Conference
Understanding Health Care, Making Reform! A Community Workshop
Event Description:
Do you want to learn how:
The health care systems works? (Or doesn't?)
To give a 5-minute presentation on health care reform?
To answer hard questions about health care reform?
Then...
Join the Health Care for All Texas - Houston chapter for "Understanding Health Care, Making Reform! A Community Workshop" on July 31 from 5:30 pm to 9 pm at Coventry Baptist Church 4990 Caroline Street, Houston 77004. The workshop is free of charge. Dinner will be served at 5:30. Please RSVP at escramble('info','hcfat.org.');
Event Sponsor:
Health Care for All Texas - Houston chapter
Event Website:
www.healthcareforalltexas.org/index.htm
HCDP Evening Brownbag with Scott Hochberg: Constitutional Amendments on the 2009 Ballot
Event Description:
Join the Harris County Democratic Party as our evening Issues and Answers series continues, Tuesday, September 22nd, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Harris County Democratic Party headquarters, 1445 N Loop W., Suite 110, Houston, 77008.
Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (MUST be received by this date, not postmarked)
Refill your peace & justice soul cup at the Houston Peace & Justice Center's Annual Potluck Picnic, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17
Event Description:
Houston Peace & Justice Center's Annual Peace Potluck
Houston Peace & Justice Center's Annual Peace Potluck 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, Houston Mennonite Church, 1231 Wirt Rd.
Celebrate peace & justice at the Houston Peace & Justice Center's Annual Potluck Picnic. Share food and stories 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, Houston Mennonite Church, 1231 Wirt Rd. For more information, contact Judy Hoffhein at escramble('JudyHoffhein','sbcglobal.net.');
Event Sponsor:
Houston Peace & Justice Center
Event Website:
www.HPJC.org
Youth Voices Benefit Concert 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18, The Artery, 5401 Jackson at Prospect
Event Description:
Youth Voices Benefit Concert with kayumanggi, Kiawitl Xochitl and Trio Nazim
7:00-10:00pm, Saturday, April 18, 2009
The Artery
5401 Jackson at Prospect
Houston, TX 77004
Please join us for a Youth Benefit Concert with kayumanggi Pinoy Rock Band (Philippines), Chicana MC Kiawitl Xochitl (aka Lady Binx) and Trio Nazim (traditional music of Kazakhstan). Suggested donation is $5-10.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Institute for Culture
Event Website:
www.houstonculture.org
A Vision for Africa with Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, Westin Galleria
Event Description:
A Vision for Africa with Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai
Friday, April 17
Westin Galleria
Plaza Ballroom
5060 West Alabama
Registration: 6 p.m.
Program: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Event Sponsor:
World Affairs Council Houston
Event Website:
www.wachouston.org
Michael Klare on Resource Wars, Blood, Oil and Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet
Event Description:
Michael Klare in Houston April 28 & 29
Meet and hear the prominent foreign and military analyst, author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil.
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28: Public lecture and book-signing of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet, Scanlan Room of the Jerabek Athletic Center at University of St. Thomas
Event Sponsor:
Houston Peace & Justice Center, Social Justice Committee at UST, Veterans for Peace, and Oil Patch Democrats
Event Website:
www.hpjc.org
Aaron Glantz - "The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans
Event Description:
Please join KPFT 90.1, Veterans for Peace Chapter 12, and Iraq Veterans Against the War for the release of Aaron Glantz's latest book "The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans".
Event Sponsor:
KPFT, VFP, IVAW
Event Website:
kpft.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=274&Itemid=101
Global Warming And Lessons from Living in Space
Event Description:
"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
Beyond the Ballot: Making the Movement Matter, A National Conference of Youth and Student Activists -in New York
Event Description:
Keynote Speaker: Amy Goodman
Register now at http://www.dsausa.org/yds/Feb2009/confreg.html.
President-elect Barack Obama has yet to sit in the Oval Office, but the nation’s political and social scenes are already changing. The questions to ask are “what kind of change” and “what can we do?” To answer them, Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) is hosting, “Beyond the Ballot: Making the Movement Matter,” a national three-day conference that will bring together progressive youth and movement veterans to discuss strategies for the new terrain on which we struggle.
Event Sponsor:
Young Democratic Socialists
Event Website:
www.ydsusa.org/news/beyond-the-ballot-2009
HPJC Spring Conference - Environmental Injustice in Texas - Who is Responsible?
Event Description:
Environmental Injustice exists in Texas, but it isn't inevitable.
TEXANS HAVE THE POWER to make life better for our fellow Texans.
Join us at the Houston Peace & Justice Center's 2009 Spring Conference to learn how YOU CAN BE A FORCE FOR CHANGE.
Event Website:
hpjc.org
KPFT's ANTACID TEST
Event Description:
FRIENDS, have you been partying like a holiday rock star?
Making the scene at the office party, the neighborhood dinner, your friends' seasonal gatherings... Are you in party pain?
Find the relief you need at the "ANTACID TEST."
The ANTACID TEST is the second annual "JERRY CHRISTMAS CONCERT" benefitting KPFT 90.1 FM - Pacifica.
Nine bands will rock to the music of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead along with other inspired jams:
Event Sponsor:
KPFT
Event Website:
kpft.org
Bioneers Conference - help create a sustainable Texas
Event Description:
L E T ' S - C R E A T E - A - S U S T A I N A B L E - T E X A S
In partnership with the City of Houston
The Texas Bioneers Conference
Friday, October 17th – Sunday, October 19th, 2008
George R. Brown Convention Center
Event Sponsor:
Blackwood Educational Land Institute
Event Website:
blackwoodland.org/bioneers
WOOHOO!! Finally some good news: Impeachment hearing airs 9 a.m. Friday, July 25
Event Description:
WOOHOO!! Finally some good news.
[[[ADDENDUM (by art) you can see this online at www.cspan.org]]]
T U N E I N to KPFT 90.1. FM 9 a.m. Friday, to hear live coverage of the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing. The esteemed Larry Bensky from KPFA will anchor: expected speakers include the incomparable Dennis Kucinich; Elizabeth Holtzman (who was the youngest committee member investigating Watergate and grounds for Nixon's impeachment); John Dean, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and others.
Event Sponsor:
Pacifica
Event Website:
www.pacifica.org
Windpower 2008 Conference
Event Description:
North America's largest and most ancitipated annual event for wind energy
WIND: THRIVING AT THE EPICENTER OF ENERGY
Organized by leaders in the wind energy industry, WINDPOWER 2008 Conference & Exhibition benefits all wind professionals. Whether you are an established industry veteran or a newcomer to this exciting and explosive industry, WINDPOWER 2008 has much to offer including 3 days of conference sessions, an interactive tradeshow of wind energy products and services, and numerous networking opportunities. We hope you can join us in Houston, the energy capital of the world!
Event Sponsor:
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
Event Website:
http://windpowerexpo.org/
National Conference for Media Reform
Event Description:
We started Democracy Now! for a simple reason: to uncover the truth and to tell the stories that most media ignore. One of the most important stories they are missing is the exciting grassroots movement for better media.
Event Sponsor:
Free Press
Event Website:
www.freepress.net/conference
Support Independent Media: Volunteer for KPFT Spring Fund Drive Monday, May 12 - Sunday, June 1
Event Description:
Support KPFT and independent media by volunteering for the Spring Fund Drive, Monday, May 12 through Sunday, June 1. Novice phone volunteers have phone training scheduled 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 at the station, 419 Lovett.
Event Sponsor:
KPFT
Event Website:
kpft.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&a
