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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
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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
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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
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Continue the discussion 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30 at the Houston Institute for Culture's new location in Tlaquepaque Market, 708-B Telephone Road near Lockwood, Houston, Texas 77023. (Very cool, historically significant, happening location - worth exploring*) Bring your leftover Thanksgiving fare for a potluck and most importantly your ideas for the future!
Event Sponsor:
PAA
Event Website:
paa-tx.org/node/3138
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Neighborhood Tax Centers: Volunteer Training – December 2 and 4
Provide economic relief for working families who earn less than $45,000 a year. The Neighborhood Tax Center program, administered by Neighborhood Centers Inc., impacts families by helping them claim the Earned Income Credit — the nation’s largest anti-poverty program that is buried in the tax code. This is a tax credit that working class families have earned, but generally pay high rates to commercial tax preparers to claim or not claim at all. During the 2009 tax season, Neighborhood Tax Centers need 500 volunteers to prepare 15,000 returns for working families, which will bring in $20 million in refunds and credits for those families so they can meet their basic needs.
Event Sponsor:
Neighborhood Centers Inc.
Event Website:
www.neighborhood-centers.org
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Neighborhood Tax Centers: Volunteer Training – December 2 and 4
Provide economic relief for working families who earn less than $45,000 a year. The Neighborhood Tax Center program, administered by Neighborhood Centers Inc., impacts families by helping them claim the Earned Income Credit — the nation’s largest anti-poverty program that is buried in the tax code. This is a tax credit that working class families have earned, but generally pay high rates to commercial tax preparers to claim or not claim at all. During the 2009 tax season, Neighborhood Tax Centers need 500 volunteers to prepare 15,000 returns for working families, which will bring in $20 million in refunds and credits for those families so they can meet their basic needs.
Event Sponsor:
Neighborhood Centers Inc.
Event Website:
www.neighborhood-centers.org
Event Description:
Neighborhood Tax Centers: Volunteer Training – December 2 and 4
Provide economic relief for working families who earn less than $45,000 a year. The Neighborhood Tax Center program, administered by Neighborhood Centers Inc., impacts families by helping them claim the Earned Income Credit — the nation’s largest anti-poverty program that is buried in the tax code. This is a tax credit that working class families have earned, but generally pay high rates to commercial tax preparers to claim or not claim at all. During the 2009 tax season, Neighborhood Tax Centers need 500 volunteers to prepare 15,000 returns for working families, which will bring in $20 million in refunds and credits for those families so they can meet their basic needs.
Event Sponsor:
Neighborhood Centers Inc.
Event Website:
www.neighborhood-centers.org
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The Society of P.E.A.C.E. is honored to present Dr. Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony for our annual Holiday Event in Houston! Learn about the connection between world peace and our diet. Dr. Tuttle's insight will have a profound effect on the way you view the world and your food choices!
Event Sponsor:
The Society of P.E.A.C.E. (People for the Earth, Animals, Compassion & Enlightenment)
Event Website:
www.societyofpeace.org/downloads/SOPWorldPeaceDietHolidayEventDec2008.pdf
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As part of its monthly film series, Houston Indymedia will screen "Ground Noise and Static: Free Speech Under Attack at the RNC" at 7:00pm Saturday, December 6th at Rice Cinema.
This documentary, by subMedia TV and PepperSpray Productions, is a 30 minute video report on the demonstrations that were held outside the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. The filmmakers went there not to report on either party's convention, but to cover the creative actions that were taking place outside which the corporate media would all but ignore. The film contains from-the-streets footage capturing protests from both conventions, and arrests made at the RNC. "Don't be diverted by the ground noise and static..." is the phrase John McCain used to dismiss the protesters who shouted out during his acceptance speech.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Independent Media Center
Event Website:
www.himc.org
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Come to the regular monthly meeting of the Progressive Action Alliance (second Thursday of each month). This month, we're continuing our discussion about priorities and 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.
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Gold mining blossoms in the state of Guerrero in southern Mexico.
How do indigenous people feel about it? Are they being respected? Is their livelihood being threatened? Google Guerrero Gold and all you get is mining prospect reports. Learn more, another side, tonight
Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party
Event Website:
www.hcgp.org/getinvolved/greenwatch/greenwatch.htm
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WHAT: Fair Trade shopping night to benefit HPJC (Houston Peace and Justice Center)
WHEN: Thursday, December 18, 6-8 p.m.
WHERE: Ten Thousand Villages, 2424 Rice Blvd # A.
WHY: Ten Thousand Villages is a national network of shops run by the Mennonite Central Committee to promote just working conditions in developing nations.
(It's always good to shop at the stores, and especially good to do some of your last minute shopping on this evening, because 15% of the sales proceeds will go Houston Peace and Justice Center.)
