« Calvin Trillin joins Molly Ivins for Evening To Benefit Texas Observer in Houston Tuesday, May 23, 2006 | Main | Can a radio ad be an in-kind benefit to Perry? »

April 25, 2006

Houston Social Forum April 29-30

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

Registraton for individuals: $25 (Covers both days) at http://www.houstonsocialforum.org/

At
Texas Southern University
3250 Cleburne Street
School of Education & Behavioral Sciences Building
Houston, TX, 77004

Many local progressives organizations will be represented:

  • The Alarm
  • Decade of Nonviolence
    • The Decade of Nonviolence-Houston will promote Houston area participation in the United Nation’s "Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World" in order to reduce the many forms of violence that children suffer. We will encourage activities by individuals and organizations that impart the spirit of nonviolence and that cultivate the skills to achieve it.
  • Democracy for Houston
    • A Stronger America, A Better Future, Effective Government
  • Department of Peace Campaign
    • Working to establish a United States Department of Peace -- This historic measure will augment our current problem-solving modalities, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict
  • Drug Policy Reform
  • First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston - Community Involvement Committee
  • Harris County Green Party
    • Creating a just and sustainable future (in Texas and on Earth).  The Green Party's Ten Key Values are Ecological Wisdom, Social Justice, Grassroots Democracy, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Community-based Economics, Feminist Values, Respect for Diversity, Personal and Global Responsibility, and Future Focus.
  • Houston Climate Protection Alliance
  • Houston Dialogue Initiative

  • Houston Equal Rights Alliance


    • HERA is a non-partisan alliance of individuals and organizations committed to building a sustainable strategy to promote equality and respect for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people through one-on-one conversations, community mobilization, education, and advocacy.


  • Houston Institute for Culture

  • Houston Peace and Justice Center


    • The mission of the Houston Peace and Justice Center is to enhance the work of institutions and organizations in the Houston area that promote non-violence, human rights, and economic, social, and environmental justice. The Center encourages their networking and collaboration. It facilitates their pooling of existing resources and acquisition of new resources to achieve specific goals. It offers itself as a vehicle for educational outreach to the general public and as a sponsor of events that build community among Houston's peace and justice activists.


  • In Solidarity with Animals

    • The main focus of In Solidarity with Animals is outreach, a method used to educate and enlighten the general public on animal rights issues. Our mission: to take a leadership role in moving Houston - and eventually the world - from the Dark Ages to a New Awakening about the way we treat animals. We choose to fight our battles with compassion and understanding, and we truly believe that we can change the world - on person at at time. We work towards building bridges with other environmental and animal groups in Texas. There is power in numbers and we aim to work with a variety of groups to create positive social change.


  • Intergalactic Artists for Peace

  • Jovenes Immigrantes Por Un Futuro Mejor


    • An organization advocating for immigrant rights and student immigrant rights, the DREAM Act.  JIFM de UH is a nonprofit organization composed of college and high school students. JIFM-UH focuses on raising awareness for immigrant rights and dignity.  Most importantly, JIFM-UH actively advocates for the enactment of the DREAM Act that would legalize the status of students that graduate from high school and college. Students will then be able to pursue their professional careers following college graduation.

  • Libros Revolucion
  • Music Beyond Borders
  • Pedro Gatos Institute on Addition
  • People's Weekly World
    • Working-class news and opinions since 1924
  • Progressive Action Alliance
    • The Progressive Action Alliance (PAA) promotes progressive candidates, ideas, and issues through action, advocacy, education, and networking.
  • Progressive Populist Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party
    • The Progressive Populist Caucus (PPC) stands for reclaiming the Texas Democratic Party's historic purpose of achieving a more just society by returning our Party and our government to the people first.  The PPC has worked very hard to outline our strategies to direct work plan for 2005-2006.
    • The PPC will be sharing their table with Harris County Young Democrats (HCYD)
  • Sierra Club
    • "Explore, enjoy and protect the planet."  The Sierra Club's members are more than 750,000 of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
  • Socialist Equality Party World Socialist Website
  • Ten Thousand Villages
    • Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America.

  • Texas Buddhist Association

  • Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement

  • Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

  • Thoreau Unitarian Universalist Congregation


    • We are a spiritual community of open minds and caring hearts,
      working for social justice and religious freedom in Fort Bend County.


  • Unitarian Fellowship of Houston


    • We seek to provide an atmosphere of warm companionship and respect for free and inquiring minds, searching together for finer religious, ethical, and social truths, and we work to apply the best we know in our lives, in the lives of our children, and in the service of our fellow humans.

    • UFH is sharing their table with PFLAG Houston (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) so look for their information, too.


  • Veterans for Peace - Houston


    • Veterans Working Together for Peace & Justice Through Non-violence. Wage Peace!

  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom


    • Founded in 1915, group works to achieve world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, and an end to all forms of violence.


  • World Can't Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime


    • The Bush regime is setting out to radically remake society very quickly, in a fascist way, and for generations to come. We must act now; the future is in the balance...There is no escaping it: the whole disastrous course of this Bush regime must be STOPPED. And we must take the responsibillity to do it. (from the Call of the WCW)


  • XS Project


    • Using DESIGN and EDUCATION to protect the ENVIRONMENT and reduce POVERTY. XSProject is a design effort finding new ways of utilizing consumer waste to create fresh products, reduce trash and provide new livelihood opportunities for trash pickers and the very poor.

Posted by Lyn Wall at April 25, 2006 03:31 PM | Permalink

Trackback Pings

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.houstondemocrats.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/866

Comments

Post a comment




Remember Me?

(you may use HTML tags for style)

Clicking the Post button signifies that you agree to adhere to the Comment Policy
« Calvin Trillin joins Molly Ivins for Evening To Benefit Texas Observer in Houston Tuesday, May 23, 2006 | Main | Can a radio ad be an in-kind benefit to Perry? »