HPJC dinner Friday; Ticket deadline Tue.
I hope many of you are planning to attend the annual awards dinner,
this Friday evening, for the Houston Peace and Justice Center. It's
at the University of Houston Hilton Hotel.
I know a number of you have been talking about going. If you haven't
already made reservations, be sure to contact Herb Rothschild at
or 713/861-2494 as soon as possible (by
Tuesday evening or earlier).
If you'd like to join me and others at a PAA table there, please let
me know if you are planning to come, whether you already made your
reservations or not. I need to tell the organizers in advance how
many to expect.
There's a reception starting at 6 pm, with the dinner starting at 7
pm. See Herb Rothschild's note below about Aldolfo Perez Esquivel,
1980 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who will speak at the
reception. Herb's note also has other information about the awards
dinner.
This year, HPJC be honoring Bob Jensen, State Representative Garnet
Coleman, Sissy Farenthold, and immigration rights activist Maria
Jimenez.
National Peacemaker awardee and keynote speaker will be Bob Jensen,
Professor of Journalism at UT-Austin. Through his teaching, guest
lectures, editorial writing, and books, Jensen has become a prominent
critical analyst of American political policy and social practice.
The dinner is the main fundraiser for HPJC. Tickets are $50 each,
with a limited number of subsized tickets available for low income
attendees.
For details on the dinner, see http://www.paa-tx.org/node/575 or
http://www.hpjc.org/majorevents.asp#11-11-2005
Bill
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>Subject: [hpjc-calendar] Exciting news! Nobel Peace laureate at
>reception before HPJC dinner Friday
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>Aldolfo Perez Esquivel, 1980 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, will speak at
>a reception before the Houston Peace and Justice Center's awards dinner this
>Friday, November 11. The wine/beer & cheese/fruit reception is free to
>everyone who registers for the dinner.
>
>Both events are on the second floor of the Hilton Hotel on the UH campus.
>The reception, hosted by the UH Graduate School of Social Work (GSAS),
>begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Shamrock Room; Senor Esquivel will speak briefly
>at 6. There will also be a performance by sara mamani grupo, a musical
>ensemble traveling with him from Argentina.
>
>The dinner is in the Waldorf Astoria Room. It begins at 7 p.m. National
>honoree and keynote speaker is UT Professor of Journalism Bob Jensen.
>Houston-based honorees are State Representative Garnet Coleman, Sissy
>Farenthold, and immigrant rights activist Maria Jimenez.
>
>Esquivel won the Nobel Peace Prize for his championing of human rights
>during the "dirty war" in Argentina during the 1970s, during which more than
>30,000 people were disappeared. An architect and sculptor by profession, in
>1974 he began to run Servicio Paz and Justicia, which is headquartered in
>Buenos Aires but works elsewhere in Latin America as well. In 1977 he was
>imprisoned without charge. Released in 1978, he remained under police
>supervision until 1980.
>
>Reservations for the reception and dinner need to be made by tomorrow
>(Tuesday) evening. Dinner tickets are $50; there are some subsidized seats
>for low income attendees. Call ASAP Herb Rothschild, 713.861.2494. If you
>are coming to the reception, please also call the GSAS reservation number,
>713.743.9968, and leave your name, number, and the number planning to
>attend.
>