Conference

Event Description:

Featuring:

• John Sharp - Chair of Governor Rick Perry's Commission on Tax Reform
• Paul Colbert - Former state representative and expert education witness
• State Rep. Scott Hochberg - Member of the Texas House Public Education Committee and former chair of the Education   Appropriations Subcommittee.
• Dr. Richard Tapia - University Professor and Director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University

The American Jewish Committee, Houston Chapter and  the AFL-CIO, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association (APAHA), Collaborative for Children, Houston Area Urban League, NAACP Houston Chapter, ACLU of Texas, Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Houston Hispanic Forum, Indo- American PAC, Jewish Community Center Houston, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Council of Jewish Women.

Event Phone Contact Information:
AJC at 713-439-1202

Event Description:

from GLORIA RUBAC  grubac{at}prodigy.net:

Do you believe that prisoners should be treated humanely, whether in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo or on Texas death row?

Do you think that the 400 men on Texas death row were sentenced to death and not to torture?

NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO STAND UP FOR JUSTICE! WILL YOU TAKE IT?

PLEASE, PLEASE, JOIN US THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 8, IN LIVINGSTON, TEXAS!

Event Description:

This will be an Open Space conversation café. All participants are invited to suggest topics for conversation at the beginning of the meeting. We will then each join the conversation of our choosing and change conversations as our interests and passions dictate!

Event Contact Name:
Jimmy Pryor

Event Email Address:
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Event Description:

This will be an Open Space conversation café. All participants are invited to suggest topics for conversation at the beginning of the meeting. We will then each join the conversation of our choosing and change conversations as our interests and passions dictate!

Event Contact Name:
Jimmy Pryor

Event Email Address:
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Event Description:

Please join the ACLU Houston in a discussion of Protecting Your Muslim/South Asian/Arab Client Against Discrimination. Discussion will be held by Alamdar Hamdani.

Event Sponsor:
Houston ACLU

Event Contact Name:
Laura Bellows

Event Phone Contact Information:
713 942-8146 x-102

Event Email Address:
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Event Fee:
Cost, with lunch from Aladdin Mediterranean Cuisine: Attorneys $30, Students $15

Event Description:

Noted author Paul Loeb is coming to Houston, and we've arranged for him to give a special presentation for us. This is something you should not miss!

Some excerpts from his web site:

Paul Loeb is a noted speaker and author of books on citizen activism, including "Soul of a Citizen" and "The Impossible Will Take a Little While". Both of these are underground bestsellers with a combined 160,000 copies in print. He has also written and published several other books.

Event Sponsor:
Progressive Action Alliance

Event Contact Name:
Bill Crosier

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-641-4941

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
paa-tx.org/node/1371

Event Fee:
$5 suggested donation, no one turned away

Event Description:

Every bomb dropped in Iraq explodes over New Orleans...

Tuesday, March 14 – Sunday, March 19, 2006
MARCH FROM MOBILE TO NEW ORLEANS
 
March 19, 2006 is the 3rd anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Veterans For Peace is Marching to Bring the Troops Home NOW!
We are seeking JUSTICE for the victims of FEMA and Katrina through Ending the war in Iraq, and Meeting Human Needs at Home.

Event Sponsor:
Veterans for Peace, Mobile Alabama

Event Contact Name:
Paul Robinson

Event Phone Contact Information:
251-604-1837

Event Website:
http://www.vetgulfmarch.org/

Event Description:

Author of Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib

BUY TICKETS

Event Sponsor:
The Progressive Forum

Event Website:
www.progressiveforumhouston.org

Event Fee:
Seats $34 and $54 Senior and student discounts / Self-parking $5 located behind hotel; valet parking $12

Event Description:

The 2006 State Convention is right around the corner!  Join thousands of Democrats from across the state in Fort Worth at the Ft. Worth Convention Center from June 8-10 for three days of inspiring campaign speeches from our candidates, training sessions for activists and just the opportunity to spend a weekend with fellow Democrats planning for the final months until the election.  All Democrats are welcome to attend!  If you are reading this on the PAA home page, be sure to click on the title or the "Read the rest of this entry" for the whole article.

Event Website:
txdemocrats.org/Convention06

Event Description:

Environmental & Energy Systems Institute/ Rice University
Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology
French Consulate-Houston

NANOTECHNOLOGIES for a SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
December 15, 2005 - 8:00-6:00
Rice University - Duncan Hall - McMurtry Auditorium

Event Contact Name:
Christine Gardner, Institute Coordinator

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-348-4700

Event Description:

We will be organizing this event, talking about workgroups, how to proceed, finalizing venue information and dates and times and working on a focus for this event. A social forum is an open space where different groups of civil society come together around the theme: "Another World is Possible." It is an event that works to build alternatives to globalization and totalitarian capitalism by bringing together a variety of groups and organizations all working on the same and similar issues. It seeks to make apparent the interconnectedness of all the issues and how all the various tactics that progressive and radical activists use work together for change.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Social Forum action group

Event Contact Name:
Heather Smith

Event Phone Contact Information:
832 860 0431

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

Event Description:

PRESS RELEASE:     Please join our protest!  Numbers count!

The McCain amendment to ban "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of any detainee of the U.S. passed the senate 90-9.  Texas senator John Cornyn was one of only nine senators to vote against the McCain amendment.  Bush and Cheney want an exception so that the CIA can continue to torture.

Event Sponsor:
Amnesty International and others

Event Contact Name:
Jimmy Dunne, Amnesty Int. Houston Denounce Torture Coordinator

Event Phone Contact Information:
281.584.9707 or cell 281.250.0096

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:

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:

We hope you are planning to participate in the march and rally against the war in Iraq on Saturday, November 19, in downtown Houston.

This is the event that was originally scheduled for September 24, the day that hundreds of thousands of people marched in Washington, DC and other cities to demand an end to the occupation of Iraq.  The Houston event was rescheduled because that was the day that hurricane Rita hit.  

Event Sponsor:
Houston November 19 Coalition

Event Contact Name:
David and Rona Smith

Event Phone Contact Information:
832.692.2306

Event Email Address:
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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:

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:

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:

Make sense. Make peace. Make history.

Join us in our nation's capitol to lobby for a Cabinet-level
Department of Peace, as the legislation is re-introduced in the House of Representatives as a tribute to victims of September 11th.

Event Phone Contact Information:
To register by phone, call (586) 754-8105

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.thepeacealliance.org/events/sept_conf_05.htm

Event Fee:
Conference fee is sliding scale of $250 to $350, (Youth 10 to 18, $100 to $350).