Event
Presentation by award-winning photo journalist, Keith Harmon Snow, on Global Climate, Resource Scarcity, Human Rights and more
Event Description:
Keith Harmon Snow is an independent journalist, writer, photographer, and genocide & human rights investigator who has worked in 43 countries. His work has appeared in numerous journals, magazines, books and on-line venues in North America, Europe and Japan. He is a three-time winner of the Project Censored award for reportage on human right and genocide in Africa. His web site is www.allthingspass.com
Event Sponsor:
CLEAN
Event Website:
www.cleanhouston.org
1000 Lights for Peace
Event Description:
The finale of Mahatma Gandhi Week - 2007 will be "1000 Lights For Peace" celebration at the Miller Outdoor Theater (Hermann Park) on Sunday, October 7, 2007 in the 5 to 7 in the evening. Mayor Bill White will be the Chief Guest. Keynote Speaker will be HISD Superintendent Dr. Abelardo Saavedra. Mark your calendar and come make your pledge for peace by lighting a candle at 1000 Lights For Peace.
Event Sponsor:
Mahatma Gandhi Library
Event Website:
1000lightsforpeace.org
Quaker Peace Festival "Living in Peace"
Event Description:
The Quaker Peace Festival "Living in Peace" is November 10th. It is an all day event, lasting until sundown. The day will start with a walking meditation and a brief presentation "Goldwater Conservative to War Abolitionist" from Edward O'Rouke. There will be kids games and activities, live music (rock, folk, world beat/reggae, and hip-hop). We are inviting many organizations, groups and vendors who work to improve and educate the community and show how peace can be incorporated into our lives. We will have a dance performance by Revolve Dance Company. Then we will end the day with a break dance competition inside under the skyspace.
Event Sponsor:
Live Oak Friends Meeting (Quakers)
Event Website:
friendshouston.org/peacefest
Rally for city service workers
Event Description:
Rally for city service workers
2 p.m. downtown at Jones Plaza, 10 Nov.
Last fall, 5,300 janitors won a better future for themselves and their families. Now the janitors are leading the fight for better pay, healthcare, and dignity on the job for ALL service workers in Houston.
Event Sponsor:
SEIU
Event Website:
www.houstonwehaveaproblem.com/
Low Carbon Diet Classes - Four Wednesdays
Event Description:
Join our Low Carbon Diet class and lose 5,000 pounds in a month.
Learn how to measure your greenhouse gas emissions and reduce
them. The next group is starting October 3 and will meet for four
Wednesdays at First Unitarian Universalist Church in the Museum
District. There is no fee, but an optional book, Low Carbon Diet,
will be available at the first class for $13.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection Alliance
Event Website:
www.HoustonClimateProtection.org
Low CArbon Diet Class #4
Event Description:
Join our Low Carbon Diet class and lose 5,000 pounds in a month.
Learn how to measure your greenhouse gas emissions and reduce
them. The next group is starting October 3 and will meet for four
Wednesdays at First Unitarian Universalist Church in the Museum
District. There is no fee, but an optional book, Low Carbon Diet,
will be available at the first class for $13.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection Alliance
Event Website:
www.HoustonClimateProtection.org
Low Carbon Diet Class #3
Event Description:
Join our Low Carbon Diet class and lose 5,000 pounds in a month.
Learn how to measure your greenhouse gas emissions and reduce
them. The next group is starting October 3 and will meet for four
Wednesdays at First Unitarian Universalist Church in the Museum
District. There is no fee, but an optional book, Low Carbon Diet,
will be available at the first class for $13.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection ALliance
Event Website:
www.HoustonClimateProtection.org
Low Carbon Diet - Class #2
Event Description:
Join our Low Carbon Diet class and lose 5,000 pounds in a month.
Learn how to measure your greenhouse gas emissions and reduce
them. The next group is starting October 3 and will meet for four
Wednesdays at First Unitarian Universalist Church in the Museum
District. There is no fee, but an optional book, Low Carbon Diet,
will be available at the first class for $13.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection Alliance
Event Website:
www.HoustonClimateProtection.org
"VX WASTE - What's Next?! Rally for Environmental Justice!"
Event Description:
Community In-Power Development Association, CLEAN, and others invite you to Port Arthur, TX
September 29th for:
"VX WASTE - What's Next?! Rally for Environmental Justice!"
Why?
Houston Institute for Culture Five Year Celebration
Event Description:
Please join us Saturday, September 29 for a Five Year Anniversary Celebration of the Houston Institute for Culture from 6:00-8:00pm, followed by a talk and book signing by Dr. Alice Rothchild, author of "Broken Promises, Broken Dreams", at 8:00pm
Event Sponsor:
Houston Institute for Culture
Event Website:
houstonculture.org/forums/
Visiting Houston Radical History
Event Description:
Visiting Houston Radical History:
Come hear Lenwood Johnson, from the Free Man’s Neighborhood Association, talk of the plight, history, and current struggle of Allen Parkway Village and Freedmen’s Town. Gentrification continues to threaten these most significant parts of Houston's black cultural heritage.
Event Sponsor:
Sedition Books; Free Man's Neighborhood Association
Medical Care in the Midst of Conflict in Palesting/Israel Arena
Event Description:
Walls, Checkpoints & Disparities in Health & Human Rights in Israel & Palestine
Presentation by Alice Rothchild, M. D. Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.
Event Sponsor:
Hardy Loe, Jr. - University of Texas School of Public Health
Sister Prejean speaks on the Death Penalty
Event Description:
Sister Helen Prejean
Thursday, September 27, 2007 @ 7:00 PM
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church (Fellowship Hall)
7801 Bay Branch Drive, The Woodlands, 77382
Sister Helen Prejean is the author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. The best-selling book was the basis for the Oscar-winning motion picture Dead Man Walking, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn.
Event Website:
www.peacejusticenetwork.org
Free lecture on "Ethical Vegetarianism and Non-violence in the World's Religions"
Event Description:
Society of P.E.A.C.E. and the Hare Krishna Cultural Center present author/historian Rynn Berry for a free lecture entitled, "Ethical Vegetarianism and Non-violence in the World's Religions". The event will take place at the Hare Krishna Cultural Center on Sunday, September 30, 2007, with the Kirtan at 5:30, Lecture at 6:00 and a community vegan meal at 7:00 pm.
Event Sponsor:
Society of P.E.A.C.E., the Hare Krishna Cultural Center and the Vegetarian Society of Houston
Event Website:
www.societyofpeace.org/downloads/RynnBerryKrishnaCulturalCtrevent2007.pdf
Free Lecture, vegan reception and Book signing with author Rynn Berry
Event Description:
Join us for a free community event featuring author/historian Rynn Berry at Barnes & Noble (Westheimer Crossing) on Monday, October 1, 2007. Rynn will present a free lecture and be available to sign books after the event. The event starts at 6:30 pm with a vegan reception, followed by his lecture at 7:00 pm. This community event is sponsored by Society of P.E.A.C.E., Houston Animal Rights Team, Vegetarian Society of Houston and In Solidarity With Animals.
Event Sponsor:
Society of P.E.A.C.E., the Vegetarian Society of Houston, Houston Animal Rights Team and In Solidarity With Animals
Event Website:
www.societyofpeace.org/downloads/RynnBerryBookSignEventflyerOct2007.pdf
Doctors Without Borders, A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City
Event Description:
33 MILLION PEOPLE UPROOTED BY WAR
Doctors Without Borders invites you to visit A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City, an outdoor educational exhibit staffed by Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) aid workers, who will help you imagine that you are one of the 33 million people who have fled conflict around the world.
Event Sponsor:
Medicins Sans Frontieres
Event Website:
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Film Screening- "The Future of Food"
Event Description:
Join CLEAN as we host a screening of "The Future of Food" as part of our ongoing environmental film series.
Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, THE FUTURE OF FOOD examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.
Event Sponsor:
Citizes League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN)
Event Website:
http://www.futureoffood.com
Sedition Books Open House, 9/9 Sunday
Event Description:
OPEN HOUSE -- OPEN MIC -- OPEN MOUTH!
Come join us this sunday for an open mic and vegan potluck.
4816 Old Spanish Trail
(just west of MLK)
Doors Open at 1 PM
and
Vegan BBQ / Pot Luck at 5pm
Event Sponsor:
Sedition Books
Event Website:
houston.indymedia.org/news/2007/09/61156.php
TRUE PATRIOTS DAY 9/11 IN HOUSTON
Event Description:
END THE OCCUPATION: BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW.
If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the title of this article to read the details about local events planned for 9/11, including an afternoon rally, address to city council, special freeway blogging, and candlelight vigil.
Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party and numerous other peace groups
EXECUTION CANCELLED! No Vigil needed 8/30
Event Description:
Execution vigil CANCELLED!
No protest needed in Huntsville.
The death of Kenneth Foster previously scheduled for today was commuted by Governor Perry to life in prison at noon, shortly following the last minute 6-1 recommendation by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Event Sponsor:
October 27 March to Stop Executions
Event Website:
www.marchtoendexecution.org/