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Regular
Events:
Green
Party Meeting
(Harris County) Third Monday of every month, see below
for location and more info.
Green Watch TV:
Live call-in show with guests; every other Wednesday, 9-10 PM. WE
THE PEOPLE TV (Warner Channel 17 or other, depending on your location
within sprawly Houston city limits).
See below or click link for more info.
KPFT
90.1 FM airs numerous community and progressive oriented programs
throughout the week. Check out their programming schedule (exact URL
for schedule varies; navigate their website).
Other
progressive Houston calendars: Houston
Peace and Justice, Houston
Indymedia, Houston
Justice Not War, Latinos
por la Paz, KPFT
Calendar, Progressive
Action Alliance
(Selected items often appear on multiple calendars; redundancy
can be a good thing. We especially thank Herb Rothschild and
cohorts at HPJC for consistently collaborative efforts which
we echo here.)
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| Tuesday,
January First |
| Happy
New Year! Let's make it a good one. |
| Wednesday,
January 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: Comcast 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Wednesday,
January 9 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different
places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
January 10 |
6:30-9:00
PM
- monthly meeting
Progressive
Action Alliance
2nd
Thursdays at Havens Center, 1827 W. Alabama Street
(next to the Chocolate Bar - parking across the street or at
St. Stephen's Church).
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| Monday,
January 14 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM, at Suzy's house, 4722 Benning. |
| Wednesday,
January 16 |
GreenWatch
TV: Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR
conference)
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: Comcast 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
January 17 |
Clean
Elections Texas - Houston Meetup
6-8pm, Montrose Branch Library
4100 Montrose
(One block north of Richmond)
Downstairs (large) conference room
Meet with local people serious about Campaign Finance
Reform (specifically Clean Elections or publicly financed elections).
We must take control of democracy from 'Big Money', private
interests, and special interests.
(C. Mauch, K. Graham, co-conveners)
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| Friday-Sunday,
January 18-20 |
National Conference for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
in
Houston, at the Hyatt Regency
for details, see NNIRR
web site
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Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
in Pecore Hall at St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church, W. Alabama at Woodhead.
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
TOPICS THIS MEETING: Ballot Access, steering committee elections,
KPFT LSB.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. Many of us continue
to discuss matters afterwards elsewhere. Ask where! |
| Wednesday,
January 23 |
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GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Friday,
January 25 |
7:00
- 9:00 PM
“I
want to live!”
Angelika Film Center
510 Texas Ave, Houston, 77002
Hosted by Mike Farrell
Pre-screening reception - 6 pm
fundraiser;
to purchase tickets, see
special
TCADP web page
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| Saturday,
January 26 |
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| Wednesday,
January 30 |
GreenWatch
TV: Clean
House in the District Attorney's Office
Guests: Minister Robert Mohammad, Sister Sadiyah Evangelista, Gloria
Rubac, and Parnell Herbert, all of the Coalition for Social Justice.
(SIGN
THE PETITION!)
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: Comcast 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| |
Call
Out D.A. Corruption
Join the Coalition
in demanding the Removal of Harris County D. A.
CHUCK ROSENTHAL and His ENTIRE Executive Staff
Massive Rally at Noon
Harris County Criminal Courthouse
1201 Franklin Street
Houston
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| Monday,
February 4 |
7:00
PM
- organizing meeting
Coalition
for Social Justice
at Good
Hope Missionary Baptist Church
3015 N. MacGregor Way (just east of Hwy 288)
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| Wednesday,
February 6 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
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| Monday,
February 11 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM, at Alfred's house, 4822 Spellman Rd. |
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7:00
PM
Cynthia McKinney
S.H.A.P.E. Administrative Center
3903 Almeda, Houston, TX 77004
There
is no admission, and all are invited to this fundraiser for the
McKinney campaign and for ballot access for the Green Party of
Texas. Ms. McKinney, former congresswoman (Dem) from Georgia and
current, front-running candidate for the Green Party nomination
for President, is striving to raise $5,000 in small amounts in
20 states in order to qualify for matching funds, and of course,
once she achieves the nomination, it is important that she be
on the ballot in all 51 state-like entities, including Texas.
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| Wednesday,
February 13 |
GreenWatch
TV: Topic: Cynthia McKinney, making Black History.
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: Comcast 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). ONLINE
AT GOOGLE VIDEO |
| Thursday,
February 14 |
6:30-9:00
PM
- monthly meeting
Progressive
Action Alliance
2nd
Thursdays at Havens Center, 1827 W. Alabama Street
(next to the Chocolate Bar - parking across the street or at
St. Stephen's Church).
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Monday,
February 18 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPICS: Ballot access; officer elections.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. We
meet upstairs 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,
February 19 |
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| Wednesday,
February 20 |
| NO
NEW COAL
Dynegy Protest and Call-in Day
10-11
am, join Sierra Club
1000 Louisiana one block east of Library and City Hall |
War
Made Easy
movie
and discussion
Eagle Room at HCC-NW’s Town & Country Center
1010 West Sam Houston Parkway North.
SUBTITLE: "How Presidents & Pundits
Keep Spinning Us to Death" (2007).
After the film, author and media critic Norman Solomon will
help critique media spin during wartime.
(This is part of HCC Northwest's Spring 2008
"Reel Film & Speaker Series" so look for more!)
NOTE: He'll be in town the rest of the day and
the following day Thursday, and the movie will be shown in the
evening at The Station, LaBranch and Alabama; and again at 9:30AM.
- College of the Mainland Learning Resource Auditorium, L131;
then again at University of Houston 2:30 - 4 p.m. Agnes Arnold
Auditorium #1.
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GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Empire Cafe, 1732 Westheimer
Rd. on the north side of the street
two blocks west of Dunlavy, btwn Montrose & Shepherd
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
February 21 |
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| Saturday,
February 23 |
Winter
Soldier Fundraiser
3-7 pm
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
1131 East 24th St.
Music: Hank Woji, Patti Sullivan, The Free Radicals, & Brother
2 Brother
Excerpts from films “Winter Soldier” and “The
Ground Truth” contact: jmrine@hotmail.com
281.414.1386
Houston Veterans for Peace
See also http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier
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| Wednesday,
February 27 |
Coal
Moratorium Conference
Wed 2/27, 2-6 pm & Thur 2/28 10am-3pm
at Bering Memorial United Methodist Church
SEE: http://www.CoalBlock.net |
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: Comcast 17, Kingwood 98, TVMax 95). |
| Thursday,
February 28 |
Demonstrate
for a Coal Moratorium NOW: Stop Global Warming
4:30-6:30 pm
In front of George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas (east side of downtown)
Contact NanHildreth@riseup.net
713.842.6643 |
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| Tuesday,
March 4 |
Texas
Primary Elections
for Democrats and Republicans...
|
| Wednesday,
March 5 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Hunan on Shepherd btwn Richmond and
Alabama
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Monday,
March 10 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM; at Alfred's, 4822 Spellman Road |
| Tuesday,
March 11 |
Green
Party Precinct Conventions
6 PM at 4822 Spellman Road
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| Wednesday,
March 12 |
Green
Party Ballot Access Petitioning begins today
This
is the official first day you can sign petitions to get the
Green Party on the ballot in the state of Texas. We have 75
days until Memorial Day to talk to people about what democracy
really means.
SEE txgreens.org
|
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75).
The show this fortnight will feature closed captioning for the
first time from the new studio, or so I'm told. (Someone else said,
no that's not so...) At any rate, we'll have guests for the hearing
impaired, with equipment and information. |
| Saturday,
March 15 |
We
will have ballot access petitioning training at 9:00 AM at 2224
North Boulevard, which is a residential location a block or two
south of the Southwest Freeway and between Greenbriar and Shepherd.
Afterwards we will have field training and a day of signature
gathering.
Do
not worry about being on time. Call Don Cook at 713-705-5594 to
facilitate coordination of your training. Do not try to get in
touch with him in a hurry by e-mail these days. |
Rally
Against the Iraq War
2 pm. at Mason Park, S. 75th St. and Tipps St. in Houston.
(in front of the community center building near
the intersection of S. 75th and Tipps)
The rally will include speakers, musicians, and spoken word
artists; it will be held regardless of weather conditions.
Event
Phone Contact Information:
832.692.2306; 281.935.9248
Event Email Address:
dsmith2740@comcast.net
|
Monday,
March 17 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPICS: Ballot access; state convention
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. We
meet upstairs 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,
March 19 |
Iraq
war 5th anniversary, our time.
|
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different
places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
March 20 |
Iraq
war anniversary
City-wide signage for peace,
called 'freeway blogging' here and there!
Activists across the country are marking the 5th anniversary
of the invasion and occupation of Iraq with activities spanning
several days. Join the Houston freeway bloggers 4-6
pm, on the Hwy 59 bridges just SW of downtown and show
your allegiance with the majority of Americans who want peace
and an end to the Iraq occupation.
see PAA-TX
website
|
| Wednesday,
March 26 |
GreenWatch
TV - Topic: No New Nukes
Guest: Tom "Smitty" Smith
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
| |
| Wednesday,
April 2 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Wednesday,
April 9 |
GreenWatch
TV - Topic: UH
Students Against Sweatshops (GUESTS: Timothy O'Brien,
Leticia Silva, Brenden Laws)
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
| Monday,
April 14 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM; at Alfred's, 4822 Spellman Road |
| Wednesday,
April 16 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Saturday,
April 19 |
| "The
Widening Gap: Economic Inequality at Home and Abroad"
8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Honors College, MD Anderson Library, at the University of Houston.
Come
to theis conference and expand your understanding of how justice
and peace are compromised by the ever-widening gap between rich
and poor. Principal sponsor and organizer: Houston
Peace and Justice Center.
Opening Plenary;
Film: “Global Village or Global Pillage” narrated
by Ed Asner
Panel of commentators plus initial group discussion
Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Ana Malinow, Baylor College of Medicine
“Our Broken Healthcare System and How to Fix It”
Workshops |
Monday,
April 21 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPICS: How do greens fit in the
political landscape, and where do we go from here? We'll also
work on details for the state convention to be held at S.H.A.P.E.
on Almeda in June.
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. We
meet upstairs 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 23 |
It's
a party - a GREEN Party!
The Green Party Free Speech and Ballot Access Festival
University
of Houston Main Campus
Lynn Eusan Park
(near the giant red, white, and blue jumping jack)
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
- FREE FOOD
- Live Music
- grandiose, long-winded speeches
- FREE Green Party buttons!!
-
Petitions to sign -- if you qualify
(see fine-print on flyers
available here and there) |
GreenWatch
TV -Topic: Environmental Racism in east Houston; GUEST:
Juan Parras (www.tejasbarrios.org)
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
| Sunday,
April 27 |
Green
Party Candidate
Forum in Houston
2-5 PM
at The Havens Center, 1827 W Alabama
Speakers
include: kat swift, presidential candidate; SKCM Curry, VP candidate;
Tom Davis, candidate for US Senate from Texas; Art Browning, candidate
for Texas RR Commissioner
Bring
your questions! Possible ideas: what to do about -
• - never-ending imperialistic occupations
• - the spoiler effect (Instant Runoff Voting?)
• - why a third party?
• - security through:
a non-violent foreign policy
worker rights
health care for all
respect for the environment
SPECIAL
ACTION POSSIBLE DURING AFTER BE THERE<> |
| Wednesday,
April 30 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Empire Cafe
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| |
| Thursday,
May 1 |
March
for Human Rights for Immigrants begins at 2 p.m.
in front of the Mickey Leland Federal Building at 1919 Smith
ends Antioch Park at 1400 Smith.
[For
more full text about context, see http://www.paa-tx.org/node/2947]
The
Houston march is scheduled to coincide with a national mobilization
of protests, marches and rallies across the country on that date.
www.cjd.org/paper/march.html
=PS note from AB:
copied from a posting at houston.indymedia.org
by El Gringo Sunday, Apr. 20, 2008 at 8:54 PM |
| Wednesday,
May 7 |
GreenWatch
TV Topic: The Role of Politics in Changing America. (Guests:
Gloria Rubac, Sherry Clausell, Christine Morshedi)
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
| Monday,
May 12 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM; at Alfred's, 4822 Spellman Road |
| Wednesday,
May 14 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Mission Burrito on Alabama
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
Monday,
May 19 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPICS: Ballot access, state convention
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. We
meet upstairs 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 21 |
GreenWatch
TV: Workers' Rights in a right-to-work state.
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
| Sunday,
May 25 - Tuesday, May 27 |
MEMORIAL DAY IS MORE THAN PICNICS
Honoring
the Iraq and Afghan War Dead – Memorial Day weekend
Veterans
for Peace Chapter 12, the local chapters of Military Families
Speak Out, CodePINK, and other Houston area organizations are
holding a three-day memorial for all casualties of the Iraq
and Afghanistan wars.
Everyone is invited to help read names of the more than 4000
US casualties of the Iraq war and the over 400 US casualties
of the Afghanistan war or to help place the labeled flags.
The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 25 and
will continue until all names are read and the flags planted.
The memorial will be set up in Hermann Park along Fannin St.
just west of the Sam Houston statue and Hermann Circle Drive.
To volunteer, contact Jim Rine, 281-414-1386, jmrine@hotmail.com
|
| Wednesday,
May 28 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| |
| Tuesday,
June 3 |
The
death of Derrick Sonnier WAS STAYED, was to have been the first
Texas execution, folloiwng the US Supreme Court decision the
lethal injections in Kentucky are not cruel and unusual.
|
5:30-6:20
PM
- Execution vigil
at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin (at
Southmore).
The
death of Derrick Sonnier WAS scheduled for 6 PM.
|
| Wednesday,
June 4 |
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
| Friday-Sunday,
June 6-8 |
National
Conference on Media Reform
Minneapolis, MN
for
details, see
NCMR'08
|
| Monday,
June 9 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM; at Alfred's, 4822 Spellman Road |
| Tuesday,
June 10 |
7:00
PM
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
at SHAPE on Live Oak at Alabama
begin planning the October march and rally to end executions
|
| |
| Wednesday,
June 11 |
5:30-6:20
PM
- Execution vigil
at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin (at
Southmore).
The
death of Karl Chamberlain is scheduled.
|
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
Brasil
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
Saturday-Sunday, June 14-15 |
| |
Monday,
June 16 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPIC: National Convention
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. We
meet upstairs 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,
June 17 |
5:30-6:20
PM
- Execution vigil
at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin (at
Southmore).
The
death of Charles Hood was postponed on this day.
|
| Wednesday,
June 18 |
GreenWatch
TV: Racism
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
| Monday,
June 23 |
“STAND
TO DEMAND”
THE RESIGNATION OF
TOMMY THOMAS
RALLY HARRIS COUNTY JAIL 701 SAN JACINTO
FOLLOWED BY A TWO BLOCK MARCH TO
SHERIFFS OFFICE 1200 BAKER ST
VIEW
BLOGSPOT
OR CALL BRO PARNELL 832-494-4027
|
| Wednesday,
June 25 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Monday,
June 30 |
5:00-7:00
PM
- Demonstration
UH Students against sweatshops.
outside
UH president's residence.
|
| Wednesday,
July 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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
| Wednesday,
July 9 |
GreenWatch
planning meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM
(We meet to plan at different places; stay tuned.) |
| Thursday,
July 10 |
5:30-6:20
PM
- Execution vigil
near Dominican Sisters Mother House at 6501 Almeda Rd.
(corner of Almeda and Holcombe) parking available from Almeda.
The
death of Carlton Turner is scheduled.
|
| July
10-13 |
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| Tuesday,
July 15 |
Harris
County Green Party Steering Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 PM; at Alfred's, 4822 Spellman Road
(being held a day later this month due to so many
members being in Chicago the weekend before) |
| Wednesday,
July 16 |
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: Comcast 17; TVMax 95; Sudden Link 98; Phonoscope 75). |
Monday,
July 21 |
Harris
County GREEN PARTY General Membership Meeting
6:30-9:00 PM, 3rd Monday of every month.
MAJOR TOPICS: To be decided
Come out and join members of Harris County Green Party for this
regular meeting -- open to all interested people. We
meet upstairs 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. |
DETAILS
ABOUT ONGOING ACTIONS ESPECIALLY RELEVANT TO HARRIS COUNTY FROM
THE TOP OF THIS PAGE:
Death
Penalty Vigils -- 6/2008 UPDATE: The US Supreme Court pondered
the cruelty of execution methods, and concluded that Kentucky
at least could continue the killing. Nationally, the de facto
moratorium. is over. However, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
granted a stay on June 3 which was to be the day of Derrick Sonnier's
scheduled death; it remains to be seen what will happen for the
dozen and more executions on the books for the remainder of the
year 2008 in Texas. In the past, whenever Texas planned to kill
someone, abolitionists gathered from 5:30 - 6:20 p.m. on the day
of each state execution. To learn about executions scheduled ,
see TDCJ
and Texas
Moratorium. Houston vigils sponsored by Texas
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Texas
Death Penalty Abolition Movement. and Amnesty
International Group 23. The Social Justice Committee of St.
Bernadette Church says a rosary at 7 p.m. at its grotto on the
day of each state execution; the church is located at 15500 El
Camino Real. You can also go to Huntsville, or join any of many
vigils held across the state; see www.texasmoratorium.org
and see http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/
NB: Nationwide link to execution alerts: www.ncadp.org/execution_alerts.html
Confronting MAXXAM.
In the past, Southern Alliance of Coastal Redwood Earth Defenders(SACRED)
held non-denominational prayer and meditation vigils every Monday,
from 5:00- 6:00 pm at MAXXAM headquarters to protest its destructive
logging of old growth redwoods in California and its other bad
behavior. They have a Houston
Volunteer page, and their website has updates about OTHER
environmental rapes being perpetrated by profit hungry corporations
abetted by corrupt government.) NOW in
2008, google "Rain Forest Action Network" lots
of Stop the Coal Rush action!
BACK
TO THE FUTURE
latest update: 2008.07.22 |
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