Events
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Attend the regular monthly meeting of the Progressive Action Alliance at LLU, 6th Floor, Room 6.
Come early to visit & gab
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm: social/meet & greet
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: meeting
Agenda items include:
* Report on Feb. 20 Tea Party with Cindy Sheehan
* Reflections on primary election
* Meet Janette Sexton, progressive Democrat running for Texas House of Rep. http://www.sexton4district144.com/
* Preparations for Democratic Senate District conventions (Mar. 25)
* Green party ballot access petition drive (March 15-May 30)
* Demonstration & rally for the Iraq invasion 3rd anniversary (Mar. 18) http://www.paa-tx.org/node/1488
* Sign-making party (Mar. 11) for freeways & Mar. 18 events http://www.paa-tx.org/node/1497
* Houston Social Forum (Apr. 29-30) http://www.houstonsocialforum.org/
Event Sponsor:
Progressive Action Alliance
Event Contact Name:
C. Lee Taylor
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-524-1944
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.paa-tx.org
Event Fee:
Free! (Donations, however, always cheerfully accepted.)
Event Description:
Let's party! Let's tell the world that change is in the air! Let's make signs!
We're having a sign making party, before the First Amendment is taken away, for those needing a sign for the March 18 demonstration or for freeway blogging, or for anything else for which you need a political sign.
Where:
Bill & Cheryl Crosier's garage/sign-making laboratory
7445 Santa Fe Dr.
Houston 77061
713-305-5346
just northwest of Hobby airport
map: http://tinyurl.com/4f6xq
When:
Sat. Mar. 11, 2-6 pm
Bring any of this if you have it, but don't go out and buy any:
*Dark paint (latex only, please -- alkyd or oil-based paint takes too long to dry)
*LARGE cardboard, old sheets, old political yard signs, or anything large, lightweight, & paintable
*1.5 - 3" Paint brushes (we already have some, including larger ones and rollers)
*Something to share for dinner if you want to stay afterwards (or money for something to be delivered)
To find large pieces of cardboard, go by your favorite dumpster or call a nearby appliance store to ask when is a good time to get large boxes when their trucks return from delivery.
Fold the cardboard parallel to the corrugations if needed, to fit into your car.
We can duct tape smaller cardboard pieces together.
Old sheets make great signs/banners, too, and hold up if it rains better than cardboard.
Be sure to wear clothes and shoes that are OK to get paint on. We have several old T-shirts you can borrow.
The Freeway Blogger web site http://www.freewayblogger.com/ has lots of great examples, with photos of some of the hundreds and hundreds of signs that have been placed on freeway overpasses and other visible locations in all 50 states.
The simple procedure: http://www.freewayblogger.com/howto.htm
Everyone is invited to help us make signs, so feel free to forward this to others who may believe in the 1st Amendment.
Event Sponsor:
Progressive Action Alliance
Event Website:
www.paa-tx.org
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Join us for an international day of solidarity and make the 3rd anniversary of the criminal war & occupation of Iraq the last one.
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
From New Orleans to Baghdad
STOP the War Abroad and HERE at HOME!
Money for jobs, health care, housing, schools and veterans benefits – NOT WAR!
Build levees, not bombs
Support the struggle of Katrina evacuees
Stop the illegal surveillance
Overturn the USA PATRIOT Act
NO CUTS IN VA FUNDING
NO WAR FOR OIL & EMPIRE
Hands off Iran & Venezuela
End all colonial occupations - From Iraq & Afghanistan to Palestine & Haiti
From Latin America & the Caribbean, to Africa, Asia & the Middle East – no more interventions
Please bring signs to remind the public about the thousands in the US military (as well as Iraqis) who have been severely wounded, disabled, and who need ongoing help, but who the US government is ignoring.
We want to support the VA Hospital and bring attention to how US funding of the occupation of Iraq is causing tremendous grief to both US and Iraqi families, and demonstrate the hypocrisy of a government that claims to be supporting the troops and hurricane survivors, while it spends money instead on death and destruction.
Keep the Heat in the Street!
Let us unite with Texas activists who are protesting in Austin, Dallas, Denton, San Antonio, and Galveston!
Protests are happening around the world! See http://answercoalition.org/ and http://unitedforpeace.org/
Houston Actions on Saturday, March 18:
11 AM – Demonstration & Leafleting at the VA Hospital, corner of OST and Almeda Rd.
1 PM – Rally 1/2 mile north of demonstration, at the southeast corner of Hermann Park, corner of Holcombe Blvd. and Almeda Rd.
Performances by local musicians and poets, open mic for our youth to voice their ideas on "Taking Back Our Future"
Parking is available near the rally location, and it's a short walk down to the demonstration. The Almeda Rd. entrance to the VA medical center may not be open on the weekend.
Event Sponsor:
See list above
Event Contact Name:
Gloria
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.503.2633
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
paa-tx.org/node/1488
Event Description:
In recognition of the 3rd anniversary of the war in Iraq, The North Houston Peace Group is offering an afternoon of peace and hope for the future.
Join us Saturday, March 18th 2-4 p.m. We are honored to have Karen from Dances of Universal Peace who will lead us in a series of international dances and chants from all world traditions. No experience is necessary.
Other peace groups are also invited to table and share information on their current activities. For more information, please visit www.emmasplace.net and www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org
Event Sponsor:
North Houston Peace Group
Event Contact Name:
RSVP to Joy
Event Email Address:
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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:
"WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ"
a theatrical reading, multimedia performance
& artistic act of dissent & vigil~
Event Sponsor:
Code Pink, First Unitarian Universalist Church, co-sponsored by KPFT, Voices Breaking Boundaries, and the Miranda Project
Event Contact Name:
Cathy Courtney (more noted above)
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-864-6724
Event Email Address:
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Event Description:
3 Years in Iraq
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR PEACE
March 21 Dunlavy Bridge 6:30P
This week begins the fourth year of the criminal war and occupation of Iraq. The consequences have been enormous. Deaths for U.S. service people now number 2,311. Officially, over 17,000 more U.S. service people have been reported wounded — unofficial estimates are between 18,000 to 48,000 wounded. The number of Iraqi civilian deaths are reported at over 33,000 with an average of 36 people per day. An additional $92 billion dollars of more U.S. taxpayer money is slated to pass approval this week for a new total of $400 billion dollars being spent, there is no end in sight. The Senate has now permitted the national debt to grow to $9 trillion. And the war has brought new assaults on civil liberties and democratic rights.
Event Sponsor:
(Independent Hosts)
Event Contact Name:
Cyndy Allard
Event Email Address:
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Event Fee:
free
Event Description:
Author of Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
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:
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
Event Description:
AGENDA
I. Welcome – Council Member Carol Alvarado, Chair
II. Overview of City of Houston Environmental & Public Health Team
III. Overview & Update on Southern Crushed Concrete Environmental Effects
IV. Discussion on Fats, Oils, & Grease (FOG) Ordinance
V. Public Comments
Committee meetings are open to the public.
Event Sponsor:
Houston City Council
Event Contact Name:
Graci Garces
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-247-2011
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:
Immigrant Issues: A Fighting Back! Workshop
This is the first in a series of issues forums planned for this election year. All candidates and Democratic activists are invited to attend. It is evident from the early tactics being used by the Repubs that beating up on immigrants is to be a theme of this election cycle. We have to be ready to talk back on this difficult issue. On April 8th we will host a workshop on framing the Immigration message to get ready for them.
The purpose of this workshop is to develop a common value frame about immigration. It is NOT about creating the 5 robotic talking points. Please attend . Hopefully you will be informed and empowered to spread the good word that Democratic values can effectively address this thorny problem.
Registration: 12:30 - 1:00 pm
Sessions: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
TO RSVP: Send name, address, phone, and email to HCDP at escramble('hcdp','hcdp.org');
Event Sponsor:
The Harris County Democratic Party and Democracy for Houston
Event Contact Name:
Murvin Auzenne
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
http://democracyforhouston.org/
Event Fee:
Suggested donation to HCDP: $10 (no one turned away)
Event Description:
State Representative Sylvester Turner and Mayor Bill White are hosting a Town Hall Meeting to discuss rising electric rates for homeowners in Houston. Join us for this event.
Event Phone Contact Information:
(866) 886-8900
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!
