Events
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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. Other agenda items include what we should do about the attacks on Gaza. 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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NEW THIS YEAR . . . More trees,
Huge out of the weather sale area,
2,000 parking spaces right at the sale site,
and more volunteers to help you move your trees!
See the website for details, and classes ahead of time.
Event Sponsor:
Urban Harvest
Event Website:
www.urbanharvest.org/classesevents/calendar/tree_sale_2009.html
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Interested in sustainability? How about growing your own food? You can start with easy-to-grow fruit trees and berries that are specially selected for the southeast Texas area (unlike what you find at most nurseries and big box stores), at the Urban Harvest annual fruit tree sale. NEW THIS YEAR . . . More trees, Huge out of the weather sale area, 2,000 parking spaces right at the sale site, and more volunteers to help you move your trees! For best selection, be sure to arrive early. If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the article title or "read the rest" link for more, including an attachment/flyer with a map.
Event Sponsor:
Urban Harvest
Event Website:
urbanharvest.org
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The 31st Annual Original Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade will take place on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The Parade begins at MLK @ The Palm Center at 2 pm, and ends at MacGregor Park. Immediately afterwards, in MacGregor Park there will be a program and concert for parade-goers. Before the parade, starting at noon, there will also be a march up MLK Blvd. from the south loop I-610 to Palm Center. These events are sponsored by The Black Heritage Society (Ovide Duncantell's group), and is not the big, commercialized, militarized MLK Grande Parade that will be downtown that morning. If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the read the rest link for details.
Event Sponsor:
Black Heritage Society
Event Website:
originalmlkparade.org
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What: Harris County GREEN PARTY
General Membership Meeting
When: JAN 19, 6:30-9:00 PM
(3rd Monday of every month)
Where: upstairs at CENTRAL MARKET
Westheimer at Weslayen (SW corner)
Proposed TOPICS: Elections --
HCGP Steering Committee positions,
Houston City Council seats, etc.
Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party
Event Website:
www.hcgp.org
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In an e-mail to many, Dave Atwood of Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) says:
"Please join us for a wonderful evening with Law Professor David Dow [University of Houston Law Center] and Consul General Pierre Grandjouan of France."
Event Sponsor:
TCADP, et al.
Event Website:
www.tcadp.org
Event Description:
Final night of Iraqi Artists in Exile exhibit
Unveiling of line-up for 2009 Houston Palestine Film Festival
Gaza solidarity details to be announced
Reception with food, music, and other details to be announced
Event Sponsor:
Houston Palestine Film Festival (and others)
Event Website:
www.stationmuseum.com/
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"Global Warming And Lessons from Living in Space" a talk at the next Houston Climate Protection Alliance meeting on Sunday February 1st, 1:15pm. Michael Lutomski, Risk Manager for the International Space Station in NASA will give the talk. Mike has had a calling to face the climate disruption challenge and so has prepared this slide show. Mike says the risk management concepts he uses for the International Space Station apply to thinking about the various forms of climate disruption that are possible. Mike says that on the International Space Station waste and water must be recycled and so have valuable lessons for our life on Spaceship Earth. Mike will be representing only himself during this presentation.
Event Website:
www.HoustonClimateProtection.org
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As part of its monthly film series, Houston Indymedia will screen 'Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Palestinian Family' at 7:00pm, Wednesday, February 4th at Rice Cinema.
Much of the mainstream discourse about the current conflict in Gaza portrays it as an eternal struggle between two groups fighting since biblical times. 'Gaza Ghetto' dispels this myth, examining the impact of displacement on the life of Abu el-Adel and his family through intimate scenes of daily life in Jabalia, the largest Palestinian refugee camp. The film follows them as they return to the site of their former village, now the site of a Jewish settlement inside Israel. As the grandfather and great-grandfather point out an orchard and sycamore fig that used to belong to their family, a Jewish resident emerges and orders them to leave, claiming they need a permit to be at the site. After spending this time with Abu el-Adel and his grandchildren you will understand how the roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict influence today's harsh realities and dreams of peace, justice and stability. 'Gaza Ghetto' is the first documentary film made in Gaza, and sadly all of the themes still seem as excruciatingly relevant 20 years later.
After the film, we will be joined by local Palestinian activists for a discussion about the ongoing crisis.
This event is cosponsored by the Houston Palestine Film Festival and the Houston Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine.
Rice Cinema is located at Rice University, Entrance #8 (University & Stockton). We will be asking for donations at the door, however, no one will be turned away. For more information visit himc.org.
