Events

Event Description:

Cynthia McKinney will be back in town this Thursday,
7 PM at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live Oak.

She will be touring Galveston during the day to review damage caused by Hurricane Ike before her appearance at SHAPE.

Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party

Event Website:
houston.indymedia.org/news/2008/10/65439.php

Event Description:

Green Party VP Candidate and Hip-Hop Activist Rosa Clemente
will appear at the opening of a new location for the
Houston Institute for Culture
9 PM at 807B Telephone Road
in Tlaquepaque Market
(by Bohemeo's on Lockwood near Leeland)

Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party

Event Website:
houston.indymedia.org/news/2008/10/65439.php

Event Description:

Come to the regular monthly meeting of the Progressive Action Alliance (second Thursday of each month). This month, we're going to talk about priorities and do some strategizing for the future. Come early (about 6:45PM) to visit; meeting is from 7-9 p.m. Bring something non-messy to eat or drink and share if you wish. If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the event title for more info.

Event Description:

On Friday November 14th Join the new Houston chapter of Iraq Veterans
Against the War (IVAW) and Houston Indymedia at 8pm at Rice Cinema for a
screening of the Big Noise Films Documentary 'Deserter'

Event Sponsor:
Iraq Veterans Against the War and Houston Indymedia

Event Description:

The "SOAW Journey for Justice 2008 Caravan" will be stopping into Houston on their way to the November Vigil to close down the School of Americas (SOA/WHINSEC) in Ft. Benning, Georgia.
Come learn more about the SOA with a short film, followed by testimonials of Community Activists involved in the movement.

Event Sponsor:
Journey for Justice 2008 Caravan

Event Website:
www.soaw.org/

Event Description:

Anna Baltzer, a Jewish-American Columbia graduate, Fulbright scholar, and granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, will present photographs and stories from her work documenting human rights abuses and supporting nonviolent resistance in the West Bank with the International Women's Peace Service. Her presentation will cover checkpoints, the Wall, Israeli activism, censorship, nonviolent resistance, and other topics rarely covered by US media. Baltzer is currently touring the US with her acclaimed presentation and book Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories.

Event Sponsor:
Mandel Group

Event Description:

This is the sixth year of this premiere celebration of Houston's vibrant progressive community. Please RSVP now!
This year, the National Peacemaker Award will be given to the Center for Constitutional Rights http://ccrjustice.org which was founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South. Over the last four decades, CCR has lent its expertise and support to virtually every popular movement for social justice. Its cases involving Guantánamo, Blackwater, and extraordinary rendition (for torture) are making legal history.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Peace & Justice Center

Event Website:
hpjc.org/awardsdinner_6.html

Event Description:

This Friday, November the 28th, local activists will host a report from last weeks Annual Vigil at the School of the America’s. The event will be at The Houston Institute for Culture, Gallery and Bookstore, located at 708 Telephone, 77023, on Houston’s East End. ( Next door to Bohemio’s). Frankie Flores, a torture survivor from El Salvador, and Tiel Rainelli, a prisoner of Conscience, will share their experiences from this years vigil.
There will also be a report on the status of the excommunication of Father Roy Bourgeois, from the Catholic Church. Father Roy has been a Maryknoll priest for 36 years and is the founder of the SOA Watch.
This event is free and open to all, and starts at 7:30 pm