Houston Social Forum Action Group

Event Description:

Join us for two Powerful Peace and Justice Movies:

* Stealing America, Vote by Vote, documentary about how electronic voting machines destroy democracy

* The Ground Truth, shows in a deeply moving way how the troops and families are devastated by being criminally used in Iraq or Afghanistan by the government. This movie was rated by the Boston Globe at its premier as a "must see" film that will galvanize viewers like nothing has done thus far, to act to speak out against such crimes.

Event Sponsor:
Veterans for Peace, PAA, MFSO, Code Pink, Gold Star Families

Event Contact Name:
Joseph Kaye/Don Cook

Event Phone Contact Information:
832-293-3818 (JK);713-705-5594 (DonC)

Event Email Address:
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Event Fee:
$10 Donation; no-one turned away....

The 2006 Houston Social Forum will be held Saturday-Sunday, April 29-30, on the campus of Texas Southern University. For more information, please see the HSF web site at http://www.houstonsocialforum.org and the calendar page at http://www.paa-tx.org/node/1130

Event Description:

Come to the Houston Social Forum Potluck Dinner and Movie 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Artery, 5401 Jackson at Prospect (entrance on Prospect). Visit with Heather Smith and Jennifer Rooks, two young activists who recently returned from Caracas, Venezuela, where they attended the World Social Forum.  Let their enthusiasm activate the latent activism in you.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Social Forum and The Artery

Event Contact Name:
C. Lee Taylor

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-524-1944

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonsocialforum.org

Event Fee:
Free! (Donations for HSF welcomed)

Event Description:

The Houston Social Forum is:

• a regional event that addresses local as well as global issues
• comprised of diverse groups building from common values
• nongovernmental and non-partian
• supportive of true participatory democracy
• nonviolent resistance to the world's injustice
• working toward mechanisms that value people over profit

Details: http://www.houstonsocialforum.org/

Event Sponsor:
Houston Social Forum organizing committee

Event Contact Name:
Bill Crosier

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-641-4941

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonsocialforum.org

Event Description:

The next Houston Social Forum Planning meeting is at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Houston Institute for Culture, 5555 Morningside Dr., Ste. 204. Click here for map. Meeting minutes from last Sunday (Nov. 27) will be posted to the HSF website shortly. 

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonsocialforum.org

Event Fee:
Free!

Event Description:

Learning about grassroots, independent, and corporate media and how to tap into their various resources specific to the needs of the houston social forum's organizing committee. This Organizing Committee meets several times a month to organize for an event that will take place in late april 2006 with the theme "Another World is Possible." it is designed to be an open space for the meeting of the various groups of civil society in houston and beyond.

Event Contact Name:
Houston Social Forum Action Group

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonsocialforum.org

Download the 4-up HSF flyer, this flyer is to encourage participation in the Houston Social Forum.

Event Description:

Join others interested in making the Houston Social Forum (HSF) happen. We meet almost every week to plan details for the HSF.This week, we are meeting Friday evening at Field of Greens, about 1/10 mile east of Kirby. It's a (mostly) vegetarian restaurant. Please join us! The phone # for Field of Greens is 713-533-0029.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Social Forum organizing committee

Event Contact Name:
Heather Smith

Event Phone Contact Information:
832-860-0431

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
houstonsocialforum.org

Click on the links below to download HSF related documents.

Event Description:

Meeting Agenda 

I. Introductions and Practice rap (talking about social forum)  (10 min) volunteers

II. article discussion - heather
http://www.consensus.net/ocac1.html (this is the article. it is short, but if you have time, please browse the other articles. it is the first chapter in a book on formal consensus. as we pretend to run our meetings on formal consensus, i thought this information would be good for us to review. are there any reservations about discussing this article?) (7 min)

Event Contact Name:
Heather Smith

Event Email Address:
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Event Description:

Party with the Houston Social Forum at Helios 411

Several bands will be playing including

• Meridea Rosa
• Bart Boyce
• DJ AJ5s
• Free Radicals ...
• and more

Vegan Food, music, poetry, halloween costumes creating and more! Bring your literature, tables will be provided and bring yourself! Event fee is $5 for 21 and up and $10 under 21. Another world is possible!

Event Contact Name:
Heather Smith

Event Phone Contact Information:
832 860-0431 (Heather) or (713) 526-4648 (Helios)

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonsocialforum.org

Event Fee:
Event fee is $5 for 21 and up and $10 under 21

The Houston Social Forum is not designed to be a means to an end but rather as an ongoing process focused on realizing global harmony. The event will include panels, speakers, and discussion, and if you are not present, your perspective will not be represented. The benefits for your organization include the ability to increase your membership, disseminate information, and network with other groups working on the same or similar issues.

Another World IS Possible!

KPFT and Houston Social Forum present:

Political satirist & songwriter
Roy Zimmerman
www.royzimmerman.com

The Houston Social Forum is:

• a regional event that addresses local as well as global issues that was patterned after the World Social Forum
  as well as inspired by the Boston Social Forum
• comprised of diverse groups building from common values
• nongovernmental, nonpartisan
• supportive of true participatory democracy
• nonviolent resistance to the world's injustice
• working toward mechanisms that value people over profit
• seeking active participation for APRIL 2006

This committee provides discussions and planning relating to development of the Houston Social Forum.