s
wiretapping of newsmen, and the growth of Pakistan’s nuclear
arsenal.
Seats are $34 and $54. There are discounts for students, seniors,
and groups.
Patron seats are $100 and include reception with Hersh, preferred
seat location, and an autographed book. 6:30 p.m. patron reception,
7:30 program at Hotel InterContinental, Legend Room, 2222 West
Loop South. Buy tickets by calling 713/315-2525 or visiting
The Hobby Center
box office at 800 Bagby.
|
| |
| "Walk
for a DREAM" is a march organized by JIFM (Jovenes
Inmigrantes Por Un Futuro Mejor/Young Immigrants For A Better
Future). Each year thousands of students are graduating from U.S.
high schools and even colleges but are unable to work in the United
States because of their status. The DREAM Act is a legislative
proposal to normalize their illegal status. Gather at 11 a.m.
on the corner of Henry and Chestnut
Streets near Davis High School (MAP).
The walk ends at University of Houston Downtown. For more information,
contact Julita Rincon, 832/298-3404. |
| Sunday,
March 26 |
Death
Penalty Abolition Training
10 am - 4 pm
Where: Dominican Sisters Meeting Room,
6504 Almeda Road, Houston
MORE
INFO
|
| Tuesday,
March 28 |
No
execution vigil for Raymond Martinez, he got a stay!
see DPvigils
|
| Wednesday,
March 29 |
Execution
vigil for Kevin Kincy.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Joseph's Church at the corner of Houston and
Lubbock downtown;
see DPvigils
|
GreenWatch
TV Topic this week: Mental Health, in public denial.
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
March 30 |
April
10th appears to be a national day of action regarding immigrant
rights and the Immigration Legislation in the US Senate. Information
on local planning meetings for this event.
At
a press conference 3/28, several persons asked if anyone was
organizing an event for the National Mobilization Day on April
10 called by several groups participating in the New American
Opportunity Campaign See http://www.cirnow.org
Gordon
Quan said he would donate $500 for permits and when we asked
him, if he was organizing this he answered " No you are."
Ok.
So we are calling an emergency meeting here at CRECEN, 6601
Hillcroft #125 for Thursday, March 30 at 6:30 pm to discuss
the Houston participation.
Please
come and invite others.
|
| Friday,
March 31 - fifth friday |
two
worthwhile events that ask you to contribute
A
play in honor of Cesar Chavez's birthday, offered by MECA’s
Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Concert Series:
"Papi, Me, and Cesar Chavez," written by Tony Garcia.
$5 in advance (call 866/468-7621), $8 at the door. 8 p.m. at
MECA, 1900 Kane.
Voices
breaking Boundaries will present its 2006 Valiente
(Courage) Award to writer Farnoosh Moshiri. Born into a literary
family in Tehran, Iran, Moshiri received degrees from the College
of Dramatic Arts of Tehran, the University of Iowa and the University
of Houston. In 1983, she fled Iran after a massive arrest of
secular intellectuals, feminists, and political activists. She
resided in Houston from 1987 to 2003, and is currently an associate
professor of English at Syracuse University. Her novels include
"The Bathhouse," "At the Wall of the Almighty,"
and the newly released "Against Gravity." Tickets
start at $50. 6-9 p.m. at the home of Linda Marroquin, 3310
W Main. For more information and to reserve, email info@vbbarts.org
thank
you to Herb of HPJC
|
| |
| Saturday,
April 1 |
| Go
to the Children's Festival to gather signatures for Green Party
ballot access. Think of the future for the grandchildren of your
grandchildren! |
BAYOU
CITY BARTER FAIR
1 to 4 pm
Live Oak Friends Meetinghouse
1318 West 26th Street, Houston
Directions: Take Ella exit off North 610 Loop, go one block south
on Ella, left on 26th, Meeting House will be on your right. |
| Tuesday,
April 4 |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
7
p.m. First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200
Fannin at Southmore.
A showing of the video, "Are We Becoming a Theocracy?"
Prepared by Theocracy Watch, this documentary traces the rise
of the Christian Right and how far it has gotten in its quest
to impose on the United States a radical social agenda. A panel
discussion will follow the 40 minute screening. Sponsored by
the Houston Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of
Church and State and the Community Involvement Committee of
First Unitarian Universalist Church. For more information, contact
Larry Jones, larryjones001@sbcglobal.net
|
| Wednesday,
April 5 |
DEATH
PENALTY VIGIL AT MECOM FOUNTAIN
CANCELLED THIS MONTH DUE TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION
(Amnesty
International Group 23 usually gathers on the first
Wednesday of each month where Montrose and Main come together
at Mecom Fountain in Houston.)
See http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/
for more about this dedicated group of people. They meet 2360
Rice Blvd in the garage apartment behind Maryknoll House starting
at 7:30 PM.
|
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next
come help with a show! join us making TV
THIS TIME: HUNAN VILLAGE,
3311 South Shepherd
(just north of Richmond on the east side of the street.)
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Friday,
April 7 |
Houston
Conversation Café
7:00-9:30 pm
1318 W 26th St (Live Oak Friends Meeting-Little House)
Houston, TX 77018
Free and open to all. Snacks are welcome but not required.
Convener: Jimmy Pryor - Jimmy@houstondialogue.org
Topic:
How can we best collaborate for global transformation? How can
we utilize the upcoming Houston
Social Forum on April 29 & 30, 2006? Is the World
Social Forum movement something we in Houston can collaborate
with to create the future that we want?
Anything
else you want to talk about.
Special
Guests: Planners of the upcoming Houston Social Forum, including
Heather Smith and Jennifer Rooks, who participated in the World
Social Forum held in Caracas Venezuela in January 2006. Jimmy
Pryor, the convener of this Café, is also participating
in the planning of the Houston
Social Forum. (Unique note: Greenwatch
TV covered this on February 1; a DVD of that show is available,
and several copies will be on hand at this event. Guests on that
show included both Jennifer and Heather, as well as Nick Cooper,
who also went to Venezuela.) |
First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program.
This month: environmental activist Vic Hummert speaking on "Ecological
Prophets Among Us," people who are responding positively to
the challenge of what he calls the "toxic time bomb."
For eleven years Hummert directed a television series in San Antonio
called "The Sacred Earth" and taught environmental studies
in area colleges and high schools. |
| Saturday,
April 8 |
Cesar
Chavez Day Parade |
| Go
to Livingston, Texas to
Witness about conditions in Texas prisons
NOON Carpool from S.H.A.P.E. Community Center,
3815 Live Oak at Alabama
|
| Sunday,
April 9 |
David
Rovics at The
Artery 7 PM
(Jackson at Prospect) |
| Monday,
April 10 |
Immigrant
Rights Action Day
Assemble at 1:00 p.m.
Guadelupe Park, corner of Jensen and Navigation
March to Allen's Landing on Buffalo Bayou by UH-Downtown.
For more information, contact Maria Jimenez,
dignidad@hotmail.com.
Call CRECEN 713.271.9703
At a press conference 3/28, several persons
asked if anyone was organizing an event for the National Mobilization
Day on April 10 called by several groups participating in the
New American Opportunity Campaign
See http://www.cirnow.org
Gordon Quan said he would donate $500 for permits
and when we asked him, if he was organizing this he answered "
No you are."
VIGIL - 6:45 p.m. at the University
of St. Thomas Quad
(Mariachi MECA performs early!)
For details: Emeliano Herrera III a (832) 647-2001 herrerem@stthom.edu
|
| Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:30-9:30 PM, Room 616, Leisure Learning Unlimited, 2990 Richmond
(north side of the street, just east of Buffalo Speedway).
|
| Tuesday,
April 11 |
| U
of H Campus Greens present:
a political discussion
12:15 pm on the grass in front of the Satellite
Sunsara Taylor (Co-initiator of the World Cant Wait) Why we must
and how we
can drive out the Bush regime
George Reiter (Prof of Physics U of H, member
of the Steering Committee of the Harris Country Green Party)
Why your tuition is going up and your loan and grant money is
going down.
|
| Wednesday,
April 12 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
April 13 |
Your
voice is needed.
TCEQ hearings on Power Plant Rules
2 PM Houston TCEQ Regional Office,
5425 Polk St. Suite H,
3rd floor
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ,
your governmental voice) is debating rules
that could lead to big cuts in smog and mercury emissions if
we organize and show that real reductions are needed to protect
our health. The rules that TCEQ proposes would
merely adopt the weak federal power plant clean
up rules, despite the fact that OUR state is legally
able to adopt more protective policies.
TCEQ should protect health
with:
90% reductions at all coal plants,by 2010,
with no trading. If trading is allowed at all, it should only
be within localized regions within the state of Texas.
70% reduction in power plant smog-forming NOx
and the Sulfur that leads to haze in our national parks, acid
rain and respiratory difficulties.
|
7
PM at The
Artery (SE corner of Prospect and Jackson)
David Barsamian, director of Alternative Radio, award-winning
internationally syndicated program which airs in Houston on KPFT
90.1 FM Wednesdays at 2 p.m., will speak on “Another
World is Possible: People Power in the Age of Empire.” $5
but no one turned away. Sponsored by Voices
Breaking Boundaries. For more information, email
info@vbbarts.org. |
Monday,
April 17 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our
meetings start shortly after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
| Wednesday,
April 19 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next
come help with a show! join us making TV.
I think we decided on the relatively
vegan friendly chinese place,
Van Loc, 3010 Milam, 77006
a block and a half north of Elgin; phone 713.528.6441
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
April 20 |
| 6:30
pm - 8:30 pm
Stratford High School
14555 Fern
Houston, Texas 77079
Join Texas State Representative John Culberson for a Townhall
Meeting
on Immigration Bill 4437 and other issues.
Culberson has stated: "I think this is one of the most
important bills
the House has passed since I arrived in 2001, and I am very proud
to be
an original co-sponsor." |
| Friday,
April 21 |
| |
| Saturday,
April 22 |
| Houston
Animal Rights Book Club
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Johnson Library @ 3517 Reed Road
(Reed is 2nd exit off 288 south of 610 & Library is east of
288)
Sacred
Cows and Golden Geese: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals,
by C. Ray Greek, MD & Jean Swingle Greek, DVM with forword
by Jane Goodall, PhD. For more book club info, please contact
Houston Animal Rights Team (HART)at
713-734-0820 (ask for Alma) or info@houstonanimalrights.com. |
"Real
Women Have Curves"
5 p.m. at Sedition Books, 4420 Washington.
For more information, call 713/869-3375.
A film showing to benefit the Southern Girls Convention, scheduled
for Houston June 23-25.
The convention is an annual grassroots meeting devoted to networking,
organizing, educating, and
agitating to empower women and girls in the South (see www.southerngirlsconvention.org).
The film depicts Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager
from a predominately Latino community of East Los
Angeles, who receives a full scholarship to Columbia University.
Thus begins a struggle between her personal aspirations and her
family's expectations. |
| Sunday,
April 23 |
First
Unitarian Universalist Church WOMEN'S GROUP
The Women's Health Movement "Herstory and Herstrionics"
10:35 a.m. in the Sojourner Truth Room, 3rd floor
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin at Southmore
Bring your stories of success, favorite books & memorabilia,
what enraged/enrages us, experiences from ridiculous to horrendous...What
are the present conditions? Who controls women's bodies? Where
do we go from here? Sometimes these women's health discussions
are called "ovulating discussions".
Discussion will be led by a longtime women's health
movement activist, Cathy Courtney, BSEd, MPH. Courtney is Founder
& former Director of the Detroit Feminist Women's Health Center;
trained with pioneers in the women's health movement, Our Bodies
OurSelves and others and sustains political activism as Gynecology
Self Helper and as a medical educator worker. A timeline of events
since the 1970s will be distributed to decrease going over old
facts and instead focus more on participant's experiences, women's
strengths and practical strategies for the future! You may even
bring your speculum to show & tell:)
The Women's Group info at www.houstonwomensgroup.com
The Women's Group is one of the longest active weekly women's
discussion & support groups in the US. The feminist group
for all women (each woman defines her own feminism) meets every
Sunday at 10:35 a.m. in the Sojourner Truth Room, 3rd floor of
the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin at Southmore
(elevator accessible).
For more information call Iris Sizemore at 713-529-8571. |
| Monday,
April 24 |
U
of H Gubernatorial Candidate Forum
from 6:30-8:30
at the Hilton University of Houston,
3800 Calhoun on the ESE side of the campus
(MAP
LINK) |
Amazonian
Leaders Speak Out!
7:00-9:00 PM at The Artery
(www.arteryhouston.org)
Jackson at Prospect
On the eve of Chevron's Annual Shareholder's meeting
being held in Houston this year, Amazonian leaders from Ecuador,
Ermergildo Criollo, Cofan leader, and Rita Maldonado, Guanta community
member, share their experiences about Chevron’s history
of development on their land and discuss how the industry continues
to imperil their community’s health and survival.
A short video, produced by Amazon Watch, entitled "ChevronTexaco
on Trial" will be shown.
A selection of photos from "Crude Reflections: ChevronTexaco's
Rainforest Legacy" will be displayed in the gallery.
$5
donation requested at the door but no one will be turned away
for lack of funds.
For more information: (415) 487-9600;
www.chevrontoxico.com,
www.amazonwatch.org |
| Tuesday,
April 25 |
Execution
vigil for Pedro Sosa. STAYED!
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Joseph's Church at the corner of Houston and
Lubbock downtown;
see DPvigils
|
| Wednesday,
April 26 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95).
MULTIPLE TOPICS: Houston Social Forum, Green Party Ballot Access,
Montaintop Removal -- all to be continued. |
| Thursday,
April 27 |
Execution
vigil for Derrick Frazier. STAYED!
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Joseph's Church at the corner of Houston and
Lubbock downtown;
see DPvigils
|
| Saturday-Sunday,
April 29-30 |
All
day both days, plus Saturday night!!
HOUSTON SOCIAL FORUM
Register Now!
to be held at Texas Southern University (TSU)
Here's a link to the HSF website: http://www.houstonsocialforum.org
Reminder: Follow up on this
via blogs.
|
| |
| Monday,
May 1 |
| National
Day of Action for Immigrant Rights
A DAY WITHOUT AN IMMIGRANT --AN ACT OF CONSCIENCE
Place: MEMORIAL PARK -- 7300 Memorial Dr and Picnic Lane --
Time: 11:00 AM
What: Rally / Gathering
Activities:
• Testimonies of Immigrants
• Workshops of Civic Participation
• Voter Registration
• Letter Writing Campaign to Petition for Permanent Residency
• Bring food, water and soft drinks for a Day of Festivities
in the park |
| Tuesday,
May 2 |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
May 3 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next;
come help with a show! join us making TV.
this week, we return to
Van Loc, 3010 Milam, 77006
a block and a half north of Elgin; phone 713.528.6441
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Friday,
May 5 |
The
Iron Wall: An Obstacle to Peace
7:30 PM at Arab American Cultural Center (ACC)
10555 Stancliff Road, Houston, Texas 77099
A documentary exposing the impact of the wall on the Palestinian
people and the peace process. Program includes live music for
folk singer David
Rovics, a 55-minute documentary, and a discussion
with audience Q & A. Refreshments provided. Baby sitters and
security present.
Ticket price $10.00 as a means of fundraising to Relocate the
TULKAREM BAKERY (See Palestinians For Peace and Democracy, www.P4PD.org)
For more info, call Sahar Abusada at 282.565.6161 |
First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program.
This month: |
| Saturday,
May 6 |
Blueprint
Houston
Citizens’ Congress II
8 am- 12 noon
George R Brown Convention Center
Exhibit Hall B
Register/RSVP at www.blueprinthouston.org |
4:00pm
- 7:00pm
at The Shrine of the Black Madonna
5309 Martin L. King Blvd.
Come and Support the US-Cuba Friendship Caravan! Join us for the
Cuba Caravan Film Festival!
The 45 year old US embargo of Cuba has caused shortages of food,
medicine, and other important supplies for millions people. The
embargo is an immoral policy that uses hunger and disease as political
weapons. These humanitarian aid “friendshipments”
help to alleviate the impact of the embargo. The Houston Cuba
Solidarity Committee is again working to aid the 17th US-Cuba
Friendship Caravan in collecting and transporting 160 tons of
aid to Cuba this summer. Won’t you help?
To be shown:
"Forging Bridges of Friendship with Cuba"
– A slide show set to music, produced by Ernest McMillan.
This presentation features photos Ernest has taken in Cuba,
along with scenes from prior Caravans. 30 min.
"Fidel: The Untold Story" – A documentary offering
a unique look at Fidel through exclusive interviews with Castro
himself, public figures, historians, and close friends, with
footage from the Cuban State archives. The film includes interviews
with people who know or have met Castro, including Alice Walker,
Harry Belafonte, Nelson Mandela, Muhammed Ali, Sydney Pollack,
and others. Current and former U.S government figures including
Ramsey Clark, Wayne Smith, Congressman Charles Rangel, and a
former CIA agent offer their political and historical perspectives.
1 hr, 30 min.
The films will be followed by a Q&A period and information
on how to join the Caravan to Cuba.
$5
donation requested.
All proceeds support the Caravan,
which will be in Houston on Saturday, July 1st.
Sponsored by the Houston Cuba Solidarity Committee.
For more information, contact
Gordon Anderson at 832-860-6464.
For a full list of accepted donations for the Caravan, contact
Melissa Patrick at 281-756-9663.
Come have a great time and find out how you can join the Caravan
to Cuba!
|
| Sunday,
May 7 |
5:30
p.m. at First Congregational Church, 10840 Beinhorn Rd.
Houston Peace and Justice Center is moving its
annual Peace Picnic (really a potluck supper)
from the fall. It's partnering with the Decade of Nonviolence-Houston
to make the celebration of our communities of conscience even
more joyous. There will be activities for children. So calendar
the date and try not to schedule any competing events. |
| Monday,
May 8 |
| Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:30-9:30 PM, CHANGE IN VENUE:
at David Wager's office this month
9100 Southwest Freeway, Suite 220
|
| Tuesday,
May 9 |
| 7
p.m. in Anderson Hall,
Room 103 at University of St. Thomas.
"Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex,
Lies and Global Economics."
This powerful video documentary teaches how the standard measure
of national wealth around the world completely ignores the unpaid
work of women. Aside from which the "Gross National Product"
never includes the social and environmental costs of economic
activity. A discussion will follow. For more information, contact
Dr. Debra Andrist, 713/525-3122.
|
| Wednesday,
May 10 |
GreenWatch
TV - MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL (Appalachian
Voices)
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
May 11 |
| |
| Saturday,
May 13 |
Everyone's
Art Car Parade
1 pm
Allen Parkway
(tailgater starts at 9 am, watch the setup)
The world's oldest and largest Art Car Parade is FREE
www.orangeshow.org/events |
Monday,
May 15 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: Politics.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our
meetings start shortly after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
| Wednesday,
May 17 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Field of Greens Restaurant,
north side of Alabama two blocks east of Kirby
come help with a show! join us making TV
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Sunday,
May 21 |
| 6:00pm
Harris County Green Party Social and Fundraiser
Fahl'n Folk
Traveler
@ The Last Concert Cafe
1430 Nance Street
Suggested donation:
$15.00 |
| Wednesday,
May 24 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95).
Topic: Iraqi Women, then and now (See CODEPINK
item) |
| Thursday,
May 25 - end of month |
| |
| Monday,
May 29 |
Turn
in Petition Forms!!!
3-9 PM
in Houston, go to
LLU, 6th floor, 2990 Richmond
north side of the street,
E of Buffalo Speedway, W of Kirby
notarization, verification, networkification... |
| Sunday,
May 28 through Tuesday, May 30 |
Memorial
Day Observance
for US Military and All Civilian Casualties
from the Afghanistan and Iraqi Wars
HERMANN PARK, HOUSTON, TEXAS
(at Fannin and Hermann Park Circle)
Sunday, 5/28: 10 AM to 5 PM ceremony
Flag Display: May 29 & 30
Volunteers needed to read names and place flags on May 28
Bring shoes for civilian memorial!
CONTACT: sanjacsec@yahoo.com
or Jim Rine at 281.414.1386
Lead Sponsors: San Jacinto Democratic Veterans Brigade,
CODEPINK & VETERANS FOR PEACE
|
| Tuesday,
May 30 |
| This
is the day we turn in all signed petitions for Ballot Access for
the Green Party in Texas to the Secretary of State
You may join us in Austin, 2 PM |
| Wednesday,
May 31 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting not necessary this week, as we have pre-taped
the show for next week and we have the following show well in
hand (Cuban Caravan and Pastors for Peace), see below. Future
shows to include Climate Change, Palestine, and follow-up on previously
aired topics. Stay Tuned!!! |
| |
| Friday,
June 2 |
First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program.
This month: |
| Tuesday,
June 6 |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
June 7 |
6:30
- 7:15 PM
MONTHLY DEATH PENALTY VIGIL
(not at Mecom Fountain, due to Construction)
NW corner of Shepherd and Westheimer
in front of St. Anne Catholic Church
plenty of parking in the lot
Amnesty
International Group 23 and like minded people gather on
the first Wednesday of each month.
See http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/
for more about this dedicated group of people. After the vigil,
they meet 2360 Rice Blvd in the garage apartment behind Maryknoll
House starting at 7:30 PM.
|
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95).
TOPIC: Houston Pride Week (which will be a fortnight
after this night), listening especially to transgender folk this
evening. (a good one; please watch) |
| Friday-Sunday,
June 9-11 |
| Green
Party of Texas Convention
Austin, Texas
See www.txgreens.org for details |
| Monday,
June 12 |
| Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:30-9:30 PM, Room 616, Leisure Learning Unlimited, 2990 Richmond
(north side of the street, just east of Buffalo Speedway).
|
| Tuesday,
June 13 |
| Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
Ballot Access Work Group post-appraisal meeting
7:30-9:30 PM, Room 616, Leisure Learning Unlimited, 2990 Richmond
(north side of the street, just east of Buffalo Speedway).
|
| Wednesday,
June 14 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Hunan
Village, 3311 South Shepherd
just north of Richmond on the east side of the street.
(We meet at different places, so stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
June 15 |
AIR
EXCHANGE MEETINGS (3rd Thursday)
7:00 PM social, 7:30 PM speaker and dialogue
5308 Buffalo Speedway (at Bissonett)
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Mothers
for Clean Air and
Galveston-Houston
Association for Smog Prevention
THIS MONTH: Winnie Hamilton, Baylor College of Medicine
“Environmental Health Hazards: the Special Vulnerability
of Children”
|
| |
Green Party Party! (details)
7:00 PM at 7954 Glenheath, Houston, TX 77061
(Residence of Don and Mary Cook)
Bring: Whatever food, drink, music, or documentary materials (cameras,
camcorders) you might require for a joyous celebration
|
| Monday,
June 19 |
KPFT
presents Greg Palast
at River Oaks Theater
See www.kpft.org |
Tuesday,
June 20 |
6:30-9:00
pm
Harris County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting -
this month has been rescheduled to allow for the KPFT event with
Greg Palast at River Oaks Theater (see www.kpft.org).
MAJOR TOPIC: Future
Plans for our Green Party.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our
meetings start shortly after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
| Wednesday,
June 21 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95).
TOPIC: Pastors for Peace, Caravanistas para Cuba. |
| |
Chris
Mooney, author of "The Republican War on Science."
7 p.m. at Emerson Unitarian Church, 1900 Bering
Dr.
In the book, Mooney documents the Bush Administration's increasing
unwillingness to distinguish between legitimate research and
ideologically driven pseudoscience.
[Part
of the Speaker Series of the Texas Freedom Network, which champions
human rights with a special focus on combating the intolerance
of the Religious Right.]
|
| Friday,
June 23 - Sunday June 25 |
8th
Annual Southern Girls Convention
here this year, in Houston, Texas!
Past workshop topics at SGC have included fatphobia, abortion
rights and access, radical parenting, "100 Years of Revolutionary
Wimmin," the criminalization of women, "Queer and Trans
Youth in the South," gender bias in schools, sexism in the
activist community and roles and strategies for boys in the struggle
against male supremacy. |
| Saturday
June 24 |
Houston
Pride
Festival 2-8 PM, Westheimer & Commonwealth
Parade 8:45 PM Lower Westheimer |
| Tuesday
June 27 |
| |
| |
| Wednesday,
June 28 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Hunan
Village, 3311 South Shepherd
just north of Richmond on the east side of the street.
(We meet at different places, so stay tuned.) |
| |
| Saturday-Sunday,
July 1-2 |
| Green
Party of Texas
open
State Executive Committee retreat near Somerville. |
| Saturday,
July 1 |
| Pastors
for Peace
17th
annual Friendship with Cuba Caravan comes through Houston |
| Tuesday,
July 4 |
| INDEPENDENCE
DAY |
| Wednesday,
July 5 |
| |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95).
TOPIC: Climate
Change with Louis Smith and Nan Hildreth, probably. |
| Thursday,
July 6 |
| |
| Friday,
July 7 |
| First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program. |
| Monday,
July 10 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM, 4722 Benning |
| Tuesday,
July 11 |
Execution
vigil for Derrick O'Brien.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 Main Street
(corner of Binz); parking is available int eh
church parking lot on Fanning. We are grateful to Senior Minister
Dr. Jim Bankston for his hospitality. see DPvigils
|
| Wednesday,
July 12 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next;
come help with a show! join us making TV
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
July 13 |
6:30
PM gather to gab, 7:00 PM Progressive
Action Alliance
meets generally 2nd Thursdays at Leisure Learning Unlimited,
2990 Richmond, 6th floor, Room 6.
|
Green
Drinks: a monthly informal gathering of people interested
in Houston's environment. We'll meet at Field of Greens 2320
W Alabama. Field of Greens offers tasty meals with many vegetarian
and vegan dishes available. From 6-7 pm, you'll get an opportunity
to chat with other people interested in the quality of Houston's
environment.
DETAILS
|
| |
Bastille
Day -- FREEWAY SIGNAGE
5:00-6:00 PM
gather at the Dunlavy bridge over US 59
to express distress over how our country has been overtaken
|
| Sunday,
July 16 |
1:00
PM, West Gray Cafe, 415 W. Gray:
Meeting to plan 2nd Annual Peak Oil Mini-Conference.
All are welcome to contribute.
Main focus of this meeting: Public promotion.
|
| |
Monday,
July 17 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: View parts of the movie "Why We Fight"
(BBC/SONY)
and discuss.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our
meetings start shortly after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards; mingle. |
| Wednesday,
July 19 |
Execution
vigil: Mauriceo Brown.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 Main Street
(corner of Binz); parking is available in the
church parking lot on Fanning. We are grateful to Senior Minister
Dr. Jim Bankston for his hospitality. see DPvigils
|
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95).
TOPIC THIS SHOW: Howard
Guidry and the Death Penalty in Texas |
| Monday,
July 17 - Friday, July 21 |
Houston
Peace Camp
sponsor: Women's International League for Peace &
Freedom
WILPF
for information call 713.787.9677 or 713.726.1266 |
| Thursday,
July 20 |
Execution
vigil:Robert Anderson.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 Main Street
(corner of Binz); parking is available
in the church parking lot on Fannin. We are grateful
to Senior Minister Dr. Jim Bankston for his hospitality. see
DPvigils
|
| |
| Friday,
July 21 |
5:30-7:00
PM outside jail, 701 N. San Jacinto
Supporters to Protest Brutal Mistreatment of
Howard
Guidry, who perseveres after setback in court
(see Houston
Indymedia item)
|
| Sunday,
July 23 |
At
8:15 pm, the Andrea Pia Yates Support Coalition
will hold a candlelight vigil at the Rothko Chapel,
1409 Sul Ross at Yupon.
(Yupon crosses west Alabama a little west of
Montrose.)
We invite people from around the USA and
the World to join us in solidarity against imprisonment for
Andrea and, more generally, against incarcerating and executing
people who are seriously mentally ill. You can join us in two
ways: one is to come to the vigil on Sunday evening if you are
in the Houston area. The second way is by "lighting a candle
for Andrea" wherever you live. If you would like to send
a message of solidarity to be read on Sunday evening, you can
send the message to Dave Atwood.
DETAILS
(Try
googling Andrea Pia Yates Support Coalition, see what else you
find.)
|
| Tuesday
July 25 |
Execution
vigil: Allen Bridgers. STAY GRANTED, NO VIGIL.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 Main Street
(corner of Binz); parking is available
in the church parking lot on Fannin. We are grateful
to Senior Minister Dr. Jim Bankston for his hospitality. see
DPvigils
|
| |
| Wednesday,
July 26 |
GreenWatch
TV planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Daily Grind, south side of Washington 3-4 blocks east of Shepherd.
(We meet at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday-Sunday,
July 27-30 |
|
| Friday,
July 28 |
3-5
PM, Tranquility Park in Houston
Islamic Society of Houston and others sponsor a Rally opposing
the ongoing violence in the Middle East. DETAILS |
| Saturday,
July 29 |
Somerfest!
A country festival in Somerville, Texas, north of Brenham.
Come help table for the Green Party and have fun!
[Contact Sheri or Art]
|
| |
| Tuesday,
August 1 |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
August 2 |
| |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95).
TOPICS: Net Neutrality; Wi-Fi in Houston. See archives... |
| Thursday,
August 3 |
Execution
vigil: William Wyatt, Jr.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 Main Street
(corner of Binz); parking is available
in the church parking lot on Fannin. We are grateful
to Senior Minister Dr. Jim Bankston for his hospitality. see
DPvigils
|
| |
| Friday,
August 4 |
| First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program. |
| Monday,
August 7 |
Fitzgeralds,
8 PM: KPFA Pacifica documentary on the struggle to wrest
control of
Pacifica back to the people. Outreach Committee, KPFT
90.1 FM. |
| Wednesday,
August 9 |
GreenWatch
TV planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Daily Grind, south side of Washington 3-4 blocks east of Shepherd.
(We meet at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
August 10 |
6:30
PM gather to gab, 7:00 PM Progressive
Action Alliance
meets generally 2nd Thursdays at Leisure Learning Unlimited,
2990 Richmond, 6th floor, Room 6.
|
| Sunday,
August 13 |
Second
Annual Houston Peak Oil mini-conference
1:00-5:30 PM at First Unitarian Universalist Church
5200 Fannin at Southmore
For more information, visit www.HoustonPeakOil.org,
or contact
Don Cook (713-705-5594)
or Nan Hildreth
(713-842-6643)
|
| Monday,
August 14 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM, at Suzy's house, 4722 Benning |
| Tuesday,
August 15 |
2-4
PM: at UH in the University Center’s Houston Room
(Take entrance 1 off Calhoun).
Community forum on "Houston a Global City: Contributions
and Challenges of Comprehensive Immigration Reform."
This forum has been organized in connection with the Department
of Homeland Security's field hearing in Houston the following
day on how to reconcile the differing versions of immigration
"reform" that the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate passed
earlier this year (see next entry).
For more information, contact:
Ceil Roeger OP of the Dominican Sisters, 713/747-3310
|
6-9
PM: "Vigil for Dignity" in front of City Hall, 901
Bagby
James Sensenbrenner (Republican US Representative from Wisconsin),
author of anti-immigrant legislation HR-4437, visits Houston
today.
This event sponsored by CRECEN;
call 713-271-9303.
|
9
PM: special TV show on cable channel 17
Alternative Perspectives (about Palestine)
clips from "The Iron Wall" video
Host: Jackie Carpenter
Guests: Adnan Radwan (Palestinian American Congress)
Sahar Abusada (Palestinians
for Peace and Democracy)
Jay Tapp (Concerned American Citizen)
Public Access - HMS
- We The People TV
|
| Wednesday,
August 16 |
A
series of events in connection with Homeland Security's field
hearing in Houston on how to reconcile the differing versions
of immigration "reform" that the U.S. House and the
U.S. Senate passed earlier this year. The panel of presenters
for the hearing was pre-selected, so certain voices may be excluded.
1: A silent vigil beginning at 6 a.m.
and lasting until the hearing ends, in front of the Harris Co.
Civil Courts Building, 201 Caroline.
2: A citizens’ news conference at
9 a.m. in the same location. Attendees are urged to
wear a white ribbon in support of just and compassionate immigration
reform.
3: Finally, an ecumenical prayer vigil at 7
p.m. on the steps of Houston City Hall.
For more information, contact Ceil Roeger OP of the Dominican
Sisters, 713/747-3310.
|
| Wednesday,
August 16 |
A
series of events in connection with Homeland Security's field
hearing in Houston on how to reconcile the differing versions
of immigration "reform" that the U.S. House and the
U.S. Senate passed earlier this year. The panel of presenters
for the hearing was pre-selected, so certain voices may be excluded.
1: A silent vigil beginning at 6 a.m.
and lasting until the hearing ends, in front of the Harris Co.
Civil Courts Building, 201 Caroline.
2: A citizens’ news conference at
9 a.m. in the same location. Attendees are urged to
wear a white ribbon in support of just and compassionate immigration
reform.
3: Finally, an ecumenical prayer vigil at 7
p.m. on the steps of Houston City Hall.
For more information, contact Ceil Roeger OP of the Dominican
Sisters, 713/747-3310.
|
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95).
TOPIC THIS SHOW: Domestic Violence. |
| Thursday,
August 17 |
In
connection with the "Wake Up Wal-Mart"
Bus Tour that began on August 1, there’ll be a rally and
news conference to call upon the corporation to behave justly
toward its workers and suppliers around the world. The tour
is going to 35 cities in 35 days. In Houston, United Food and
Commercial Workers Local 455 is organizing these events. 11
a.m.-noon in front of the Wal-Mart on 10411 North Freeway (I-45)
at West Road. For more information, call the local,
281/448-5555.
|
Execution
vigil: Richard Hinojosa.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501
Main Street (corner of Binz); parking
is available
in the church parking lot on Fannin. We are grateful
to Senior Minister Dr. Jim Bankston for his hospitality. see
DPvigils
|
| |
8
PM: Houston
Indymedia Film Series
"...After
the wind, child, after the water's gone..."
At
Rice Media Center, Rice University campus, Entrance #8, Stockton
and University. People encouraged to park in the neighborhood.
5-10$ donation requested to support Houston IMC and the filmmakers.
|
| Friday,
August 18 |
5:30
PM in front of the Israeli Consulate at 24 Greenway Plaza
on Weslayan between Richmond and 59 next to Edwards Cinema.
Houston Emergency Coalition Against Israeli Aggression will
demonstrate protesting Israel's current invasions and its long-standing
occupation and oppression of the West Bank. Particular focus
of this protest: Victims of Israeli aggression in Lebanon and
Palestine, with special remembrance of the massacre at Qana.
|
Monday,
August 21 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: Leo
Gold on "Winning Causes"
(Leo Gold is the host of The
New Capital Show on KPFT 90.1 FM, 10-11 AM on Thursdasys.)
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our meetings start shortly
after 6:30 PM and end at 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
| Tuesday
August 22 |
| |
| Wednesday,
August 23 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next;
come help with a show! join us making TV
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
August 24 |
Execution
vigil: Justin Fuller.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 Main Street
(corner of Binz); parking is available
in the church parking lot on Fannin. We are grateful
to Senior Minister Dr. Jim Bankston for his hospitality. see
DPvigils
|
| Friday,
August 25 |
Fourth
Friday Flicks (and Fun)
starting at 6:30 for socializing and food,
then watch a meaningful movie at 7:30;
remain afterward for conversation.
This month: The
Time Is NOW!
see PAA
for more
|
| Wednesday,
August 30 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
August 31 |
Execution
vigil: Derrick Frazier.
5:30-6:20
PM, outside St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 Main Street
(corner of Binz); parking is available
in the church parking lot on Fannin. We are grateful
to Senior Minister Dr. Jim Bankston for his hospitality. see
DPvigils
|
| In
progress through September 3 |
Camp
Casey III in Crawford, Texas.
Camp Casey has purchased a property in Crawford right around
the corner from the Peace House. It's a wooded five-acre lot
that will accommodate the expanding peace population calling
for an end to Bush's war of aggression. For information about
being part of Cindy Sheehan's witness for truth and justice,
contact Amy Branham, abranham@houston.rr.com.
Greens should also all know that a blue Green tent awaits
your visit:
NATIONAL
GP PRESS RELEASE
|
| August
15 through all of September |
| Both
anti-abortion and pro-choice activists should know that certain
anti-abortion forces are launching a 40-day campaign to close
down the Planned
Parenthood Clinic in Houston. Historically, these protests
attempt to intimidate women entering the clinics. Abortion services
are only a small part of the women's health and reproductive services
the clinic provides.
Houston Anti-Racist Action, a youth-based anti-oppression activist
group, seeks to build a coalition for a rally/march to defend
access to services. Harris County Green Party concurs, and encourages
members to learn about providing escort
service for clients of the clinic. Anyone interested is welcome
to join in the planning.
Contact Ben (713/861-7735, houstonara@yahoo.com)
or Art (281/728-6327, abrowning@pdq.net) |
| |
| Friday,
September 1 |
| First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program. |
| Monday,
September 4 |
| LABOR
DAY |
| 10
AM at Market Square
March for Immigrant Rights
walk to City Hall for a rally at 11 AM
[details coming]
|
1:00-5:00
PM at Resurrection Church
IMPEACHMENT TEACH-IN
See www.paa-tx.org
Ann Wright: Keynote Speaker |
The
Japhet
Jump-up is fundraising concert for the
restoration of Japhet Creek. Hear five bands on Labor Day Monday,
September 5th (?) from 3-11 pm at 4601 Clinton Dr, the
Old Rice Mills. Produced by Kennywould Events and the
Japhet Civic Association |
| Tuesday,
September 5 |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
September 6 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next;
come help with a show! join us making TV
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| |
| Monday,
September 11 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM, at Suzy's house, 4722 Benning |
| Wednesday,
September 13 |
Amy
Goodman in H-Town, see KPFT
|
GreenWatch
TV: THIS WEEK -- Planned
Parenthood, 70 years of service.
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
September 14 |
6:30
PM gather to gab, 7:00 PM Progressive
Action Alliance
meets generally 2nd Thursdays at Leisure Learning Unlimited,
2990 Richmond, 6th floor, Room 6.
|
Sexism
and Discrimination
-Havens Center Kids' Digital Story Project Debut Talking About
Sexism
-Who's Counting: Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics
Houston
Institute for Culture
7 PM at Havens Center,
1827 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas 77098
|
8
PM: Houston
Indymedia Film Series
"Electric
Purgatory: The fate of the black rocker"
At
Rice Media Center, Rice University campus, Entrance #8, Stockton
and University. People encouraged to park in the neighborhood.
5-10$ donation requested to support Houston IMC and the filmmakers.
|
| |
ELECTORAL
REFORM FORUM
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the University of Houston
(Science and Resarch 1 Building at Cullen and entrance 14 to UH)
No admission charged.
DETAILS
CLICK
FREE PARKING at lot 15D, entrance from Holman
(see map). Follow the signs to the event.
Science and Research 1 is the tall building, directly across Cullen
Boulevard.
Sponsored by the Verifiable Vote Coalition,
Harris County Green Party, and UH Campus Greens |
| Saturday,
September 16 |
Common
Ground - The US Constitution
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm at the University of Houston
Waldorf Astoria Room, second floor of the Hilton, 4800 Calhoun
Street.
COMMON GROUND explores how our undemocratic hinderance of
third parties to support a two party system is not only unfair
to third parties but limits our democracy.
In
addition to DAVID COBB, MICHAEL BADNARIK will again appear, along
with BOB SMITHER, Libertarian Candidate for Congress in Texas
District 72.
MAP
AND FLYER, courtesy Libertarian
Participating
third parties: Libertarian Party, Constitution Party, Reform Party,
and Green Party
This
event is free, and "heavy" hors d'oeuvres are advertised.
COMMON GROUND is sponsored by College Libertarians at UH.
Check www.lptexas.org/harris
for further information on this event. |
| 7:30
pm to 9:30 pm, OPEN HOUSE FOR DAVID COBB,
hosted by Deb Shafto at 7260 Santa Fe, Houston, TX 77061 All are
invited.
Check back here or call 713-705-5594 for further
information and updates
on all three events of this DEMOCRACY WEEKEND! |
EARTHDANCE
HOUSTON
Peace Prayer - 6 pm, water blessing, dancing
drumming & much more...
Community Celebration honoring Native American Culture
Location: Hare KrishnaTemple’s Gauranga Hall, 1320 W.
34th Street, Houston TX, 77018
Also Friday, 9/15: Benefit Dinner; Sunday, 9/17: Sunrise
Meditation, Closing Ceremony.
For more details, check www.earthdance.org/Houston,
&/or www.ecstaticdancehouston.com
|
| |
Monday,
September 18 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: Multiple
issues .
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our meetings start shortly
after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
| Wednesday,
September 20 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
PEPPER TREE this week: 3821 Richmond
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
September 21 |
International
Day of Peace
Decade of Nonviolence-Houston will sponsor
an observance focused on interfaith respect and understanding.
Area schools are being encouraged to promote those goals during
the week of September 18-22, and organizations that have endorsed
the Decade have been asked to observe Peace Week with activities
appropriate to their missions and programs. For more information,
contact Richard Wahl, 713/868-9209 x304, rawahlcsb@yahoo.com
This
annual global observance sponsored by the United Nations has
been promoted in Houston by the Decade of Nonviolence-Houston.
Joined by the Rothko Chapel, the Decade is asking everyone to
pause at noon in solidarity with the world-wide yearning for
peace. The Dominican Sisters will toll their bell at noon, and
other religious groups with bells are asked to do likewise.
At 5:30 p.m. the Dominican Sisters invite the
public to join their community in a Labyrinth Walk for Peace
at their facility at 6501 Almeda.
Also:
7 PM Candlelight vigil for peace, Montrose Bridge
over US 59
|
| Friday,
September 22 |
Fourth
Friday Flicks (and Fun)
starting at 6:30 for socializing and food,
then watch a meaningful movie at 7:30;
remain afterward for conversation.
PAA and cohorts likely shall co-sponsor the 2 short films that
Mark Lacy (with Houston Institute for Culture, HIFC)
and Nuestra Palabra have already scheduled for the 4th Friday
(Sep. 22) - see IMMIGRATION
for details on those films.
7 PM, Havens Center - 1827 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas
77098
|
| Saturday,
September 23 |
| |
| Sunday,
September 24 |
Freedom
of CHOICE Celebration
2-4 PM at Bell Park
on Montrose north of Mecom Fountain
RALLY IN FAVOR OF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD SUCCESS
|
| Tuesday
September 26 |
| |
| September
21-28 |
| |
| Wednesday,
September 27 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Saturday
September 30 |
Japhet Creek Restoration Day
Olive Branch Meeting Room, just west of Greenbriar
(4th
Tuesday of each month)
|
| |
| |
| Sunday,
October 1 |
| |
| Monday,
October 2 |
| Pastors
for Peace's Caravan to Chiapas is arriving in Houston
on November!
Join a planning meeting at 6:30 PM at the Fifth
Ward Multi-Service Center, 4014 Market Street (near I-10 and Waco
Street). |
| Tuesday,
October 3 |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
October 4 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next;
come help with a show! join us making TV
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
6:30
PM
- Death penalty abolition vigil
in front of St. Anne's Catholic Church
on the corner of Shepherd and Westheimer
(sponsored by Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,
first Wednesday of each month)
|
7:30
PM - Amnesty
International Group 23
2360 Rice Blvd in the garage apartment behind Maryknoll House
(AI-23 meets on the first Wednesday of each month)
|
| Thursday,
October 5 |
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| Friday,
October 6 |
| First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd (just west of
Greenbriar); 7:30 social gathering, 8 p.m. program. |
| Saturday,
October 7 |
11:00
AM-4:00 PM: B.I.R.T.H. Fair
United Way Center, 50 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX 77007
See www.houbirth.org
|
| Sunday,
October 8 |
One
of many free showings of "An Inconvenient
Truth" at churches across Texas
See: www.HoustonClimateProtection.org;
this one at Fannin and Southmore will include a discussion led by
two Rice University professors after 1:30-3:30 PM. |
| Monday,
October 9 |
| Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM, Suite 220, 9100 Southwest Freeway
|
| Tuesday,
October 10 |
Last
day to register to vote in the next election in the state of
TEXAS.
(Some
other states and countries allow instant registration, but not
Texas.)
|
| Wednesday,
October 11 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
October 12 |
6:30
PM gather to gab, 7:00 PM Progressive
Action Alliance
meets generally 2nd Thursdays at Leisure Learning Unlimited,
2990 Richmond, 6th floor, Room 6.
|
6-8
PM GREEN
DRINKS
at Field of Greens
2320 W Alabama St, Houston, TX
|
| Friday,
October 13 |
Film
about Iraq vets and the realities of war
A
showing of "The
Ground Truth" followed by a panel discussion. Sponsors
are Military Families Speak Out and Veterans for Peace. Suggested
$10 donation (MFSO and VFP members and families free) but no one
turned
away. 8 p.m. at The Artery, 5401 Jackson at Prospect
in the Museum District.
For more information, contact Mikal Hutto, 713/472-3711, Miklhut@aol.com. |
AN
INCONVENIENT TRUTH
7 PM at Covenant Lutheran Church
3785 Barker Cypress Road
During most of October, more than a dozen churches throughout
Houston (and more than 130 across Texas and 2000 in the US!) will
be showing this movie FREE
(thanks to Texas
Interfaith Power and Light) |
| Saturday,
October 14 |
| |
| Sunday,
October 15 |
KNOW
YOUR RIGHTS
Security Culture Workshop at Sedition
|
Monday,
October 16 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: Elections,
Candidates, Propositions (with discussion)
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our meetings start shortly
after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
| Wednesday,
October 18 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
this week, we meet at Van Loc, 3010 Milam;
come help with a show! join us making TV
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
October 19 |
Frances
Newton's Last Words (a VIDEO seen on German TV1)
and "Is America Ready to Give Up the Death Penalty?"
a panel discussion.
8 PM at Rice Cinema
See Houston
Indymedia for more;
download PDF flyers: color
or monochrome. |
| Saturday,
October 21 |
Meet
Charles
Waterbury, Green Party write-in candidate for Texas
Supreme Court Chief Justice, and other progressive candidates.
Cheryl and Bill Crosier (Progressive
Action Alliance) open their home this evening, Don Cook co-host.
7-11 PM, at 7445 Santa Fe Dr.
call Don at 713.705.5594
|
| Friday-Sunday,
October 20-22 |
Texas
Bioneers
co-creating a world we can live in
at Main Campus, University of Houston
in conjunction with worldwide Bioneers
|
National
Weekend of Faith in Action against the Death Penalty
This (NWFA) is an opportunity for faith communities, interfaith
groups, human rights activists, and others to examine the death
penalty from a faith-based or values-based perspective. Set aside
some time during the weekend of October 20-22 for an activity
or event that focuses on the death penalty issue, using the ideas
and resources provided by Amnesty
International USA as your guide.
|
| Monday,
October 23 |
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| Tuesday
October 24 |
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| |
| Wednesday,
October 25 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
October 26 |
| |
| Saturday,
October 28 |
Texas
Annual March Against the Death Penalty
a day trip to Austin, Texas
FLYER
(pdf)
Bus leaves from SHAPE at 8:30 AM, with 9 AM pickup
at Memorial City Mall Macy's
AbolitionMovement@hotmail.com;
call 713.237.0357 or 713.503.2633
|
| |
CELEBRATE
RESISTANCE
starting at 1 PM, Live Oak Friends Meeting House
1318 West 26th Street, Houston 77008
See the video "SIR, NO SIR" a film about war resisters
in the military during the Viet Nam war.
Bob Watada will speak on behalf of his son,
Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse deployment
to our terrible war in Iraq.
|
| |
| Tuesday,
October 31 |
| |
| |
| Wednesday,
November 1 |
| Teach-in
at U of H, 11:30 AM -1:00 PM
TOPIC: "US Imperialism Past and Future: How It affects you."
University of Houston, outside stage at UC Satellite |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
we decide after each show where to meet next;
come help with a show! join us making TV
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
5:30-6:20
PM
- Execution vigil
Donnell
Jackson is scheduled to be executed
Dominican Sisters Mother House at 6501 Almeda Rd. (corner
of Almeda and Holcombe) parking available from Almeda.
|
6:30
PM
- Death penalty abolition vigil
in front of St. Anne's Catholic Church
on the corner of Shepherd and Westheimer
(sponsored by Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,
first Wednesday of each month)
|
7:30
PM - Amnesty
International Group 23
2360 Rice Blvd in the garage apartment behind Maryknoll House
(AI-23 meets on the first Wednesday of each month)
|
| Friday,
November 3 |
|
First
Friday Forum at the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd. 7:30
social gathering, 8 p.m. program? |
Houston
Peace and Justice Center (HPJC)
fourth annual Awards
Dinner. National Peacemaker honoree and keynote speaker will be
Roy
Bourgeois, M.M., founder and guiding spirit of School
of the Americas Watch. Local honorees: Amy Branham, Ray Hill,
Omawali Luthuli and Ernest McMillan. |
| Saturday,
November 4 |
| Conference:
"The New Political Reality in South America"
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at University of Houston
Houston's first sustained exploration of the move to
the left in South America. Topics covered will include an overview,
control of oil and gas, implications for the global economy, Venezuela's
Chavez and Bolivia's Morales, and the role of women and indigenous
peoples. Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of the Americas
Watch, will give a major talk.
Registration is $20 ($10 for students). To reserve, call 713.861.2494 |
QUAKER
PEACE FESTIVAL 2006
9:00 AM to sundown
at Live Oak Friends Meeting House
1318 West 26th Street
Houston, Texas
click HERE
for details |
| Tuesday,
November 7 |
| ELECTION
DAY: VOTE!!! |
| Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement meets 7PM first
Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live
Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
November 8 |
GreenWatch
TV: Justice
for Janitors
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
November 9 |
6:30
PM gather to gab, 7:00 PM Progressive
Action Alliance
meets generally 2nd Thursdays at Leisure Learning Unlimited,
2990 Richmond, 6th floor, Room 6.
|
| Monday-Thursday,
November 6-9 |
| |
| Saturday-Sunday,
November 11-12 |
People's
Campaign School in Austin
The Green Party of Texas and Travis County Green Party are sponsoring
this special event with John Eder, state congressman from Maine,
the highest office held by a Green in the country.
See web site TravisCountyGreens.org |
| Saturday,
November 11 |
11 AM: join Veterans
for Peace, Chapter 12
in the Veterans Day Parade
VFP
is Entry #87 - meet at Louisiana and Preston (Area 5) not later
than 11 AM.
(for more information contact Jim Rine at jmrine@hotmail.com
or 281.414.1386) |
|
| |
| Monday,
November 13 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM, at Suzy's house, 4722 Benning |
| Wednesday,
November 15 |
Seymour
Hersh at Rice, 8:00-9:30 PM
6100 Main Street, Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
FREE!
|
GreenWatch
planning meeting, not needed
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
November 16 |
STAY
GRANTED, so NO execution vigil
for Charles Nealy!
(would have been 5:30-6:20 PM, outside
Dominican Sisters' motherhouse) |
7:00
PM - "SHUT UP AND SING" ((Dixie Chicks Movie)
at Landmark Theatre, 5 Greenway Plaza
ACLU members free, others $20, or join!
RSVP: 713.942.8146
|
| Friday-Sunday,
November 17-19 |
Converge
on Fort Benning in Georgia
SOA WATCH
|
Monday,
November 20 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPICS: Justice
for Janitors, SHROC
VI; Shaping the Future.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our meetings start shortly
after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
Tuesday,
November 21 |
| 7:00-8:30
pm: Citizens Transportation Coalition (CTC)
Outreach meeting
3015 Richmond at Eastside in the Upper Kirby Room.
David Crossley will be our featured speaker and he will talk about
Houston's next Regional Transportation Plan (RTP 2030). Spending
$70+ billion on transportation can do a lot of harm or good to
Houston neighborhoods. Come learn more about what Houstonians
should hope to get out of the next regional plan, and how to help
shape it. (713-301-5716) |
| Wednesday,
November 22 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own show on public affairs and local
issues will be pre-taped this time, because the studio is closed
Thanksgiving eve. Tune in at 9-10pm on We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Friday,
November 24 |
| |
| Sunday,
November 26 |
rescheduled
Fourth Friday Flicks - and fun
(moved so as not to conflict with holiday)
Pot Luck at 5 PM, double feature peace movies at 6 PM:
1: "Sir,
No Sir" about GIs against the Viet Nam War
2: "The
Peace Patriots" about anti-Iraq War actions
The Havens Center, 1827 W Alabama St., Houston, TX, 77006
(Park on North side of Alabama, across street from Havens Center)
Details at PAA
website
|
| Tuesday
November 28 |
| |
| Wednesday,
November 29 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Field of Greens, 2320 West Alabama;
on the north side of the street three blocks east of Kirby
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| |
| Tuesday,
December 5 |
Wanting YOU to help cover the 6th bi-annual Southern Human Rights
Organizers Network Conference
(see calendar item Dec. 8-10 below), Houston
Indymedia presents another...
Makin'
Media workshop*
Tuesday, December 5 from 7-9 PM
Sedition Books (4420 Washington Avenue)
* Tasty vegan refreshments included; see website
for more info! |
| Come
sign greeting cards for death row prisoners tonight!
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement 6-10 PM
at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live Oak at Alabama |
| Wednesday,
December 6 |
6:30
PM
- Death penalty abolition vigil
in front of St. Anne's Catholic Church
on the corner of Shepherd and Westheimer
(sponsored by Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,
first Wednesday of each month)
|
7:30
PM - Amnesty
International Group 23
2360 Rice Blvd in the garage apartment behind Maryknoll House
(AI-23 meets on the first Wednesday of each month)
|
GreenWatch
TV show this time features the Southern
Human Rights Organizers Conference being held in Houston December
8-10.
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Friday-Monday,
December 8-11 |
10th Anniversary Celebration -- 6th Bi-Annual
Southern Human Rights Organizers' Conference (SHROC
VI)
BLACK AND BROWN UNITE TO FIGHT
(A Youth Summit will be held during the conference on Dec.
8;
a post-conference Field Trip to the Rio Grande on Monday, Dec.
11, will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Farm Workers'
Movement.)
www.shroc.org
or call 662.334.1122
|
| Sunday,
December 10 |
"Guadelupe:
Mother of All Mexico"
The Houston
Institute for Culture continues its screening of films,
followed by discussions relevant to issues raised by the film(s).
This one is co-sponsored by Music Beyond Borders.
7 p.m. in the Institute’s new facility,
the Havens Center, 1827 W. Alabama
|
| Monday,
December 11 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM, at Suzy's house, 4722 Benning |
| Wednesday,
December 13 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Hunan
Village, 3311 South Shepherd
just north of Richmond on the east side of the street.
come help with a show! join us making TV
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
December 14 |
6:30
PM gather to gab, 7:00 PM Progressive
Action Alliance
meets generally 2nd Thursdays at Leisure Learning Unlimited,
2990 Richmond, 6th floor, Room 6.
|
Monday,
December 18 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: To
be decided.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. WE
MEET AT CENTRAL MARKET on the southwest corner of Westheimer
and Weslayan, just inside the 610 loop. Our meetings start shortly
after 6:30 PM and end before 9:00 PM...
Many of us continue to discuss matters afterwards, so be sure
to mingle. |
| Wednesday,
December 20 |
GreenWatch
TV
The Harris County Green Party's own call in talk show on public
affairs and local issues. Tune in at 9-10pm on
We
The People TV (public access cable inside Houston city limits
only: TimeWarner 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Friday,
December 22 |
Fourth
Friday Flicks (and Fun)
starting at 6:30 for socializing and food,
then watch "It's Worse Than You Think" at 7:30
(remain afterward for conversation)
see www.paa-tx.org
for more info
|
| Tuesday
December 26 |
Texas
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Likely no meeting due to holiday;
group may do dinner instead.
(usually 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 PM,
upstairs behind 2360 Rice Blvd
Olive Branch Meeting Room, just west of Greenbriar)
|
| Wednesday,
December 27 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting 7:00-9:00 PM
this week at The Daily Grind, south side of Washington 3-4 blocks
east of Shepherd.
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
|
last updated: 2006-12-29 |
