Events

Event Description:

Dear Sisters and Brothers,
 
In response to the threat posed by the racist Minutemen, the Coalition against Intolerance and for Respect is organizing a spirited, peaceful, and legal rally this coming Saturday, October 8, at 3 pm at Burnett Bayland Park, 6000 Chimney Rock at Gulfton. The rally will include speakers, music, and poets.
 
This is a very important event. It is imperative for all of us to stand in unity and solidarity with our immigrant brothers and sisters who are under increasing attack from the Far Right. Please join us in defending the rights and dignity of all people-and demanding fair, just immigration reform with permanent residence for all, and fair trade policies. Houston needs to be a hate-free zone!
 
A bilingual flyer for the demonstration is attached. For more information, please call (832) 392-8777 or (832) 282-6997.
 
In Solidarity,
 
Rona and David
for the Progressive Workers Organizing Committee

Event Sponsor:
Coalition Against Intolerance and For Respect

Event Phone Contact Information:
(713) 928-6849

Event Website:
http://www.pwoc.org/upcoming/

Event Description:

Most people never in their lives get the chance to participate in something that has the potential to change the world. But I believe that we will have that chance, that opportunity, this Saturday.

Event Sponsor:
Democracy for Houston and the No Nonsense in November Campaign

Event Website:
http://www.nononsenseinnovember.com/calendar/index.php?p=5

Event Description:

Come join your neighbors for a fun time at Karl Young Park on Sunday October 9th.

The event starts at 2:00 PM and ends at 5:00 PM with vendors, games, cold drinks, bake sale and face-painting. And the Dog Show judging begins at 4:00 with the candidates officiating.
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Event Sponsor:
Braeswood Democrats

Event Description:

Attend the Houston Peace and Justice Center's Annual Peace Picnic to celebrate Houston's communities of conscience.  Bring a covered dish and news of your group's activities.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Peace and Justice Center

Event Contact Name:
Bob Henschen

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-661-9889

Event Email Address:
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Event Description:

October 11, 2005: Last Day to Register to Vote (October 9th is 30th day, but deadline moves to next business day, Tuesday, due to Columbus Day holiday). If you need to register to vote, please send email to

. We will help you find a voter registrar close by or come to you.

Event Description:

Come share ideas and plan upcoming actitivies with the Progressive Action Alliance on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, (6:30 social).  Topics include election reform and protests, Department of Peace, economic and social justice, and other progressive actions.

Event Contact Name:
Bill Crosier

Event Phone Contact Information:
713 641-4941

Event Description:

For professional and general audiences, this three-day annual event equips participants with models, resources and networks, encouraging everyone to act as primary forces in the transformation toward a restorative future. Bioneers are biological pioneers who are working with nature to heal nature and ourselves. They have peered deep into the heart of living systems to devise strategies for restoration based on nature's own operating instructions. They come from many cultures and perspectives, and all walks of life.
 
Bioneers are scientists and artists, gardeners and economists, activists and public servants, architects and ecologists, farmers and journalists, priests and shamans, policymakers and citizens. They are everyday people committed to preserving and supporting the future of life on Earth. They herald a dawning Age of Restoration founded in natural principles of kinship, interdependence, cooperation, reciprocity, and community.
 
In addition to the speakers listed at right, lunch and dinner are available at $11 per meal.

Event Sponsor:
University of St. Thomas

Event Contact Name:
Cath Conlon

Event Phone Contact Information:
(713) 768-3422

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
http://www.blackwoodland.com/TexasBioneers/

Event Fee:
Registration before Oct 1 is $100 for all three days (work exchange / scholarships available!)

Event Description:

For professional and general audiences, this three-day annual event equips participants with models, resources and networks, encouraging everyone to act as primary forces in the transformation toward a restorative future. Bioneers are biological pioneers who are working with nature to heal nature and ourselves. They have peered deep into the heart of living systems to devise strategies for restoration based on nature's own operating instructions. They come from many cultures and perspectives, and all walks of life.
 
Bioneers are scientists and artists, gardeners and economists, activists and public servants, architects and ecologists, farmers and journalists, priests and shamans, policymakers and citizens. They are everyday people committed to preserving and supporting the future of life on Earth. They herald a dawning Age of Restoration founded in natural principles of kinship, interdependence, cooperation, reciprocity, and community.
 
In addition to the speakers listed at right, lunch and dinner are available at $11 per meal.

Event Sponsor:
University of St. Thomas

Event Contact Name:
Cath Conlon

Event Phone Contact Information:
(713) 768-3422

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
http://www.blackwoodland.com/TexasBioneers/

Event Fee:
Registration before Oct 1 is $100 for all three days (work exchange / scholarships available!)

Event Description:

For professional and general audiences, this three-day annual event equips participants with models, resources and networks, encouraging everyone to act as primary forces in the transformation toward a restorative future. Bioneers are biological pioneers who are working with nature to heal nature and ourselves. They have peered deep into the heart of living systems to devise strategies for restoration based on nature's own operating instructions. They come from many cultures and perspectives, and all walks of life.
 
Bioneers are scientists and artists, gardeners and economists, activists and public servants, architects and ecologists, farmers and journalists, priests and shamans, policymakers and citizens. They are everyday people committed to preserving and supporting the future of life on Earth. They herald a dawning Age of Restoration founded in natural principles of kinship, interdependence, cooperation, reciprocity, and community.
 
In addition to the speakers listed at right, lunch and dinner are available at $11 per meal.

Event Sponsor:
University of St. Thomas

Event Contact Name:
Cath Conlon

Event Phone Contact Information:
(713) 768-3422

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
http://www.blackwoodland.com/TexasBioneers/

Event Fee:
Registration before Oct 1 is $100 for all three days (work exchange / scholarships available!)

Event Description:

When: 6:30 PM on October 20th

Where: Pavani's Indian Cuisine (10554 SWFwy--north side of I-59 just inside the Beltway)

There will be a presentation on Biodiesel and a session for candidates for City Council & other local seats.

Event Sponsor:
OilPatch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
John Preston

Event Email Address:
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Event Fee:
$10 suggested

Event Description:

On October 23, 2005, 1,138 people dressed in black and wearing "tragedy" masks will gather at Spotts Park to demonstrate against the discriminatory Texas Marriage Amendment.

Each individual will hold a sign with one of the 1,138 federal protections for married couples that are denied to same-sex couples and their families.  We need you to participate and represent one of those rights in this historic event!

Event Sponsor:
Foundation for Family and Marriage Equality, Inc.

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.familyequality.org

Event Description:

Houston City Council Candidates Forum- Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail

Tuesday, Oct. 25  7:30 p.m. Rice University

The Rice University Young Democrats and The Progressive Populist Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party invite Houston City Council candidates and the community  to hear a brief presentation on the Election Reform Committee of the Harris County Democratic Party's position regarding the necessity for a voter verifiable paper audit trail with our Hart
InterCivic (E-Slate)  electronic voting system.

Event Sponsor:
Rice YOung Dems & Prog Pop Caucus

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
http://www.texaspopulists.com/node/396

Event Fee:
doantions welcome

Event Description:

You're invited to a house party to meet DENNIS CARTER, Candidate for Houston City Council District A

Dennis is a Green Party candidate and is the only current challenger to the incumbent, Republican Toni Lawrence
http://www.houstontx.gov/council/a/index.html

Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party

Event Contact Name:
Don Cook or Randy Scott

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-705-5594 or 713-683-9531

Event Website:
http://tinyurl.com/8qpt6

Event Fee:
not required

Event Description:

First Annual Legislative And Public Policy Conference

TSU's Mickey Leeland Center on World Hunger and Peace and Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy are holding a forum this Saturday on Voting Rights and Committee Hearings on Voter Disenfrachisement. Beverly Kaufman is one of the panelists!

Event Sponsor:
TSU's Mickey Leeland Center on World Hunger and Peace and Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-313-1139

Event Website:
www.earlcarl.org

Event Description:

The Sierra Club's "Building Environmental Communities" campaign invites you to join us in a neighborhood walk and cleanup around Bruce Elementary School and the Many Diversified Interest (MDI) Superfund site located in the heart of the historic Fifth Ward community. It’s a project to pull you in and make you an active participant, part of a society built on five core principles:

Event Sponsor:
Sierra Club Houston

Event Contact Name:
Reginald Adams

Event Phone Contact Information:
713.269.2711

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
http://www.sierraclub.org/community/houston/

Event Description:

Party with the Houston Social Forum at Helios 411

Several bands will be playing including

• Meridea Rosa
• Bart Boyce
• DJ AJ5s
• Free Radicals ...
• and more

Vegan Food, music, poetry, halloween costumes creating and more! Bring your literature, tables will be provided and bring yourself! Event fee is $5 for 21 and up and $10 under 21. Another world is possible!

Event Contact Name:
Heather Smith

Event Phone Contact Information:
832 860-0431 (Heather) or (713) 526-4648 (Helios)

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonsocialforum.org

Event Fee:
Event fee is $5 for 21 and up and $10 under 21

Event Description:

You are invited to participate in a week-long memorial to the 2000th US military casualty of the Iraq war, in the Heights in Houston.  It will begin the Saturday after the announced 2000th US casualty of the Iraq war, with a ceremony each evening sponsored by a different group, and ending the following Saturday (one week later) with a larger ceremony.

Event Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
Jim Rine

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-414-1386

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
oilpatchdemocrats.blogspot.com

Event Description:

Party with the Houston Social Forum at Helios 411

Several bands will be playing including

• Meridea Rosa
• Bart Boyce
• DJ AJ5s
• Free Radicals ...
• and more

Vegan Food, music, poetry, halloween costumes creating and more! Bring your literature, tables will be provided and bring yourself! Event fee is $5 for 21 and up and $10 under 21. Another world is possible!

Event Contact Name:
Heather Smith

Event Phone Contact Information:
832 860-0431 (Heather) or (713) 526-4648 (Helios)

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonsocialforum.org

Event Fee:
Event fee is $5 for 21 and up and $10 under 21

Event Description:

On October 30, 2005 Houstonians will have the chance to see first hand the beginnings of a transformation in our society - the transition to a sustainable energy future! Come tour real solar homes and buildings in the Houston area and learn more about all forms of renewable energy. Houston has long been an energy leader but the fossil fuel era must give way to cleaner, inexhaustible, local forms of energy. Tour organizers want to show how Houston can remain an energy leader in the 21st century by showcasing pioneering efforts to incorporate solar and other forms of renewable energy into our homes, commercial buildings and everyday lives.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Renewable Energy Group

Event Contact Name:
Mike Ewart

Event Email Address:
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Event Fee:
Tour Fee is $5

Event Description:

Meeting Agenda 

I. Introductions and Practice rap (talking about social forum)  (10 min) volunteers

II. article discussion - heather
http://www.consensus.net/ocac1.html (this is the article. it is short, but if you have time, please browse the other articles. it is the first chapter in a book on formal consensus. as we pretend to run our meetings on formal consensus, i thought this information would be good for us to review. are there any reservations about discussing this article?) (7 min)

Event Contact Name:
Heather Smith

Event Email Address:
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Event Description:

You are invited to participate in a week-long memorial to the 2000th US military casualty of the Iraq war, in the Heights in Houston.  It will begin the Saturday after the announced 2000th US casualty of the Iraq war, with a ceremony each evening sponsored by a different group, and ending the following Saturday (one week later) with a larger ceremony.

Event Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
Jim Rine

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-414-1386

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
oilpatchdemocrats.blogspot.com

Event Description:

You are invited to participate in a week-long memorial to the 2000th US military casualty of the Iraq war, in the Heights in Houston.  It will begin the Saturday after the announced 2000th US casualty of the Iraq war, with a ceremony each evening sponsored by a different group, and ending the following Saturday (one week later) with a larger ceremony.

Event Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
Jim Rine

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-414-1386

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
oilpatchdemocrats.blogspot.com

Event Description:

Come enjoy lunch and one credit of Continuing Legal Education credit to hear Mitchell Katine, speaking on the state of the law as it relates to gender identity. You may also contact Heather Busby for additional information -
 

Event Sponsor:
Houston ACLU

Event Contact Name:
Laura Bellows

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
http://www.aclu-houston.org/

Event Description:

You are invited to participate in a week-long memorial to the 2000th US military casualty of the Iraq war, in the Heights in Houston.  It will begin the Saturday after the announced 2000th US casualty of the Iraq war, with a ceremony each evening sponsored by a different group, and ending the following Saturday (one week later) with a larger ceremony.

Event Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
Jim Rine

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-414-1386

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
oilpatchdemocrats.blogspot.com

Event Description:

November 2, the first anniversary of Bush's "re-election", we will take the first major step in this by organizing a truly massive day of resistance all over this country. People everywhere will walk out of school, they will take off work, they will come to the downtowns and town squares and set out from there, going through the streets and calling on many more to JOIN US. They will repudiate this criminal regime, making a powerful statement: "NO! THIS REGIME DOES NOT REPRESENT US! AND WE WILL DRIVE IT OUT!"

Event Sponsor:
The World Can't Wait

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-459-5962

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
worldcantwait.org

Event Description:

You are invited to participate in a week-long memorial to the 2000th US military casualty of the Iraq war, in the Heights in Houston.  It will begin the Saturday after the announced 2000th US casualty of the Iraq war, with a ceremony each evening sponsored by a different group, and ending the following Saturday (one week later) with a larger ceremony.

Event Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
Jim Rine

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-414-1386

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
oilpatchdemocrats.blogspot.com

Event Description:

This is the November Democracy for Houston meetup.

Jim Dean, chairman of the national Democracy for America organization (and brother of Howard Dean) will be the special guest of honor. We will also have a live conference call with DNC Chairman Howard Dean!

Event Sponsor:
Democracy for Houston

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-301-6838

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.democracyforhouston.org

Event Description:

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED! 

Democratic primary voters in two central Houston  precincts get together for a little food, a lot of fun, and some political talk.

Pct. 223 and 541 "double-D's" will mett and greet along with candidates Borris Miles (SH 146), David Van Os, and several Houston city council candidates ahead of the municipal elections and this spring's primary.

Event Email Address:
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Event Description:

You are invited to participate in a week-long memorial to the 2000th US military casualty of the Iraq war, in the Heights in Houston.  It will begin the Saturday after the announced 2000th US casualty of the Iraq war, with a ceremony each evening sponsored by a different group, and ending the following Saturday (one week later) with a larger ceremony.

Event Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
Jim Rine

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-414-1386

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
oilpatchdemocrats.blogspot.com

Event Description:

Voices Breaking Boundaries and co-sponsor KPFT present a Cultural Narrative series event:

Haiti: The Untold Story
Produced by: Haiti Information Project
Directed by: Kevin Pina (Flashpoints correspondent and filmmaker)
53 minutes, color

Event Sponsor:
Voices Breaking Boundaries and co-sponsor KPFT

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-524-7821

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.voicesbreakingboundaries.org

Event Fee:
Tickets $5 (no one turned away)

Event Description:

To be held in front of Houston City Hall.

The goal of this rally is not to advocate for one particular solution to this complex issue, but to raise this issue to the moral consciousness of our society. We believe that the wealthiest nation in the world, which often speaks of "values", has a moral obligation to find a way to erase this great and obvious divide between the rich and the poor, the haves and the have-nots. We are also going to voice our opposition to the proposed Medicaid cuts, which will leave many Katrina survivors and other Americans without insurance.

Event Sponsor:
Organized by the American Medical Student Association chapters at Baylor College of Medicine and UT-Houston

Event Contact Name:
Matt Cope

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-412-7029

Event Website:
http://www.hpjc.org/majorevents.asp#11-4-2005

Event Description:

You are invited to participate in a week-long memorial to the 2000th US military casualty of the Iraq war, in the Heights in Houston.  It will begin the Saturday after the announced 2000th US casualty of the Iraq war, with a ceremony each evening sponsored by a different group, and ending the following Saturday (one week later) with a larger ceremony.

Event Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
Jim Rine

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-414-1386

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
oilpatchdemocrats.blogspot.com

Event Description:

You are invited to participate in a week-long memorial to the 2000th US military casualty of the Iraq war, in the Heights in Houston.  It will begin the Saturday after the announced 2000th US casualty of the Iraq war, with a ceremony each evening sponsored by a different group, and ending the following Saturday (one week later) with a larger ceremony.

Event Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats

Event Contact Name:
Jim Rine

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-414-1386

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
oilpatchdemocrats.blogspot.com