Events
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This Fighting Back Workshop is the sixth in a series of issue forums planned for this election year. Learn effective ways to frame and discuss labor and working conditions. All candidates and Democratic activitsts are invited to attend. Sponsored by the HCDP and Democracy for Houston. RSVP: 713-802-0085; escramble('hcdp','hcdp.org'); or escramble('murvin','gmail.com');
Event Fee:
Suggested donation: $10.00
Event Description:
Brazoria Democrats Meet the Candidates Dinner
Featured speakers: Chris Bell and Maria Alvarado
Local candidates, including for Congress will introduce themselves. So will Charles Waterbury (TX Supreme Court), if he can make it.
Event Sponsor:
Brazoria County Democrats
Event Contact Name:
Anne del Prado
Event Phone Contact Information:
979/233-2523; 979/239-8529
Event Email Address:
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Event Fee:
$40/plate
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Hosted by County Commissioner #2 Sylvia Garcia and State Representative , Dist. 143. Ana Hernandez. Representatives A. Hernandez and J. Ferrar are already working on the 2007 state environmental legislative agenda. They need to hear from us verbally and in writing. Bring your specific concerns, ideas, plans or actions wanted. Prepare to submit a specific, concise written request/idea/action related to energy (transportation, petrochemical plants, and power plants), air quality, and public health. consider attaching a copy of any appropriate energy, air quality, or public health resolution that passed your precinct convention, senatorial district convention, or Harris County Democratic Party and relevant city or county health budget numbers to your 1-2 minute verbal presentation. You get to tell your short story. And your written material can be used by our representatives to craft what we want to protect our communities. For more information, contact Commissioner Garcia’s office (713-924-3975) or Representative Hernandez’s office (713-675-8596).
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Several groups are teaming up to present a film series of politically-oriented movies, and hope you'll join us to relax and have fun.
The first film, scheduled for Aug. 25, is The Time is Now - click on the link for details. The movie sheds light on episodes of American foreign policy that link our government to torture and other war crimes, and the arming and training of terrorists, both at home and abroad. It connects these horrors to each of us, with an intimacy that is both comforting and at the same time unsettling. The Time is Now heralds a new voice and a courageous new examination of America. This searing political monologue exposes shocking discoveries in a way that is part plea, part confessional, and part outcry. It emphasizes the need for a U.S. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.641.4941
Event Fee:
$4 suggested donation, no one turned away
Event Description:
“V for Vendetta,” The film, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, is set in futuristic totalitarian Britain and tells the story of a revolution against tyranny and oppression in a society fraught with corruption and cruelty. The distinguished speaker is Dr. Stephen "Arch" Erich.
Event Sponsor:
University of Houston Clear Lake (UHCL)
Event Website:
www.uhcl.edu
Event Fee:
Admission is $ 2.75 per film. A season ticket pass is $12.00 and provides admission to all films
Event Description:
Tired of high crimes & misdemeanors in the White House, but don't know what to do about them?
On Labor Day, Sep. 4, join us for an
IMPEACHMENT TOWN HALL MEETING
with special guest and keynote speaker
ANN WRIGHT
Learn how to support the US Constitution
and achieve (non-violent, of course) regime change here in the US.
(If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the event title for details.)
Event Sponsor:
Progressive Action Alliance; Co-Sponsors--Houston chapters of VFP & Code Pink
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.641.4941
Event Fee:
$5 suggested donation, no one turned away due to lack of funds
Event Description:
Private patron reception at 6:30 p.m. in the Founders' Club—Book signing after the program
Soros is Chairman of the Open Society Institute and author of The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror. Born into a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, teenager George Soros escaped the Nazi and Russian occupations of World War II. In 1956, he moved to Wall Street where he became the world's most successful financial trader, then used his fortune to establish foundations to undermine the kind of totalitarianism he experienced in his youth. His network of foundations is active in more than 50 countries, donating more than $400 million a year to build the infrastructure of open societies. Themes from Soros' latest book include his criticism of the Bush administration as a threat to America's open society and the peace and stability of the international order, as well as the global energy crisis, financial theory, nuclear proliferation, and much more. Purchase tickets online at http://www.progressiveforumhouston.org/ , or call 713-315-2525, or visit the Hobby Center box office at 800 Bagby Street (This box office service is for the Soros event only.). Books will be on sale throughout the evening by Barnes & Noble.
Purchase tickets
Tickets $19 to $59, discounts for seniors 65 and over, groups of 10 or more, and students. Valid ID required at door. Patron tickets of $110 include preferred seating location, private patron reception with the speaker, and a free autographed book. All tickets will be an extra $5 more at the door. For the hearing impaired, headsets are available at the box office or from the ushers.
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"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada." This film won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival including best actor, Tommy Lee Jones, and best screen play. The distinguished speaker, Dr. Beatrice Edwards, currently the International Program Director at the Government Accountability Project, Washington DC, works to enforce anti-corruption policies at the UN, the World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank. Previously, Dr. Edwards worked for the Organization of American States. She is the daughter of staunch Democrat, Grace Edwards. DON'T MISS THIS ONE!
Event Sponsor:
University of Houston Clear Lake (UHCL)
Event Website:
www.uhcl.edu
Event Fee:
Admission is $ 2.75 per film. A season ticket pass is $12.00 and provides admission to all films
Event Description:
This Fighting Back Workshop is the seventh om a series planned for this election year. Learn effective ways to frame and discuss security polices. All candidates and Democratic activists are invited to attend. RSVP: 713-8092-0085; escramble('hcdp','hcdp.org'); or escramble('murvin','gmail.com');
Event Fee:
Suggested donation: $10.00
Event Description:
House Party to view Kilowatt Ours, a movie about how to save energy and protect the climate. The movie shows how destructive coal mining can be and how you can use less electricity and thus prevent coal from being mined. www.kilowattours.org
Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection Alliance
Event Contact Name:
Radhika Bala
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-728-2811
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.HoustonClimateProtection.org
Event Fee:
Free
Event Description:
Terry Nelson, a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), will talk about his work as a counter-narcotics officer, which included missions in Mexico and Central and South America, and how those experiences lead him and fellow officers to conclude the War on Drugs has failed and that its unintended side effects cause far more damage to society than the drugs themselves. Nelson will discuss effective alternatives to coping with the harm done by drug abuse. 10-11 a.m. at Thoreau Unitarian Universalist Church of Ft. Bend County, 3945 Greenbriar Street, Suites D/E, Stafford, TX. Also 1:30-3 p.m. at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin. For more information, contact Tammera Halphen, 832.863.6261, cannabis.escramble('flower','gmail.com.');
Event Sponsor:
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Event Contact Name:
Tami Halphen
Event Phone Contact Information:
832-863-6261
Event Email Address:
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Event Description:
NO RADIO STATIC - AMY GOODMAN RETURNS IN SUPPORT OF KPFT
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and her author brother, David Goodman, follow up their bestseller "The Exception to the Rulers" by again synthesizing radio interviews and commentary with secondary sources on charged issues that the corporate media too often overlook with their new release entitled "Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back".
Arrive early to get a good seat. The event starts at 6:30 with peace and justice music from Emma's Revolution.
Event Sponsor:
KPFT
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-526-4000
Event Website:
houston.kpft.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=104381
Event Fee:
$20 each, $15 for KPFT members, students, seniors, fixed income
Event Description:
View Kilowatt Ours, a movie on how to save money on your electricity bill and thus protect the climate, at Rice University Media Center. The movie exposes how devastating coal mining for electricity generation can be.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection Alliance
Event Contact Name:
Nan Hildreth
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-842-6643
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.HoustonClimateProtection.org
Event Fee:
Donation requested
Event Description:
Attend the regular monthly meeting of the Progressive Action Alliance. If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the event title for details.
We'll have our new Impeach T-shirts available (two different styles).
Come early to visit & gab
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm: social/meet & greet
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: meeting
Agenda items include:
Event Contact Name:
C. Lee Taylor
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-524-1944
Event Email Address:
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Event Fee:
Free! (Donations, however, always cheerfully accepted.)
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FILM EVENTS
Houston Institute for Culture
and the Havens Center Present
Topical Films and Discussions
Free and Open to the Public
All films 7:00pm (unless otherwise noted)
Havens Center - 1827 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas 77098
Sexism and Discrimination
Thursday, September 14
-Havens Center Kids' Digital Story Project Debut Talking About Sexism
-Who's Counting: Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics
[Film Descriptions]
Immigration and Globalization
Cosponsored by Nuestra Palabra
Friday, September 22
-The Other Side
-Oaxacan Hoops
Saturday, September 23
-North of Ojinaga
-Pavements of Gold
-Mexico City: The Largest City
Sunday, September 24
-A World Without Borders: What is Happening with Globalization
-Cochise County USA: Cries from the Border
[Film Descriptions] Listen to Nuestra Palabra, Tuesdays, 7:30 - 8:30pm, on KPFT, 90.1FM
Indigenous Peoples and Environment
Cosponsored by People of Earth
Friday, October 6
-Drumbeat for Mother Earth - Persistent Organic Pollutants Threatening Indigenous Peoples
-Huicholes and Pesticides
Saturday, October 7
-Pavements of Gold
-Ecuador: The Indigenous Woman
Sunday, October 8
-In the Light of Reverence - Protecting America's Sacred Lands
[Film Descriptions] Listen to People of Earth, Thursdays, 11am – 12noon, on KPFT, 90.1FM
Consumerism and Sustainability
Thursday, November 16
-Affluenza
Friday, November 17
-The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Saturday, November 18
-The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
[Film Descriptions]
Religion, Culture and Politics in Mexico
Sunday, October 29
-Darkness into Light: Following the Spirit
Sunday, December 10
-Guadalupe: Mother of all Mexico
[Film Descriptions]
Films cosponsored by KPFT, 90.1FM
Stay tuned; more film dates to be announced
-Argentina - Hope in Hard Times
-This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Land in Brazil
-Approach of Dawn: Portraits of Mayan Women Forging Peace in Guatemala
-Hidden in Plain Site
FILM DESCRIPTIONS
Sexism and Discrimination
Thursday, September 14, 7:00pm
Havens Center Kids' Digital Story Project Debut "Talking About Sexism", 2006, 10mins
Middle School Children who are part of the Havens Center After-School Program produced a 10-minute digital story about sexism. They spoke with women in the community, including City Councilwoman Sue Lovell and Katrina survivor Mama Suma.
The soundtrack to the digital story will be aired on Houston radio stations in the fall and a DVD of their project will be distributed to area schools for classroom consideration of this important topic.
Who's Counting: Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics, 1996, 52mins
Produced by The National Film Board of Canada
Marilyn Waring is the foremost spokesperson for global feminist economics, and her ideas offer new avenues of approach for political action. With persistence and wit she has succeeded in drawing attention to the fact that GDP has no negative side to its accounts - such as damage to the environment - and completely ignores the unpaid work of women. "Why is the market economy all that counts?" Ms. Waring asks?
In 1975, when she was just 22 years old, she was elected to the New Zealand parliament. She was re-elected three times and eventually brought down the government on the issue of making New Zealand a nuclear free zone. When she was chairperson of the Public Expenditures Committee, she perfected what she calls the "art of the dumb question." Ever since she has challenged the myths of economics, its elitist stance, and our tacit compliance with political agendas that masquerade as objective economic policy.
Immigration and Globalization
Cosponsored by Nuestra Palabra
Friday, September 22, 7:00pm
The Other Side, 2001, 27mins
Directed by Chris Walker; Produced by Television Trust for the Environment
Over the last century, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have crossed the border to the United States in pursuit of permanent jobs, and a better life. But in the new millennium, that journey has become increasingly dangerous, and the costs are starting to outweigh the benefits.
This program reveals the devastating impact of Mexican-US migration. The people who attempt to cross suffer horribly and frequently die. The families and communities left behind are disabled and their languages and cultures are being destroyed. The Other Side tells the story of the villagers who have had enough - and now are trying to make sure their children will no longer have to migrate to realize their dreams.
Oaxacan Hoops, 2002, 20mins
Directed, Produced and Edited by Olga R. Rodriguez
Oaxacan Hoops explores how basketball, one of the most revered sports in the United States, has helped many Zapotec Indians living in Los Angeles build community, keep traditions alive and maintain a connection to their villages in Mexico.
The film opens in the mountains of the Sierra Norte, in the state of Oaxaca, where we find out how basketball became a cultural tradition for Zapotecs, the largest of 16 indigenous groups in the state and among Mexico's shortest people. The film crosses paths with "The Other Side," taking us to Los Angeles, where thousands of Zapotecs have gone looking for work. It is here that the biggest Oaxacan basketball tournament outside of Mexico, the Oaxaca Cup, takes place.
Saturday, September 23, 7:00pm
North of Ojinaga, 2004, 24mins
Directed by Rommel Eclarinal
Two young immigrants - a Chinese woman and a Mexican man - are smuggled across the U.S. border from Mexico and abandoned in the vast unforgiving Texas desert.
Pavements of Gold, 2001, 27mins
Directed by Steve Bradshaw; Produced by Television Trust for the Environment
Urban poverty is one of the biggest challenges facing the world in the 21st century. In 1950, three hundred million people were living in urban areas; by 2001 that figure had increased to 2.85 billion, or almost half the world's population. And the flow of rural migrants arriving in the world's mega cities shows no signs of slowing down. "It is a trend which cannot be stopped," says Anna Tibaijuka, the executive director of the UN Center for Human Settlements, "even in the developing countries..."
With the backdrop of Lima, Peru, this program examines the enduring magnetism of big cities and asks whether the migrants who have moved here now feel that city life is the answer to their dreams.
Mexico City: The Largest City, 2004, 26mins
This program defines Mexico City's globalization in terms of winners and losers, examining how, in the world's largest metropolis, immigration challenges are linked to poverty and population influx from surrounding rural areas. Contrasting the city's high-tech facilities and fashionable neighborhoods with its sprawling slums and their struggling inhabitants, the program outlines the relationship between foreign investment and the worldwide need for cheap labor, which Mexico and its indigenous peoples readily supply. Glimpses into a tech-savvy youth culture and the persistent Zapatista movement reinforce the capital's nickname: City of Contrasts.
Sunday, September 24, 7:00pm
A World Without Borders: What is Happening with Globalization, 2000, 26mins
As globalization gains momentum, industrialized and developing countries are, to a greater or lesser extent, becoming increasingly similar, with middle-class luxury and abject poverty coexisting side by side. This program explores the repercussions of globalization as well as a growing resentment toward the G8 countries and nongovernmental organizations. Concerns over third-world debt, environmental degradation, biodiversity, the concentration of power, and the future of democracy are aired by globally oriented young adults who are poised to inherit a world without borders, or rules.
Cochise County USA: Cries from the Border, 2005, 69mins (for discussion purposes we will view an except of the film)
Directed by Mercedes Maharis
Mercedes Maharis, a Mexican American resident of southeast Arizona, documented the activity of immigrants and anti-immigrant groups, as well as humanitarian organizations working to prevent deaths in the Arizona desert. A migrant trail for thousands of immigrants passes through Cochise County. The film reveals the dangers immigrants face, as well as related border issues of human and drug trafficking.
The film, which anti-immigrant activists point to as evidence for increased border protection, features interviews with Cochise County residents and officials, Border Patrol officials, "civil defense" organizers, civil rights activists and immigrants, and documents treacherous border crossings in the Arizona-Sonora desert.
Indigenous Peoples and Environment
Cosponsored by People of Earth
Friday, October 6, 7:00pm
Drumbeat for Mother Earth - Persistent Organic Pollutants Threatening Indigenous Peoples, 1999, 54mins
Directed by Joseph Di Gangi, PhD, and Amon Giebel; Produced by Indigenous Environmental Network and Greenpeace
Many scientists and tribal people consider persistent toxic chemicals to be the greatest threat to the long-term survival of Indigenous Peoples. "Drumbeat for Mother Earth" explores how these chemicals contaminate the traditional food web, violate treaty rights, travel long distances, and are passed from one generation to the next during pregnancy causing cancer, learning disabilities, and other serious health problems.
Indigenous Peoples' connection to Mother Earth places them on a collision course with these chemicals. Continued survival within a contaminated environment means making life and death decisions that could alter whole cultures, diets, ceremonies and future generations.
Huicholes and Pesticides, 1994, 27mins
Directed by Patricia Diaz-Romo
The indigenous Huichol people of Mexico consider themselves responsible for keeping the flames of life burning, and maintaining the forces of nature in balance. Paradoxically, as this documentary describes, they are also the primary victims of a disastrous environmental health crisis: their exposure to dangerous chemical pesticides, which are responsible for more than 1,500 deaths per year. In this film, doctors, anthropologists, and the Huichol people themselves describe this tragedy. The practitioners of subsistence agriculture for centuries, the Huichols' insertion into a market economy has led them to work as fieldworkers for multinational agribusiness concerns based in Mexico.
The film explains the pervasive use of pesticides there as an example of the exportation of environmentally and medically dangerous industries to the Third World, where low wages and lax enforcement of labor and environmental laws allow for the maximization of profits at catastrophic costs to the local population, especially for the marginalized indigenous populations, already suffering from the effects of poverty and malnutrition.
Saturday, October 7, 7:00pm
Pavements of Gold, 2001, 27mins
Directed by Steve Bradshaw; Produced by Television Trust for the Environment
Urban poverty is one of the biggest challenges facing the world in the 21st century. In 1950, three hundred million people were living in urban areas; by 2001 that figure had increased to 2.85 billion, or almost half the world's population. And the flow of rural migrants arriving in the world's mega cities shows no signs of slowing down. "It is a trend which cannot be stopped," says Anna Tibaijuka, the executive director of the UN Center for Human Settlements, "even in the developing countries..."
With the backdrop of Lima, Peru, this program examines the enduring magnetism of big cities and asks whether the migrants who have moved here now feel that city life is the answer to their dreams.
Ecuador: The Indigenous Woman, 1997, 57mins
Isolated in jungles, or crowded into large cities, Latin American Indians constitute the most exploited sector of society. This program traces the harsh life of indigenous women from several tribes, including the Otavalan, Puruha, and Quechua of Ecuador, from pre-Columbian times to the present. Topics discussed include rape as an ongoing practice; labor exploitation; the effects of acculturation; and racial and sexual discrimination.
Sunday, October 8, 7:00pm
In the Light of Reverence - Protecting America's Sacred Lands, 2001, 73mins
Directed by Christopher McLeod; Narrated by Peter Coyote and Tantoo Cardinal; Produced by the Sacred Land Film Project of Earth Island Institute
Across the United States, Native Americans are struggling to protect their sacred places. Religious freedom, so valued in America, is not guaranteed to those who practice land-based religion. Every year, more sacred sites - the land-based equivalent of the world's great cathedrals - are being destroyed. Strip Mining and development cause much of the destruction. But rock climbers, tourists, and New Age religious practitioners are part of the problem, too. The biggest problem is ignorance.
"In the Light of Reverence" tells the story of three indigenous communities and the land they struggle to protect: the Lakota of the Great Plains, the Hopi of the Four Corners area, and the Wintu of northern California.
Consumerism and Sustainability
Thursday, November 16, 7:00pm
Affluenza, 1997, 56 mins
Produced by John de Graaf and Vivia Boe; A Co-Production of KCTS-Seattle and Oregon Public Broadcasting; Hosted by Scott Simon
"Affluenza" is a groundbreaking film that diagnoses a serious social disease - caused by consumerism, commercialism and rampant materialism - that is having a devastating impact on our families, communities, and the environment. We have more stuff, but less time, and our quality of life seems to be deteriorating. By using personal stories, expert commentary, hilarious old film clips, and "uncommercial" breaks to illuminate the nature and extent of the disease, "Affluenza" has appealed to widely diverse audiences: from freshmen orientation programs to consumer credit counseling, and from religious congregations to marketing classes.
With the help of historians and archival film, "Affluenza" reveals the forces that have dramatically transformed us from a nation that prized thriftiness - with strong beliefs in "plain living and high thinking" - into the ultimate consumer society.
Friday, November 17, 7:00pm
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, 2004, 76mins
Directed by Gregory Greene. Produced by Barry Silverthorn.
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness. Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream.
But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary. The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream?
Saturday, November 18, 7:00pm
The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, 2004
Directed by Faith Morgan; Written and Produced by Faith Morgan, Eugene "Pat" Murphy and Megan Quinn
The independent documentary was inspired when Faith Morgan and Pat Murphy took a trip to Cuba through Global Exchange in August, 2003. That year Pat had begun studying and speaking about worldwide peak oil production. In May, Pat and Faith attended the second meeting of The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, a European group of oil geologists and scientists, which predicted that mankind was perilously close to having used up half of the world's oil resources. When they learned that Cuba underwent the loss of over half of its oil imports and survived, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990, the couple wanted to see for themselves how Cuba had done this.
During their first trip to Cuba, in the summer of 2003, they found what Cubans call "The Special Period" astounding and Cuban's responses very moving. Faith found herself wanting to document on film Cuba's successes so that what they had done wouldn't be lost. Both of them wanted to learn more about Cuba's transition from large farms and plantations, and reliance on fossil-fuel-based pesticides and fertilizers, to small organic farms and urban gardens. Cuba was undergoing a transition from a highly industrial society to a sustainable one. Cuba became, for them, a living example of how a country can successfully traverse what we all will have to deal with sooner or later, the reduction and loss of finite fossil fuel resources.
Religion, Culture and Politics in Mexico
Sunday, October 29, 7:00pm
Darkness into Light: Following the Spirit, 2003, 56min
By Patricia Lacy Collins and Robert S. Cozens (San Rafael Films), narrated by Edward James Olmos
To understand the role of public devotions in Mexican life today, one must understand what they have cost. From the 1840s until the 1990s, successive Mexican governments have sought to control and frequently to suppress the religious life of the people. Suppression became particularly bitter following the Constitution of 1917. In a country with almost 90% of the population professing the Catholic faith, how could this be? Following the Spirit, the third documentary in the Darkness into Light series, brings the story of the spiritual journey of the people of Mexico to the present time. It traces a long- standing friction between church and state that resulted, in the 19th and 20th centuries, in somber and bloody repression of religious and human rights in Mexico. Leading historians paint a broad canvas of multiple struggles little known outside of that country.
Sunday, December 10, 7:00pm
Guadalupe: Mother of all Mexico, 2003, 56min
By Patricia Lacy Collins and Robert S. Cozens (San Rafael Films), narrated by Edward James Olmos
Each year ten million people visit the shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The histories and miracles of our lady of Guadalupe come alive as Mexican scholars and pilgrims on the road tell the wondrous stories behind their devotion to their spiritual mother.
Guadalupe, Mother of All Mexico suggests the strength of pre-Christian life and seeking. Such ancient, impressive sites as Teotihuacan and Monte Alban were built by human hands in cultures that had no beasts of burden. In pre-Christian times, the Mexicans tell us, "there was always a mother, but never like the Virgin Mary." In 1531, she was received by people of the western hemisphere as Our Lady of Guadalupe, the beloved "Madrecita."
PAST FILMS
Argentina - Hope in Hard Times (Feb. 2006)
Altar for Emma Tenayuca Film Series
Argentina - Hope in Hard Times (Feb. 2005)
More Past Films
Houston Institute for Culture is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cultural education and awareness through cultural activities. Our goal is to provide free and low-cost events, services and classes for the community. The organization's sphere of interest is Houston, the regions that have affected Houston's cultural history and the international origins of Houston's diverse population.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Institute for Culture
Event Contact Name:
Mark Lacy
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.521.3686
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
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Event Fee:
Free!
Event Description:
Emma's Revolution does benefit performances in Houston and all over the country for peace and justice groups, and these fine musicians are coming back for the Amy Goodman event for KPFT the day before this concert.
Come to this event on Sep. 14 to hear more of their great music -- You'll only get a sample before Amy Goodman.
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-686-5876
Event Website:
www.ufoh.org/ufoh/events
Event Fee:
$12 in advance; $15 at the door
Event Description:
Dr. Sleeth, author of Serve God, Save the Planet, will speak on the topic of "Responsibility, Simplicity and Environmental Stewardship". If you can not make this time, Dr. Sleeth will be presenting similar talks all weekend. Please check www.houstonclimateprotection.org for times and locations.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection
Event Contact Name:
Nan Hildreth
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-842-6643
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonclimateprotection.org
Event Fee:
free
Event Description:
Hear James Goodwille Pierre, David Cobb, Michael Badnarik and others talk and take questions about democratic electoral reform in Harris County, Texas and the U.S.
Park free across Cullen Blvd in lot 15D, near entrance 14.
Event Sponsor:
UH Campus Greens, Verifiable Vote Coalition, Harris County Green Party
Event Contact Name:
Don Cook
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-705-5594
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.hcgp.org
Event Fee:
Free
Event Description:
Americans United for Separation of Church & State, Houston, present Dr. Barbara Forrest, co-author of Creationism’s Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design and expert witness in the Dover, Pennsylvania ID case. The meeting will be free and open to the public, but AU asks for RSVPs at escramble('HoustonAU','flash.net');. Remember to bring $3 in change or bills if you plan to park in the lot across the street from the theatre.
Event Description:
The First Annual Y'all-Stock music and arts fair
Look at all the peace around you. Sometimes, it doesn't seem like there's very much peace at all, unless you know where to look. Coming up on September 16th we're gonna have a good ol' time. Ya'll Stock'06, is a comin' to the Cypress Creek Christian Church & Community center We'll have music to get our feet movin', speakers to stir our intellect and a shared community to let us all know we're not alone, that there are a significant bunch of us that want to make our world a peaceful place to live.
Event Sponsor:
Peace and Unity Network with Houston Peace and Justice Center
Event Contact Name:
John Basel
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-291-9357
Event Website:
www.messermedia.com/YallLogInfo.html
Event Fee:
$5
Event Description:
Ecstatic Dance Houston
presents
Earthdance 2006, a Global Festival for Peace
in HOUSTON, TX
Saturday, September 16, 2006 2:30 - 9pm
Earthdance is a Global Festival for Peace uniting over 222 locations in 50 countries with music and dance in celebration of Peace. A simultaneous link up of every Earthdance (big and small) across the world plays the Prayer for Peace. Morning in the Australian rainforest, midnight in London, and sunrise over the Himalayas, the Prayer for Peace (downloadable on http://www.earthdance.org ) is a profound and powerful moment that unifies our intentions for World peace and healing. The Houston event is a family festival & benefit for Light Way Schools http://www.lightwayschools.org/ ~ a new paradigm in education.
Event Sponsor:
Ecstatic Dance Houston
Event Contact Name:
Sydney Strahan
Event Phone Contact Information:
281-748-8080
Event Website:
www.earthdance.org/houston/
Event Fee:
Suggested Donation $10, Table reservations from $111.00 & up.
Event Description:
On Saturday, September 16, from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, in the Waldorf Astoria Room of the Hilton at the University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun St., Houston, TX 77004, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the Reform Party, and the Constitution Party will come together in search of common ground, and in the belief that the rules and procedures designed to limit politics in the U.S. to two parties is not only not fair to the third parties; it weakens our democracy.
Event Sponsor:
College Libertarians of UH
Event Contact Name:
Guy McLendon
Event Phone Contact Information:
832-372-8131
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.hcgp.org
Event Fee:
Free
Event Description:
Deb schafto will host a party for David Cobb, a founder of the Harris County Green Party and the Green Party of Texas and Presidential Candidate of the Green Party of the U.s., at her house at 7260 Santa Fe, Houston, TX 77061, from 7pm to 9:30pm, Saturday, September 16.
Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party
Event Contact Name:
Don cook
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-705-5594
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.hcgp.org
Event Fee:
Free
