Events

Event Description:

Claiming our Rights, Envisioning our Future:
Communities Organizing for Justice

Believing that 2008 - and beyond -- holds great promise and great peril for those who organize and advocate for an immigration policy based on human rights, dignity and justice, the National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is convening a national conference in Houston Texas on January 18-20, 2008. Join us in Houston to:

Event Sponsor:
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Event Website:
nnirr.org/events/conference/2008/english.html

Event Description:

In a performance by The New Zulu Mardi Gras Indians, Houstonians will have a rare opportunity to experience the unique rhythms, chants and elaborate costumes on New Orleans' Black Indians during Martin Luther King weekend.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Institute for Culture

Event Website:
www.houstonculture.org/indians/