[PAA-Announce] Upcoming Progressive Events 2005/09/06
Below is the upcoming events note that I posted to our old
announcements list on Sep. 6.
Bill
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Highlights of some selected upcoming events are below, with links to
get more details, so you can add them to your calendar.
Note especially two events we're sponsoring: our monthly meeting
this Thursday, and the Roy Zimmerman fund raiser for KPFT and the
Houston Social Forum next Sunday. I especially hope you can come to
each of these.
Also check http://houston.indymedia.org and their online calendar,
and the HPJC calendar for details on other important events in our
area. Links to both of these calendars are on the PAA web site at
http://progressiveactionalliance.org/ .
The bi-weekly e-mail calendar from the Houston Peace and Justice
Center has many additional events listed. To sign up for that HPJC
calendar of events, e-mail .
Meetings, special events, and other topics below (click on any of the
underlined links below for more info):
*Helping Hurricane Katrina Victims
*Sep 6: PAA Steering Committee meeting
*Sep 7: Democracy for Houston meetup
*Sep 8: Progressive Action Alliance monthly meeting
*Sep 9, 11: Events to save Frances Newton from execution
*Sep 10-12: National Department of Peace conference
*Sep 11: Roy Zimmerman Fund Raiser for KPFT & Houston Social Forum
*Sep 17-24: Decade of Nonviolence Peace week, Houston conference
*Can you help compile info for these listings?
*Important web site and e-mail list changes
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Helping Hurricane Katrina Victims
Houston Indymedia has a good compilation of ways to help victims of
Katrina, along with news articles you won't see on TV, at:
http://houston.indymedia.org/features/katrina/
The Houston Chronicle's Katrina page also has multiple listings for
news updates, volunteer opportunities, and more, at:
http://www.chron.com/katrina/
and a special page with many listings for volunteering and donations
at http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/05/katrina/3332401
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Sep 6 ~ PAA Steering Committee meeting (Tue.)
This is the meeting where we plan the agenda for our general monthly
Progressive Action Alliance meeting (Thurs.), and see which
committees/action groups need help or more time to discuss what
they're doing. Everyone is invited. If you can't come Tuesday, but
have something for Thursday's meeting, please e-mail
by Wed. with details.
6:30 pm Tuesday
at Field of Greens, 2320 W. Alabama, about 1/4 mile east of Kirby
Contact Bill at , 713-641-4941, or 713-305-5346
for questions.
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Sep 7 ~ Democracy for Houston meetup (Wed)
6 pm - refreshments & committee meetings; 7 pm - meeting.
At Harris Co. Dem. Party headquarters, 1445 North Loop West, 1st floor.
Details, RSVP, link to map: http://dfa.meetup.com/215/events/4744114/
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Sep 8 ~ Progressive Action Alliance monthly meeting (Thur)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, (come early to visit & gab: 6:30 pm social)
Leisure Learning Unlimited, 2990 Richmond, Houston, 6th floor, rm 6
map: http://tinyurl.com/4gwo7
Topics include:
*Sep. 11 fund raiser for our Houston Social Forum & KPFT
*Other Houston Social Forum planning
*November elections:
- Proposed Amendment to instill hate and discrimination into the Tx
constitution
*Impeachment Committee/Action Group
*Department of Peace -national conference, local efforts to support it
*Sep. 17 Decade of Nonviolence Conference at TSU
*Sep. 24 coalition on ending the war demonstrations
*Counter-Recruitment
*Hurricane Katrina refugee relief
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Sep 9, 11: Events to save Frances Newton from execution (Thur, Sun.)
Frances Newton has only 9 DAYS to live unless Rick Perry delays her
execution so she can get a new trial. She's scheduled to be executed
on September 14 in Huntsville. If you can spare an hour or maybe an
afternoon, or even just 5 minutes to write a postcard, join with us
to save the life of an innocent woman, who was "defended" by the same
lawyer who slept through other trials, and didn't even bother to
interview witnesses before Frances' trial. See
http://freefrances.org/ for more details.
See http://freefrances.org/Come20050808.htm for a list of events in
the next week, including:
Fri. Sep. 9, 8-10 pm
Free Frances DVD showing, Q &A session
at The Artery, 5401 Jackson at Prospect in Houston
Sun. Sep. 11 3-10 pm
Free Frances Newton JUSTICE RALLY
at The Omni, 1927 Scott at I-45, Houston
The PAA voted at the last meeting to donate funds to help with this
campaign. Can you help with a little time, and send a postcard to
Gov. Perry?
More info: http://freefrances.org/
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Sep 10-12 ~ National Department of Peace conference (Sat-Mon)
Washington DC
Details: http://www.thepeacealliance.org/events/sept_conf_05.htm
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Sep 11 ~ Roy Zimmerman Fund Raiser for KPFT & Houston Social Forum (Sun.)
with local band "Listen Listen"
Enjoy a fun evening with a brilliant political satirist/musician,
local musicians, and your fellow activists friends, while supporting
two worthwhile organizations.
I'll be there, and hope to see you, too!
Sunday, Sep. 11, 7:00-9:15 pm
Come early to grab some refreshments and hear Houston band "Listen Listen".
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Proceeds will benefit both KPFT and HSF, which PAA is helping to organize.
Roy Zimmerman is a political satirist, songwriter, and performer. If
Gandhi had played guitar, grown hair and sung at the top of his
lungs, he still wouldn't have had Roy's wicked sense of musical
satire. On the other hand, Roy Zimmerman has never liberated a nation
from a tyrannical oppressor. He's working on it though, one song at a
time.
Roy sings a compelling combination of socially conscious comedy and
original music. It's Lenny Bruce meets Stephen Sondheim meets Phil
Ochs in Brian Wilson's living room.
The Los Angeles Times says, "Zimmerman displays a lacerating wit and
keen awareness of society's foibles that bring to mind a latter-day
Tom Lehrer."
Where:
Aurora Picture Show http://AuroraPictureShow.org/
800 Aurora, just east of N. Main and south of the north 610 loop in Houston.
Park on Aurora, or at 6608 N. Main (just one short block north of Aurora).
Map: http://tinyurl.com/bntqy
Roy is also playing at other venues in the area this week, but these
do not benefit KPFT or the HSF. Only the Sunday event benefits these
two groups. If you can't come Sunday, though, he'll be at Thoreau
Unitarian Universalist Congregation http://tuuc.org in Stafford on
Friday, and at Millbend Coffeehouse http://millbend.org/ in the
Woodlands Saturday evening. Call 281-350-3052 for more information
on those two dates.
Tickets: $20 at the door, $16 in advance (BEFORE Sunday), $12 students.
You may pay for tickets online with the Paypal link on the PAA's web
site, and get the advance ticket price:
http://progressiveactionalliance.org/
Just click on the Paypal link, then enter "Roy Zimmerman-XX" in the
Payment For box, where XX indicates the number of tickets you wish to
get. We'll get an automatic e-mail notification when you do this, so
we will know who bought the tickets.
You'll also be able to hear Roy along with Cindy Sheehan during "The
Progressive Forum" show, 7-9 pm this Thursday on KPFT, 90.1 FM in
Houston, http://kpftx.org in the archives (if you miss the live
program Thursday evening).
More info on Roy: http://royzimmerman.com/
Hear some of his songs: http://royzimmerman.com/audio.html
Flyer for the Sep. 11 event:
http://www.progressiveactionalliance.org/Downloads/Roy_Zimmerman_HSF_flyer2.pdf
Hear some of Listen Listen's songs: http://www.starvinginhouston.com/shane/
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Sep 17-24 ~ Decade of Nonviolence Peace week, Houston conference
Flyer with details:
http://www.decadeofnonviolencehouston.org/Docs/Peace_Week.pdf
More info: http://www.hpjc.org/majorevents.asp#9-17-2005
We also have a more detailed 2-page flyer on the Sep. 17 Decade of
Nonviolence Peace conference (at TSU) on the PAA web site
http://progressiveactionalliance.org/ - click on the flyer link in
the Sep. 17 event listing.
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Can you help compile information for these listings?
If you have an hour or two to spare each week (or even just
occasionally), I'd appreciate it if you could help me compile the
info for this periodic e-mail. I'll tell you where to get it. It's
not difficult. It's a great way to ensure that your favorite event
is included and that I don't forget about it.
Contact Bill at if you can help.
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Web site and e-mail list changes
We're still working on the changes to our e-mail lists and web site
mentioned previously, and will be switching to our new e-mail list
server and web site soon. Stay tuned for announcements on this topic.
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Please remember to look at http://progressiveactionalliance.org/ and
its links to the other online calendars for other events. Check
http://houston.indymedia.org and listen to KPFT FM 90.1-Houston,
89.5-Galveston, http://kpft.org from anywhere there's web access to
hear news and announcements on a variety of topics to activists.