Fundraiser

Event Description:

In Houston Friday, April 20, 2007 - Palestinians for Peace and Democracy is hosting a Peace Through Development Fundraiser with keynote speaker Hanan Ashrawi and an auction of 12 hand-made dresses reflecting the unique traditions of the cities, towns and villages of Palestine. Funds raised will be used for the economic development of women in Palestine, including the funding of the first women-owned and operated cannery in the West Bank. Tickets, which include dinner and a Palestinian cultural exhibition, are $50 and are available from Sahar Abusada, 1-281-565-6161. The event will be 7:00-10:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Suites Hotel, 2400 West Loop South, near the Galleria. Download the poster in COLOR or B&W (PDF Format

Event Sponsor:
P4PD

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CLEAN cordially invites you to an evening with environmentalist and CODEPINK co-founder, DIANE WILSON, author of An Unreasonable Woman. Wilson will be signing copies of her book to raise funds for her organization, Calhoun County Resource Watch and CLEAN, a Houston-based non-profit environmental organization.

Event Sponsor:
CLEAN

Event Website:
www.cleanhouston.org/wilson.pdf

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Comedy night benefiting the Houston Peace and Justice Center - Saturday, February 24

Join other progressive activists for the best pizza in town plus great stand-up comedy by Chuck Montgomery. Montgomery is a pioneer and 26-year veteran of the Houston comedy scene, having started his career at the Comedy Workshop in 1978. During the eighties and nineties, he headlined countless comedy clubs and college shows. In his pre-television years, Drew Carey opened for Chuck. He has worked with Sam Kennison, Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres, Pat Paulson, Brett Butler, and many others.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Peace & Justice Center

Event Website:
http://hpjc.org/majorevents.asp#2-24-2007

Event Description:

Following the annual general meeting of the Progressive Populist Caucus (PPC) and the Progressive Alliance Conference of Texas (PACT) satewide meeting of progressive organizations, with Dennis Kucinich as the keynote speaker (details), Texas friends of Dennis will have two fund raisers for the Kucinich campaign in the evening.

The first will be a San Antonio fund raiser, and the second will be an Austin fund raiser.  Click on these links for details.

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The Houston Peace and Justice Center invites you to attend their annual Awards Banquet, fund raiser, and gala.

This year's national Peacemaker Award recipient and keynote speaker is Father Roy Bourgeois, founder and guiding spirit of School of Americas Watch http://www.soaw.org

Event Sponsor:
Houston Peace and Justice Center

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-861-2494

Event Website:
hpjc.org

Event Fee:
$60, but subsidized seats are available

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David Van Os is concluding his Whistle Stop tour of all 254 Texas counties this week.
See the next Attorney General of Texas, a real People's Lawyer, and welcome him to Houston.

Event Sponsor:
Houston area David Van Os supporters

Event Contact Name:
Kris Graham

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-460-0676

Event Website:
vanosfortexasag.com/

Event Fee:
Free! (Donations, however, cheerfully accepted.)

Event Description:

Hold the date we are coming to you!

Dot Nelson Turrnier Fundraiser to be held in Montrose October 11, 5 pm - 7:30 pm

Hosts: Candidate for Lt. Governor Maria Luisa Alvarado, Representative Glen Maxey

Invited Guest: Represntative Sefronia Thompson, who is also running for Speaker of the House

More details to follow

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

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".

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!

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:

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 Website:
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Event Fee:
$40/plate

Event Description:

Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 30, as the Harris County Democratic Party will be holding its annual big dollar fund raiser:  the Johnson-Rayburn Dinner.  This year the event has attracted as its featured speaker one of the darlings of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, United States Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.  Feingold is presently rumored to be exploring a Presidential race in 2008.  

Featured speaker:  US Senator Russ Feingold

Event Sponsor:
Harris County Democratic Party

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-802-0085

Event Website:
hcdp.org/

Event Fee:
$125 per person (parking and payment details forthcoming)

Event Description:

Jim Henley Fundraiser and Film Screening featuring

The Hunting of the President with special guest Susan McDougal

Event Fee:
Reserved $100, Preferred $50, General $25 / $10 Students

Event Description:

Please join us for a fundraiser for Dot Nelson-Turnier, candidate for State Representative in District 150. She is running against Republican incumbent, Debbie Riddle.

Event Website:
www.votedot.org

Event Description:

Come meet and hear our next Texas Attorney General

Eat some great food and enjoy entertainment by David Rovics (The "Musical Version of Democracy Now" - Amy Goodman) - Brother Can You Spare A Dime (A musical-political comedy)

Master of Ceremonies - Richard Morrison (Democratic Candidate against Tom DeLay in 2004)

Purchase advanced tickets at http://www.vanosfortexasag.com/

Event Contact Name:
Tom Gederberg

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-451-4669Come meet and hear our next Texas Attorney General

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
http://www.vanosfortexasag.com/

Event Fee:
Tickets are $20 (pre-paid), $25 (at the door), $10 if you don't plan to eat

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 Hello friends,   This is for a good cause and should be fun.  Melinda & I are going and hope you will join us---

    The Peace Camp Scholarship is having a fund raiser at Theatre Suburbia , oldest community theatre in Houston.
The name of the play is "Senior Follies".  The play is about the crew at Pleasant Valley Retirement Home who believe in living life to the fullest with a "little who done it" along the way.

Performance 8pm, Thursday March 2. tickets are $10.
Theatre Suburbia, 1410 W. 43rd at Oak Forest.--take Ella north from 610 to 43rd left on 43rd.

    The peace camp is an alternative day camp which fosters an understanding of peace, justice and environmental awareness appropriate to the age of the child.  This is done through activities such as art, crafts,problem solving, cooperative games, special guests. puppets, stories, drama. yoga ect. We have fun.
This is 7th year--July 17-21--the children are Kdg. - 5th.

Call  713-688-1060 Awanda Whitworth  for reservations.

Event Sponsor:
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Event Contact Name:
Lynn Furay

Event Fee:
$10. for the play

Event Description:

Come to the Houston Social Forum Potluck Dinner and Movie 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Artery, 5401 Jackson at Prospect (entrance on Prospect). Visit with Heather Smith and Jennifer Rooks, two young activists who recently returned from Caracas, Venezuela, where they attended the World Social Forum.  Let their enthusiasm activate the latent activism in you.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Social Forum and The Artery

Event Contact Name:
C. Lee Taylor

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-524-1944

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

Event Fee:
Free! (Donations for HSF welcomed)

Event Description:

Tonight I and other organizers are hosting a silent auction for The World Can't Wait - Drive Out The Bush Regime
It will be at Winter Street Studios from 7 to 9:30PM.  We have received donations from local restaurants, artists, life coaches, massage theapists and theaters.  Come do a little holiday shopping, support a great cause and get to know more about who we are, what we've accomplished and where we are going as a movement.
Kate

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-686-4695

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

Event Description:

You are invited to the first stop on the  David Van Os for Texas Attorney General Whistlestop Tour. Join us Saturday, December 3, 2005 at the Barr Mansion 10463 Sprinkle Road, Austin, Texas 78754  for a Democratic Hootenanny featuring our Guest Speaker - Jim Hightower

Event Fee:
$50 general seating Seating is limited

Event Description:

Janette Sexton is a progressive candidate who will bring a fresh perspective to the Texas legislature. Your involvement and attendance will help us raise the funds necessary to drive out a radical Republican incumbent who is anti-gay, anti-choice, pro-death penalty, and who has failed to represent the interests of the people of District 144.

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-479-0934

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.sexton4district144.com

Event Fee:
$10.00 minimum donation

Event Description:

Come join your neighbors for a fun time at Karl Young Park on Sunday October 9th.

The event starts at 2:00 PM and ends at 5:00 PM with vendors, games, cold drinks, bake sale and face-painting. And the Dog Show judging begins at 4:00 with the candidates officiating.
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Event Sponsor:
Braeswood Democrats

Event Description:

Proceeds will benefit both KPFT and HSF which PAA is helping to organize. At the Aurora Picture Show 800 Aurora, just off N. Main and south of the north 610 loop in Houston. Roy 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 Zimmerman'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."

Event Sponsor:
KPFT and the Houston Social Forum

Event Phone Contact Information:
(713) 868-2101

Event Website:
royzimmerman.com