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This is a worthy cause and If you oppose it, I welcome the discussion of opposing views. NO WEAPONS, please. Take Action to End the US War and Occupation in Iraq!
The Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to establish by September 21, 2006 a concrete and rapid plan for peace in Iraq, including:
- a prompt timetable for withdrawal of troops and closure of bases
- a peace process for security, reconstruction, and reconciliation
- and the shift of funding for war to meeting human needs.
Visit the declaration-of-peace website
Notes:
If this plan for peace is not created and activated by Congress by September 21, the International Day of Peace, Declaration signers across the U.S. will engage in nonviolent action in Washington, D.C. and in communities throughout the nation.
A National Call for Congressional Visits
Register for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience taking place locally and in Washington, DC for the Week of Action, September 21-28
Week of Action Plan: September 21-28
From September 21-28, just days before Congress adjourns for the fall elections, Declaration signers will take action and support a comprehensive peace process by taking part in nonviolent action, marches, rallies, demonstrations, interfaith services, candlelight vigils and other creative ways to declare peace at the U.S. Capitol and in cities and towns across the country. Sign the Declaration of Peace
The Declaration of Peace campaign will continue after the September actions if no comprehensive plan to end the war is in place. Nationally coordinated nonviolent activities will continue until the United States withdraws from Iraq and supports a comprehensive peace process.
More than 180 antiwar, peace, and justice organizations are participating in the Declaration of Peace movement. Sign The Declaration of Peace ? and take tangible, nonviolent action to end this war and to declare a new era of peace and justice.
Event Website:
declarationofpeace.org
Event Description:
THE BUSH AGENDA
Invading the World One Economy at a Time
Talk and book-signing by author
Antonia Juhasz
Event Sponsor:
Progressive Action Alliance
Event Contact Name:
Herb Rothschild
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.paa-tx.org
Event Fee:
Free!
Event Description:
This is a worthy cause and If you oppose it, I welcome the discussion of opposing views. NO WEAPONS, please. Take Action to End the US War and Occupation in Iraq!
The Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to establish by September 21, 2006 a concrete and rapid plan for peace in Iraq, including:
- a prompt timetable for withdrawal of troops and closure of bases
- a peace process for security, reconstruction, and reconciliation
- and the shift of funding for war to meeting human needs.
Visit the declaration-of-peace website
Notes:
If this plan for peace is not created and activated by Congress by September 21, the International Day of Peace, Declaration signers across the U.S. will engage in nonviolent action in Washington, D.C. and in communities throughout the nation.
A National Call for Congressional Visits
Register for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience taking place locally and in Washington, DC for the Week of Action, September 21-28
Week of Action Plan: September 21-28
From September 21-28, just days before Congress adjourns for the fall elections, Declaration signers will take action and support a comprehensive peace process by taking part in nonviolent action, marches, rallies, demonstrations, interfaith services, candlelight vigils and other creative ways to declare peace at the U.S. Capitol and in cities and towns across the country. Sign the Declaration of Peace
The Declaration of Peace campaign will continue after the September actions if no comprehensive plan to end the war is in place. Nationally coordinated nonviolent activities will continue until the United States withdraws from Iraq and supports a comprehensive peace process.
More than 180 antiwar, peace, and justice organizations are participating in the Declaration of Peace movement. Sign The Declaration of Peace ? and take tangible, nonviolent action to end this war and to declare a new era of peace and justice.
Event Website:
declarationofpeace.org
Event Description:
Interested in helping David Van Os become our next Attorney General of Texas?
Ready for a real People's Lawyer, who has vowed to go after big oil, insurance gougers, and other big corporations after he's elected?
Event Sponsor:
Houston area David Van Os supporters
Event Contact Name:
Bill Crosier
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.641.4941
Event Description:
WE ARE WITHIN REACH!
We have thousands of voters still to reach by election day. Help us give out materials at the Renaissance Fair in Old Town Spring, Blockwalking and calling on True Blue Action.com.
Event Email Address:
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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:
On October the 5th, people throughout the country will be stepping forward in a day of mass resistance. Join us here in Houston for a spirited demonstration calling for an end to the lies and corruption of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Karl Rove. We will protest the Bush regime and make a clear statement: We will not tolerate a unethical, theocratic, reckless presidency to violate our constitutional liberties! NO MORE ILLEGAL WAR, NO MORE IMMORAL TORTURE, NO MORE LAWLESSNESS, NO MORE MASSIVE DEBTS, NO MORE SCANDALOUS, NO MORE BUSH!
Event Sponsor:
World Can't Wait - Drive out the Bush Regime
Event Contact Name:
Jamilah
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-894-0932
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
houstonworldcantwait.tripod.com/
Event Description:
A statewide televised debate with Chris Bell, Kinky Friedman, Rick Perry, and Carole Strayhorn will happen on Friday, October 6. Details to come as they are available. Following the debate watch party at the location below, local supporters of David Van Os for Attorney General will meet nearby to plan for David's Oct. 18 visit to Houston and other ways of helping him in our area.
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FILM EVENTS
Houston Institute for Culture
and the Havens Center Present
Topical Films and Discussions
Free and Open to the Public
All films 7:00pm (unless otherwise noted)
Havens Center - 1827 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas 77098
Indigenous Peoples and Environment
Cosponsored by People of Earth
Friday, October 6
-Drumbeat for Mother Earth - Persistent Organic Pollutants Threatening Indigenous Peoples
-Huicholes and Pesticides
Saturday, October 7
-Pavements of Gold
-Ecuador: The Indigenous Woman
Sunday, October 8
-In the Light of Reverence - Protecting America's Sacred Lands
[Film Descriptions] Listen to People of Earth, Thursdays, 11am – 12noon, on KPFT, 90.1FM
Consumerism and Sustainability
Thursday, November 16
-Affluenza
Friday, November 17
-The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Saturday, November 18
-The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
[Film Descriptions]
Religion, Culture and Politics in Mexico
Sunday, October 29
-Darkness into Light: Following the Spirit
Sunday, December 10
-Guadalupe: Mother of all Mexico
[Film Descriptions]
Films cosponsored by KPFT, 90.1FM
Stay tuned; more film dates to be announced
-Argentina - Hope in Hard Times
-This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Land in Brazil
-Approach of Dawn: Portraits of Mayan Women Forging Peace in Guatemala
-Hidden in Plain Site
FILM DESCRIPTIONS
Event Sponsor:
Houston Institute for Culture
Event Contact Name:
Mark Lacy
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.521.3686
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonculture.org/film
Event Fee:
Free!
Event Description:
You are invited to join the Katy Area New Democrats for a
CANDIDATE APPRECIATION BRUNCH
Hank Gilbert, Candidate for Texas Agricultural Commissioner
Event Sponsor:
Katy Area New Democratic Organization (KANDO)
Event Contact Name:
Rhonda Coleman
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-304-2975 or 713-269-7781
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.katykando.org
Event Fee:
THERE IS NO EVENT FEE. THIS IS A FREE EVENT AND KANDO WILL PROVIDE FREE SNACKS & REFRESHMENTS FOR EVERYONE.
Event Description:
FILM EVENTS Event Sponsor: Event Contact Name: Event Phone Contact Information: Event Email Address: Event Website: Event Fee:
Houston Institute for Culture
and the Havens Center Present
Topical Films and Discussions
Free and Open to the Public
All films 7:00pm (unless otherwise noted)
Havens Center - 1827 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas 77098
Indigenous Peoples and Environment
Cosponsored by People of Earth
Friday, October 6
-Drumbeat for Mother Earth - Persistent Organic Pollutants Threatening Indigenous Peoples
-Huicholes and Pesticides
Saturday, October 7
-Pavements of Gold
-Ecuador: The Indigenous Woman
Sunday, October 8
-In the Light of Reverence - Protecting America's Sacred Lands
[Film Descriptions] Listen to People of Earth, Thursdays, 11am – 12noon, on KPFT, 90.1FM
Consumerism and Sustainability
Thursday, November 16
-Affluenza
Friday, November 17
-The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Saturday, November 18
-The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
[Film Descriptions]
Religion, Culture and Politics in Mexico
Sunday, October 29
-Darkness into Light: Following the Spirit
Sunday, December 10
-Guadalupe: Mother of all Mexico
[Film Descriptions]
Films cosponsored by KPFT, 90.1FM
Stay tuned; more film dates to be announced
-Argentina - Hope in Hard Times
-This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Land in Brazil
-Approach of Dawn: Portraits of Mayan Women Forging Peace in Guatemala
-Hidden in Plain Site
FILM DESCRIPTIONS
Houston Institute for Culture
Mark Lacy
713.521.3686
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www.houstonculture.org/film
Free
Event Description:
12:30 low-cost lunch
1:30 Inconvenient Truth,
3:30 panel discussion
at First Unitarian Universalist Church in the Museum District, www.firstuu.org Two Rice University professors will lead a discussion between 3:30 and 5:30 pm. . Dr. Ronald Sass is Professor of Natural Sciences (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), award winning teacher, and frequent lecturer on global warming. Dr. Elizabeth Long is Chair of the Department of Sociology, Texas Professor of the Year, and published in the sociology of culture and knowledge. Come to one part or all three of the event which will be at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin at Southmore in the Museum District. An RSVP to the church office, not required, would help planning -- 713-526-5200 More information: escramble('Tim_Mock','usa.com');
Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection
Event Contact Name:
Tim Mock
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-842-6643
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonclimateprotection.org
Event Description:
FILM EVENTS Event Sponsor: Event Contact Name: Event Phone Contact Information: Event Email Address: Event Website: Event Fee:
Houston Institute for Culture
and the Havens Center Present
Topical Films and Discussions
Free and Open to the Public
All films 7:00pm (unless otherwise noted)
Havens Center - 1827 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas 77098
Indigenous Peoples and Environment
Cosponsored by People of Earth
Friday, October 6
-Drumbeat for Mother Earth - Persistent Organic Pollutants Threatening Indigenous Peoples
-Huicholes and Pesticides
Saturday, October 7
-Pavements of Gold
-Ecuador: The Indigenous Woman
Sunday, October 8
-In the Light of Reverence - Protecting America's Sacred Lands
[Film Descriptions] Listen to People of Earth, Thursdays, 11am – 12noon, on KPFT, 90.1FM
Consumerism and Sustainability
Thursday, November 16
-Affluenza
Friday, November 17
-The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Saturday, November 18
-The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
[Film Descriptions]
Religion, Culture and Politics in Mexico
Sunday, October 29
-Darkness into Light: Following the Spirit
Sunday, December 10
-Guadalupe: Mother of all Mexico
[Film Descriptions]
Films cosponsored by KPFT, 90.1FM
Stay tuned; more film dates to be announced
-Argentina - Hope in Hard Times
-This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Land in Brazil
-Approach of Dawn: Portraits of Mayan Women Forging Peace in Guatemala
-Hidden in Plain Site
FILM DESCRIPTIONS
Houston Institute for Culture
Mark Lacy
713.521.3686
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www.houstonculture.org/film
Free
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:
Free Screening of movie, Iraq for Sale. You probably remember a few of Robert Greenwald's other movies such as Outfoxed and WalMart: The High Cost of Low Price. In Iraq for Sale, Robert takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. The film uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who let it happen.
Halliburton, Dick Cheney and Republican leaders everywhere don't want you to see this movie, especially in October, just a few weeks before Election Day.
Event Sponsor:
Democracy for Houston
Event Contact Name:
Dawn Newcomer
Event Phone Contact Information:
281-537-7654
Event Website:
www.dfalink.com/event.php
Event Description:
The Progressive Action Alliance has a regular monthly meeting the 2nd Thursday of each month. Join us for discussions of recent activities, planning for upcoming ones, sharing and visiting with fellow activists. If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the event title for details.
Event Contact Name:
C. Lee Taylor
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-524-1944
Event Fee:
Free! (Donations, however, always cheerfully accepted.)
Event Description:
A Film showing REAL STORIES FROM IRAQ VETS ABOUT THE REALITIES OF WAR
Bring everyone you know to find out the REAL TRUTH about IRAQ!
Panel discussion to follow film.
Event Sponsor:
Military Families Speak Out & Veterans for Peace
Event Contact Name:
Mikal Hutto
Event Phone Contact Information:
713-472-3711
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.thegroundtruth.org
Event Fee:
Suggested $10 donation, MFSO & VFP & families no charge, no one turned away for lack of funds
Event Description:
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 Description:
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:
This Fighting Back Workshop is the eighth in a series of issue forums planned for this election year. Learn effective ways to frame and discuss the culture of corruption and the need for clean government. All candidates and Democratic activists are invited to attend. Sponsored by the HCDP and Democracy for Houston. Suggested donation: $10.00. RSVP: 713-802-0085, escramble('hcdp','hcdp.org'); or escramble('murvin','gmail.com');
Event Fee:
Suggested donation: $10.00
Event Description:
Cheryl & Bill Crosier, and Don Cook, invite you to a fund raising house party for:
* James G. Pierre, Democratic Party candidate for Harris County Clerk
* Charles Waterbury, independent write-in candidate for Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
* David Van Os, Democratic party candidate for Texas Attorney General
Event Contact Name:
Bill & Cheryl Crosier, Don Cook
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.641.4941 or 713.705.5594
Event Fee:
Free, but we hope you'll want to donate to these fine candidates
Event Description:
The Rice Chapters of NAACP and the Young Democrats invite you to our first annual forum on voting rights Monday, October 23rd, 2006 at 7:00 PM in Duncan Hall’s McMurtry Auditorium at Rice University. Our goal for this forum is to promote dialogue among the students and faculty of Rice University about the issues concerning voting rights.
Event Sponsor:
Rice University NAACP and Young Democrats
Event Fee:
Free
Event Description:
FILM EVENTS
Houston Institute for Culture and the
University of St Thomas Department of
Modern and Classical Languages Present
World Culture Movie & Discussion Series: Latin America
Free and Open to the Public
All films 12:30pm (unless otherwise noted)
Tuesday, October 24, 12:30-1:30pm
Mexico City: The Biggest City and Pavements of Gold
MILAB, Malloy Hall, 3815 Mt. Vernon (located on UST's Academic Mall bounded by Chapel of St. Basil on north end; Doherty Library on south)
University of St. Thomas
[Film Descriptions]
Thursday, November 16, 12:30-1:30pm
Mexico: Rebellion of the Weeping Women
MILAB, Malloy Hall, 3815 Mt. Vernon (located on UST's Academic Mall bounded by Chapel of St. Basil on north end; Doherty Library on south)
University of St. Thomas
[Film Descriptions]
FILM DESCRIPTIONS
Thursday, September 21, 12:30pm
The Other Side, 2001, 27mins
Directed by Chris Walker; Produced by Television Trust for the Environment
Over the last century, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have crossed the border to the United States in pursuit of permanent jobs, and a better life. But in the new millennium, that journey has become increasingly dangerous, and the costs are starting to outweigh the benefits.
This program reveals the devastating impact of Mexican-US migration. The people who attempt to cross suffer horribly and frequently die. The families and communities left behind are disabled and their languages and cultures are being destroyed. The Other Side tells the story of the villagers who have had enough - and now are trying to make sure their children will no longer have to migrate to realize their dreams.
Oaxacan Hoops, 2002, 20mins
Directed, Produced and Edited by Olga R. Rodriguez
Oaxacan Hoops explores how basketball, one of the most revered sports in the United States, has helped many Zapotec Indians living in Los Angeles build community, keep traditions alive and maintain a connection to their villages in Mexico.
The film opens in the mountains of the Sierra Norte, in the state of Oaxaca, where we find out how basketball became a cultural tradition for Zapotecs, the largest of 16 indigenous groups in the state and among Mexico's shortest people. The film crosses paths with "The Other Side," taking us to Los Angeles, where thousands of Zapotecs have gone looking for work. It is here that the biggest Oaxacan basketball tournament outside of Mexico, the Oaxaca Cup, takes place.
Tuesday, October 24, 12:30pm
Mexico City: The Largest City, 2004, 26mins
This program defines Mexico City's globalization in terms of winners and losers, examining how, in the world's largest metropolis, immigration challenges are linked to poverty and population influx from surrounding rural areas. Contrasting the city's high-tech facilities and fashionable neighborhoods with its sprawling slums and their struggling inhabitants, the program outlines the relationship between foreign investment and the worldwide need for cheap labor, which Mexico and its indigenous peoples readily supply. Glimpses into a tech-savvy youth culture and the persistent Zapatista movement reinforce the capital's nickname: City of Contrasts.
Pavements of Gold, 2001, 27mins
Directed by Steve Bradshaw; Produced by Television Trust for the Environment
Urban poverty is one of the biggest challenges facing the world in the 21st century. In 1950, three hundred million people were living in urban areas; by 2001 that figure had increased to 2.85 billion, or almost half the world's population. And the flow of rural migrants arriving in the world's mega cities shows no signs of slowing down. "It is a trend which cannot be stopped," says Anna Tibaijuka, the executive director of the UN Center for Human Settlements, "even in the developing countries..."
With the backdrop of Lima, Peru, this program examines the enduring magnetism of big cities and asks whether the migrants who have moved here now feel that city life is the answer to their dreams.
Thursday, November 16, 12:30pm
Mexico: Rebellion of the Weeping Women, 1992, 61mins
This is the story of Mexican women who have fought, and continue to fight, for equality and women's rights. They are women looking for children kidnapped during political pogroms, journalists, writers, and political activists. Machismo and the resulting sexism, as well as Catholicism and its perpetuation of the myth of the Virgin Mary as the standard for feminine behavior, are discussed as social factors contributing to the continued subjugation of Mexican women..
MORE FILM EVENTS
Topical Films at the Havens Center
Houston Institute for Culture is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cultural education and awareness through cultural activities. Our goal is to provide free and low-cost events, services and classes for the community. The organization's sphere of interest is Houston, the regions that have affected Houston's cultural history and the international origins of Houston's diverse population.
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Event Sponsor:
HIFC and UST MCL
Event Contact Name:
Mark Lacy
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.521.3686
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonculture.org/film
Event Fee:
Free
Event Description:
Join us for two Powerful Peace and Justice Movies:
* Stealing America, Vote by Vote, documentary about how electronic voting machines destroy democracy
* The Ground Truth, shows in a deeply moving way how the troops and families are devastated by being criminally used in Iraq or Afghanistan by the government. This movie was rated by the Boston Globe at its premier as a "must see" film that will galvanize viewers like nothing has done thus far, to act to speak out against such crimes.
Event Sponsor:
Veterans for Peace, PAA, MFSO, Code Pink, Gold Star Families
Event Contact Name:
Joseph Kaye/Don Cook
Event Phone Contact Information:
832-293-3818 (JK);713-705-5594 (DonC)
Event Email Address:
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Event Fee:
$10 Donation; no-one turned away....
