Progressive Action Alliance - Conference

Understanding Health Care, Making Reform! A Community Workshop

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:34:39 -0400

Start: Jul 31 2008 - 5:30pm

End: Jul 31 2008 - 9:00pm

Event Description:

Do you want to learn how:
The health care systems works? (Or doesn't?)
To give a 5-minute presentation on health care reform?
To answer hard questions about health care reform?

Then...
Join the Health Care for All Texas - Houston chapter for "Understanding Health Care, Making Reform! A Community Workshop" on July 31 from 5:30 pm to 9 pm at Coventry Baptist Church 4990 Caroline Street, Houston 77004. The workshop is free of charge. Dinner will be served at 5:30. Please RSVP at

Health Care for All Texas - Houston chapter

Event Website:
www.healthcareforalltexas.org/index.htm

WOOHOO!! Finally some good news: Impeachment hearing airs 9 a.m. Friday, July 25

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:19:57 -0400

Start: Jul 25 2008 - 9:00am

End: Jul 25 2008 - 1:00pm

Event Description:

WOOHOO!! Finally some good news.

[[[ADDENDUM (by art) you can see this online at www.cspan.org]]]

T U N E I N to KPFT 90.1. FM 9 a.m. Friday, to hear live coverage of the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing. The esteemed Larry Bensky from KPFA will anchor: expected speakers include the incomparable Dennis Kucinich; Elizabeth Holtzman (who was the youngest committee member investigating Watergate and grounds for Nixon's impeachment); John Dean, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and others.

Pacifica

Event Website:
www.pacifica.org

Windpower 2008 Conference

Thu, 29 May 2008 23:41:57 -0400

Start: Jun 1 2008 - 8:00am

End: Jun 4 2008 - 6:00pm

Event Description:

North America's largest and most ancitipated annual event for wind energy

WIND: THRIVING AT THE EPICENTER OF ENERGY

Organized by leaders in the wind energy industry, WINDPOWER 2008 Conference & Exhibition benefits all wind professionals. Whether you are an established industry veteran or a newcomer to this exciting and explosive industry, WINDPOWER 2008 has much to offer including 3 days of conference sessions, an interactive tradeshow of wind energy products and services, and numerous networking opportunities. We hope you can join us in Houston, the energy capital of the world!

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)

Event Website:
http://windpowerexpo.org/

National Conference for Media Reform

Sat, 17 May 2008 01:41:26 -0400

Start: Jun 4 2008 - 8:00am

End: Jun 6 2008 - 6:00pm

Event Description:

We started Democracy Now! for a simple reason: to uncover the truth and to tell the stories that most media ignore. One of the most important stories they are missing is the exciting grassroots movement for better media.

Free Press

Event Website:
www.freepress.net/conference

Support Independent Media: Volunteer for KPFT Spring Fund Drive Monday, May 12 - Sunday, June 1

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:39:28 -0400

Start: May 12 2008 - 8:00am

End: Jun 1 2008 - 8:00pm

Event Description:

Support KPFT and independent media by volunteering for the Spring Fund Drive, Monday, May 12 through Sunday, June 1. Novice phone volunteers have phone training scheduled 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 at the station, 419 Lovett.

KPFT

Event Website:
kpft.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&a

Move-On Press Conference to Stop Wasting Billions in Iraq, and Help Local Economy, John Cornyn's Office Noon, Thursday, April 24

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:22:38 -0400

Start: Apr 24 2008 - 12:00pm

End: Apr 24 2008 - 12:45pm

Event Description:

On Thursday, Move-On folks are making major news at events in Houston and around the country. They're unveiling a new poll showing that local voters want to stop wasting billions in Iraq, and want to help the economy by investing those resources here at home.

Move-On, Jeremiah C.

The Widening Gap: Economic Inequality at Home and Abroad

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:46:59 -0400

Start: Apr 19 2008 - 8:30am

End: Apr 19 2008 - 4:15pm

Event Description:

Come to the Houston Peace & Justice Center's conference on "The Widening Gap: Economic Inequality at Home and Abroad" and expand your understanding of how justice and peace are compromised by the ever-widening gap between rich and poor 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in the Honors College, MD Anderson Library, at the University of Houston.

Houston Peace and Justice Center

Event Website:
www.hpjc.org/2008_springconf.html

Oscar Romero's Legacy with Sr. Dianna Ortiz and Bishop Medardo Gomez 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 at Rothko Chapel

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:01:01 -0400

Start: Apr 16 2008 - 7:30pm

End: Apr 16 2008 - 10:00pm

Event Description:

The Oscar Romero Award was established in response to the turbulent and violent times of the 1980s in South and Central America, especially El Salvador and Guatemala, when unthinkable acts of terror, torture, and deaths dominated the news. These horrific acts continue—have even increased—as today more than 150 governments are engaged in torture.

Rothko Chapel

Event Website:
http://rothkochapel.org/events.htm

Jim Hightower's Book Tour, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, Wed., March 19, River Oaks Theatre

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:24:08 -0400

Start: Mar 19 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Mar 19 2008 - 9:00pm

Event Description:

Join KPFT and Jim Hightower at a book signing event for his latest:
Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre, 2009 W. Gray, Houston, TX

KPFT

Event Website:
www.kpft.org

Juneteenth Celebration Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:22:10 -0500

Start: Jun 19 2008 - 7:30pm

End: Jun 19 2008 - 10:00pm

Event Description:

WHAT - A Gulf Coast Juneteenth

WHEN - 7 pm, Thursday, June 19, 2008
WHERE - Miller Outdoor Theatre, 100 Concert Drive (in Hermann Park),
Houston, Texas 77030

WHO - ReBirth Brass Band; Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie
(Zydeco); Sherman Robertson and Trudy Lynn (Blues); and local
singer/songwriters and gospel artists.

Houston Institute for Culture

Event Website:
june19.org

2008 National Human Rights Conference, in Chicago

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:42:40 -0500

Start: Apr 17 2008 - 8:00am

End: Apr 20 2008 - 12:00pm

Event Description:

Human Rights Conference that will focus on Creating a Human Rights Culture in the US and beyond.

US Human Rights Network

Event Website:
www.ushrnetwork.org

Genevieve Vaughan on For Giving & The Gift Economy 10:45 a.m. Sunday, March 9 at 1st UU

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:42:28 -0500

Start: Mar 9 2008 - 10:45am

End: Mar 9 2008 - 12:30pm

Event Description:

Feminist Philanthropist Genevieve Vaughan

10:45am Sunday, March 9

Houston Women's Group
First Unitarian Universalist Church
5200 Fannin @ Southmore, Rm 302, Sojourner Truth Room
(Museum District, 5 blks south of Hwy59)

The Amazon Xociety, The Houston Women's Group, and Houston Area NOW

Save the earth: Block new coal plants in Texas

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:34:52 -0500

Start: Feb 27 2008 - 2:00pm

End: Feb 28 2008 - 6:30pm

Event Description:

Building new coal plants is the greatest threat to our climate said
Dr. James Hansen, head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

Of the 150 new coal plants planned a couple of years ago, environmentalists have already stopped 50. But we need your help. Join us in these actions:

Multiple organizations

Stop Trashing the Air We Breathe!

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:08:06 -0500

Start: Feb 28 2008 - 8:30am

End: Feb 28 2008 - 10:00am

Event Description:

STOP THE COAL RUSH! Protest New Coal Plants by Dynegy and LS Power, March 29

Join us in a demonstration for clean air Thursday morning, March 29, just before special shareholder meeting to approve Dynegy’s merger with LS Power. We’ll meet at Dynegy headquarters, in downtown Houston at Lamar and Louisiana at 8:30 am and leave at 10:00.

Multiple organizations

Event Website:
www.coalblock.net

Film Screening- "Burning the Future: Coal in America"

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:41:25 -0500

Start: Feb 27 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 27 2008 - 9:00pm

Event Description:

Film Screening of Burning the Future

Coal is the second largest contributor of carbon dioxide and is detrimental to our health and the environment. The U.S. is experiencing the largest push ever to build more of these dirty plants across the country.

Public Citizen

Event Website:
www.coalblock.net