[PAA-Discuss] HPJCs Calendar of Progressive Events

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JANUARY 31, 2010 Issue 
Submit event  notices to The Houston Peace and Justice Center online 
calendar at _www.hpjc.org_ 
(http://www.hpjc.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=9&qid=2169) . 
Progressive events are collected from the  online calendar for this 
bimonthly publication. 
Featured  Announcements
    *   Thanks to Melissa:   For many years, Melissa Patrick has  worked 
behind the scenes at HPJC to compile the Calendar of Progressive  Events. All 
that was accurate and esthetically appealing are a tribute to  her tireless 
and unsung efforts. Thank you dear Miz M for your extraordinary  work for 
the beloved community.  Those interested in keeping the  calendar going, 
gaining internet savvy, and, best of all, advancing Peace  & Justice, please 
contact Lee Taylor: c.lee.taylor at gmail.  
    *   Help for Haiti:   Click _here_ 
(http://www.hpjc.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10&qid=2169)   for information on some ways to 
help. 
Featured  Action 
Clean Air Rally At EPA Hearing-  Tuesday, Feb. 2 10:45 a.m.  Rally and News 
conference to be held in  conjunction with an EPA public hearing in Houston 
on Tuesday, February 2. The  hearing is all day.  Both are at are at the 
Hilton-Houston Hobby Airport,  8181 Airport Boulevard. Counter oil and coal 
industries lobbyists who are  fighting the proposed ruling on ozone.  To speak 
at the hearing contact  Tricia Crabtree, crabtree.tricia at epa.gov , (919) 
541-5688. Rally Contact Eva  Hernandez.. Sierra Club, 
eva.hernandez at sierraclub.org 512.299.1550.  Learn  more at www.sierraclub.org/coal/tx 
Upcoming  Events

Examination of the Syria-Lebanon-Israel  Tri-Border Region - Monday, 
February 1
The tri-border region has  been a central area of conflict between Lebanon, 
Syria, and Israel. Delineated  between French Syria and British Palestine 
between 1916 and 1923 and without  regard to realities on the ground, it led 
to years of dangerous confrontation.  To date, this border is neither 
properly defined along its full length nor  fully accepted by the nations on 
either side of it. Dr. Asher Kaufman will  discuss the history of the region, why 
the contested borders hold so much  importance for future peace and 
stability, and the prospects of resolving  border and territorial disputes. Kaufman 
is an assistant professor of history  and peace studies at the University 
of Notre Dame. Presented by the World  Affairs Council of Houston. WAC 
Members: $40, Non-members: $50. Registration:  6 pm, Dinner: 6:30 - 7:00 pm, 
Program: 7 - 8 pm. Westin Oaks Hotel, Consort  Ballroom, 5011 Westheimer. 
713-522-7811 or  www.wachouston.org

Series of 5 Energy Saving Workshops -  Wednesdays Feb. 3, 10 
A series of 5 Energy-Saving Workshops  presented by Debbie Antoon to help 
homeowners save on electricity, natural  gas, gasoline, water and recycling 
efforts. The first three workshops were the  previous 3 Wednesdays. 
Registration is limited to the first 25 households.  Cost for the 5-session seminar 
is $25/person; however, parents of current  Garden Oaks students or alumni 
may attend the workshop for $10. To register,  send your fee to "School 
Secretary," Garden Oaks Elementary, 901 Sue Barnett,  Houston 77018. Info: Debbie 
Antoon, 713-294-9399

First Friday  Forum -Chiara Lubich, Focolare & The Economy Of Communion 
Friday, February  5.
Tom and Jo Rowley, members of the Focolare Movement for more  than 30 
years, will discuss their lived experience of founding, developing and  
sustaining an Economy of Communion business for the past 2 decades. Come  listen to 
this fascinating narrative of an alternative economic model to the  
prevailing paradigms of globalization.  7:30pm,  University of St.  Thomas, Crooker 
Center, 3909 Graustark   Info : 713-529-1912 or  mkhouston at maryknoll.org 

Comprehensive Immigration Reform  Strategy Session - Saturday, February 6 
Help devise a citywide  strategy to educate community members on 
Comprehensive Immigration Reform, 2-5  p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at Iglesia Hispana Nueva 
Vida, 4124 Telephone  Rd.   FIEL (Familias Inmigrantes y Estudiantes en la 
Lucha) will  host this meeting to help people establish a citywide strategy 
to educate  community members on Comprehensive Immigration Reform and other 
immigrant  related issues. All advocates are welcomed. Youth are really 
encouraged to  attend and share their ideas on this issue. email:    
fiel_houston at hotmail.com

HPJC Foreign & Military Policy  Working Group Meeting. Tuesday, February 9
The HPJC Foreign and  Military Policy working group will meet 7-9 PM in the 
Olive Branch Meeting  Room of the Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice Blvd, Houston, 
TX. This meeting will be  the first meeting of 2010 and will be 
subsequently held on the 2nd Tuesday  during even months (Feb., April, June, etc.) at 
the same location for the rest  of 2010. This will be a planning session for 
activities specifically opposing  the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the 
general military emphasis of the US  foreign policy. Info : Jim Rine, President, 
Veterans for Peace - Chapter 12  (281) 414 1386 Email : jmrine at hotmail.com 

World Religion Class  - Judaism - Tuesday, February 9
A basic understanding of world  religions is increasingly important in our 
society as we seek to create  peaceful coexistence among people of all 
faiths and no faith. In this public  series, scholars of Rice University's Boniuk 
Center for Religious Tolerance  and Resident Scholars will explain the 
"basics" of major world religions.  People of all backgrounds are welcome, and 
will find this class helpful  regardless of any prior knowledge about 
religion. $12. 7 - 9 pm. Congregation  Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braeswood.  
www.amazingfaithshouston.org/houston_world_religions_class.php  .

Amiri Baraka - Thursday, February 11
Poet,  playwright and civil rights activist Amiri Baraka will be at the 
Rothko Chapel  for a program. Amiri Baraka is the author of over 40 books of 
essays, poems,  drama, and music history and criticism. The Essence of 
Reparations is Baraka's  first published collection of essays in book form 
exploring the interrelated  issues of racism, national oppression, colonialism, 
neo-colonialism,  self-determination and national and human liberation. He has 
taught at Yale,  Columbia, and the State University of New York at Stony 
Brook. Free. 7 pm.  Rothko Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross. Seating is limited and on a 
first-come,  first-serve basis. www.rothkochapel.org or call  713-524-9839.

Houston Peace Forum: Nepal a Revolution at the  Brink, Thursday, February 
11 
Today, seemingly a world away, the  population of a small oppressed nation 
is engaged in an ongoing revolution  that is striving and maneuvering for a 
decisive victory. They approach their  revolutionary process in a way that 
is deeply radical yet shockingly  undogmatic. Their thinking is fresh. What 
can we learn from their new  revolution and how can we defend it? Presented 
by Eric Ribellarsi, University  of Houston student. Refreshments at 7:15PM, 
followed by program at 7:30PM.  Discussion following. First Unitarian 
Universalist Church in Room 302,
5200  Fannin at Southmore. Parking directly behind the church or on 
surrounding  streets. Open to the public at no charge.  Info : Pat Nichols,  
713-681-6267 or nicholspat123 at gmail.com.

World Religion Class -  African American Religions - Tuesday, February 16
A basic  understanding of world religions is increasingly important in our 
society as  we seek to create peaceful coexistence among people of all 
faiths and no  faith. In this public series, scholars of Rice University's Boniuk 
Center for  Religious Tolerance and Resident Scholars will explain the 
"basics" of major  world religions. People of all backgrounds are welcome, and 
will find this  class helpful regardless of any prior knowledge about 
religion. $12. 7 - 9 pm.  Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braeswood.  
www.amazingfaithshouston.org/houston_world_religions_class.php  .

Richard Vogel on The Demise of the Death Penalty in the US -  Tuesday, 
February 16
Richard Vogel reports on the effects of  neoliberal globalization on 
working people and their communities. Sponsored by  the Texas Coalition to Abolish 
the Death Penalty. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16,  Havens Center, 1827 W. 
Alabama. Contact Dave Atwood 832.693.5710;  dpatwood at igc.org

World Religion Class - Zoroastrianism -  Tuesday, February 23
A basic understanding of world religions is  increasingly important in our 
society as we seek to create peaceful  coexistence among people of all 
faiths and no faith. In this public series,  scholars of Rice University's Boniuk 
Center for Religious Tolerance and  Resident Scholars will explain the 
"basics" of major world religions. People  of all backgrounds are welcome, and 
will find this class helpful regardless of  any prior knowledge about 
religion. $12. 7 - 9 pm. Congregation Beth Israel,  5600 N. Braeswood.  
www.amazingfaithshouston.org/houston_world_religions_class.php

World  Religion Class - Orthodox Christianity - Tuesday, March 9
A basic  understanding of world religions is increasingly important in our 
society as  we seek to create peaceful coexistence among people of all 
faiths and no  faith. In this public series, scholars of Rice University's Boniuk 
Center for  Religious Tolerance and Resident Scholars will explain the 
"basics" of major  world religions. People of all backgrounds are welcome, and 
will find this  class helpful regardless of any prior knowledge about 
religion. $12. 7 - 9 pm.  Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braeswood.  
www.amazingfaithshouston.org/houston_world_religions_class.php

Afghan-Canadian  Filmmaker, Writer, Journalist & Human Rights Activist - 
Thursday, March  11
Nelofer Pazira grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan during the Russian  
occupation. Her family fled the war in 1989, when she was sixteen. After  living as 
refugees in Pakistan for a year, the family migrated to Canada. In  2001, 
Nelofer starred in the movie Kandahar - which was based on her story. In  2002, 
Nelofer co-directed the feature-length documentary film Return to  Kandahar, 
winner of a 2003 Gemini. She appeared in The Giant Buddhas - a film  about 
the destruction of monumental Buddha statues in Bamiyan. She directed  and 
produced Audition (2008) an experimental film about images and their  impact 
in Afghanistan. Recently she's written and directed Act of Dishonour -  a 
drama about honour killing and the plight of returning Afghans in  
post-Taliban Afghanistan. A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan is  her 
first book. It was awarded The Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, by Writers  
Trust of Canada (2006). Since 2006, she has served as the president of PEN  
Canada, which works on behalf of writers who have been forced into silence for  
writing the truth as they see it. In addition, she has set up a charity, 
Dyana  Afghan Women's Fund, in memory of her friend - to provide education and 
skills  training for women in Afghanistan. Since 2000, she established her 
own  independent film company, Kandahar Films, Inc. 7 pm. Rothko Chapel, 1409 
Sul  Ross. www.rothkochapel.org; 713-524-9839.

World Religion Class  - Buddhism - Tuesday, March 23
A basic understanding of world  religions is increasingly important in our 
society as we seek to create  peaceful coexistence among people of all 
faiths and no faith. In this public  series, scholars of Rice University's Boniuk 
Center for Religious Tolerance  and Resident Scholars will explain the 
"basics" of major world religions.  People of all backgrounds are welcome, and 
will find this class helpful  regardless of any prior knowledge about 
religion. $12. 7 - 9 pm. Congregation  Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braeswood.  
www.amazingfaithshouston.org/houston_world_religions_class.php  .

EXECUTIONS
February date: 24th (Henry Skinner); March dates: 2nd  (Michael Sigala), 
11th (Joshua Maxwell), 30th (Franklin Alix). 5:30 to 6:20 pm  at St. Anne's 
Catholic Community at the corner of Shepherd and Westheimer. The  best way to 
keep abreast of the vigils, including if there has been a stay of  a 
scheduled execution, is to ask Burnham Terrell to add you to his contact  list. 
Reach him at 713-921-0948, burnhamterrell at att.net. KPFT (90.1 FM) HD-2  
broadcasts a live show hosted by Ray Hill at 6 pm each day there is an  execution, 
streaming at www.executionwatch.org . To go to Huntsville to  protest at the 
death house, contact Gloria at 713-503-2633. They leave Houston  by 3:30 pm.

FREEWAY BLOGGING FOR PEACE
Veterans for Peace-Chapter 12  continues to hold up signs over the freeway 
calling for an end to the  occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. They meet on 
the footbridge over I-45  just south of where that freeway crosses the 
I-610 South Loop. Join the event  every Tuesday at 5:30 pm.
 
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