PfPJ Monthly Meeting
MARCH 10th, 2010
Wednesday
7PM
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hidalgo County Bldg.
1401 S. Nebraska Avenue
San Juan
Please send agenda items.
AGENDA ITEMS THUS FAR:
* March 20th – National Day Protest Against The Wars
* March 27th – Cesar Chavez Day March and Celebration
* Movie Night – Next Movie? Etc.
For more information, contact PfPJ at:
pfpjvalley
peoplepeacejustice.blogspot.com
(956) 467-0649
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Night March 20th the S.A. based Saustex & Sauspop labels have their first stand-alone official SX showcase at Jaime’s Spanish Village ( 802 Red River St in Austin, TX, directly across from Stubb’s) The Alamo City is prominently repped at the event with locals the Sons of Hercules, Hickoids, Snowbyrd and Pinata Protest all on the bill. It should be a memorable night, even if the Lutz Brothers do behave. The cast of characters: 8pm Shellshag http://www.myspace.com/shellshag (extended Saustex family from Brooklyn on the Starcleaner label) 9pm Pinata Protest http://www.myspace.com/pinataprotest (PP’s debut album "Plethora" on Saustex will be out next month. Street date 4/20) 10pm The Summer Wardrobe http://www.myspace.com/thesummerwardrobe 11pm Snowbyrd http://www.myspace.com/snowbyrds (Check out the nice piece running on AOL Spinner http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/02/sxsw-2010-snowbyrd/ ) Midnight Hickoids http://www.myspace.com/hickoids 1amThe Sons Of Hercules http://www.myspace.com/sonsofhercules Official flyer link: Cover at this show is still to be determined, badges and wristbands receive first priority. Ages 21 and up. Bring your abuela. Álvaro Del Norte
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TODO Austin Presents: SXSW Tejano Music Showcase
Location:Kenny Dorham’s Backyard
Time:6:00PM Thursday, March 18th
TODO Austin is proud to be a co-sponsor of the SXSW Tejano Music Showcase!
We welcome families, area residents and music fans to this all ages showcase of Tejano and Latin music legends. SXSW has made a great effort to increase community wide participation in its music events and the March 18 date will be a historical occasion not to be missed.
Admission $10 without a badge/wristband. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – Austin Music Award winners Los Texas Wranglers bring you 10 years of experience performing traditional Conjunto with the best in Tejano, Blues, Jazz, R&B, and Country bands.
http://www.iconjunto.com/
8:00 p.m. – El Tule serves up a unique blend of Cumbia, Afro-Cuban, Rock, Merengue, Salsa and Reggae.
http://www.myspace.com/eltule
9:00 p.m. – Grammy Award-winning Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution take the stage to play the finest in traditional Tejano.
http://www.rubenramos.com/
10:00 p.m. – Grammy Award-winning Little Joe y La Familia, "King of the Brown Sound," brings it home with even more authentic Tejano.
http://www.littlejoeylafamilia.homestead.com/
Free parking is available throughout the East End 11th Street Jazz and Arts District, a historic, diverse, eclectic and rapidly growing area.
The showcase is also sponsored by Diverse Arts, the Austin Tejano Music Coalition and Bemba Entertainment
http://www.diversearts.org
http://www.austintejanomusic.com
http://www.bembaentertainment.com
DENVER: Cafe Cultura this Friday Night @ Denver Inner City Parish 9th and Galapago!!! Featuring Teatro Izcalli!!
Please join us for a special Cafe Cultura engagement this Friday as we present
Teatro Izcalli!!
Teatro Izcalli is a San Diego based Chicana/o comedy troupe. Since 1995 the group has been performing throughout the United States from as far as New York City to the lights of Las Vegas at various local, state, and national conferences. Their focus, following in the traditions of La Carpa, Teatro Campesino, and Culture Clash, is to present the traditions, challenges, opportunities, and issues related to Chicano/as. Their actos (skits) address issues such as racism, Chicana identity, police brutality, education, and representation of La Raza in the entertainment industry.
Spread the word…Bring your family & friends!!!!!
Note: Make sure to come on time to sign up and get a good seat. As always, we welcome anybody who is willing to help in the organization of the event.
WHEN 2nd Fri. of every month (March 12th, April 9th) @ 7:30 pm
MARCH FEATURE: TEATRO IZCALLI
Opening Prayer by Grupo Tlaloc Danza Azteca
WHERE: Denver Inner City Parish/La Academia on 9th and Galapago St (910 Galapago St to be exact)
WHAT: All ages Open Mic Night
Come express yourself creatively or just chill with your people
$3 donation (nobody turned away)
(Please note, we will be asking for $5 at the door for the show this Friday, as our performers are from out of town) Nobody will be turned away for lack of payment 
Everyone is welcome!
For more info: cafe_cultura; 720-394-6589 www.myspace.com/cafecultura
WHAT: Sacred Springs Powwow & Indian Market
WHEN: Saturday, May 1, 2010 – 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM;
At 10:00 AM – Blessing at the Sacred Springs
WHERE: Aquarena Center, 921 Aquarena Springs Dr., San Marcos, Texas
WHO: Featuring Keetoowah Cherokee champion dancer David Hoskins as Head Man Dancer.
CONTACT: Maria Rocha, (512) 393-3310; ICIinfo@IndigenousCultures.org; www.IndigenousCultures.org.
San Marcos’ sacred springs will reawaken when over one hundred Native American powwow dancers and
participants arrive for the much anticipated Sacred Springs Powwow & Indian Market, held on Saturday, May 1, 2010,
from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM at Aquarena Center, 921 Aquarena Springs Drive, San Marcos, Texas. The event is
sponsored by a local Native American nonprofit organization, Indigenous Cultures Institute, with support from Hays
County, the City of San Marcos, San Marcos Arts Commission, Texas State University, CenturyLink, Austin Monthly, and Pendleton Outlet.
“The Sacred Springs area is one of the oldest inhabited sites in North America and Native people believe it’s one
of three creation sites where we originated,” says Dr. Mario Garza, board chair of the institute. “Over the next several
years, this event will bring together hundreds of Native people not only from the United States, but from all of the
Americas.” Garza refers to the institute’s plans for a heritage festival to be added to the powwow slated for 2011.
“We’re working to fulfill the ancient prophecy belonging to several nations, that when the Eagle and Condor reunite, there
will be peace and harmony on Mother Earth. We’re reuniting the Native people of this hemisphere in a cultural
celebration.”
Activities will begin at 10:00 AM with a blessing at the Sacred Springs. The powwow will feature Keetoowah
Cherokee champion dancer David Hoskins as Head Man Dancer, Comanche renowned traditional singer Lance
Tahchawwickah as Head Southern singer, and Texas-fame Eagle Point as the Northern Drum. A major Indian Market
will be held in conjunction with the powwow, offering the largest gathering of Native American arts, crafts, and food
vendors ever assembled in San Marcos. Food booths will offer the ever popular Native fry bread tacos, healthy buffalo
burgers, roasted corn, turkey legs, chicken shish kabobs, and a variety of sweets like kettle corn, funnel cake, and snow
cones. Arts and crafts will include a large selection ranging from Southwest jewelry, pottery, moccasins, Native dolls,
stone oil lamps, breast plates and other relic replicas, to fine art paintings, weavings, and sculptures.
At 5:00 PM, Dallas Aztec dance company Cuicani In Xochitl will make a special guest appearance in honor of
this first powwow. Famous for their dynamic and physically demanding dance movements and their spectacular regalia,
this dance group guarantees a dazzling finale to the indigenous festivities.
Indigenous Cultures Institute organized the local Native community to provide education and information about
Native Americans, particularly from this area, southern Texas, and northern Mexico. Their first major event in San
Marcos, “Songs of the Seven Directions” music festival, was held at the Aquarena Center’s Earth Day Celebration in
April 2009. They have since produced several Native functions including “Eagle and Condor” dance exhibition,
“Hispanic’s Indigenous Identity” lecture series, “Tracing Indigenous Ancestry” genealogy workshop, and the “Seven
Directions Art Exhibit – celebrating Native American culture. ” For more information visit www.IndigenousCultures.org
Census: Masking Identities or Counting the Indigenous Among Us
New America Media
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/
Commentary, Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
Posted: Mar 04, 2010
It was when I first stood atop the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan,
Mexico in 1976 that I was finally able to grasp something my parents
first communicated to me when I was five years old; that my roots on
this continent are not simply Mexican, but both ancient and
Indigenous.
My red-brown face should have been enough to teach me this. However,
that was not the message I received in school at the time, nor is it
the message little red-brown kids receive today.
I experienced a similar kind of reaffirmation this past month when I
stood in front of the world-renowned, ancient Mayan observatory at
Chichen Itza, on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.
Upon my return to the United States, I received a message from a
colleague regarding the U.S. Census Bureau. My mouth soured; another
decade and another story about how the bureau paradoxically insists
that Mexicans are Caucasian. I will have to explain to them again that
Mexicans are the descendants of those who built the pyramids at
Teotihuacan and Chichen Itza – that it was not Caucasians who built
them.
The genesis of this nonsensical “misconception” goes back to the era
when the United States militarily took half of Mexico in 1848. At that
time, the Mexican government attempted to protect its former citizens
by insisting that the U.S. government treat them legally as “white,”
so they would not be enslaved or subjected to legal segregation. That
strategy only partially worked, because most Mexicans in this country
have never been treated as “white,” or as full human beings with full
human rights.
That era is long over, yet the fear, shame, denial, and semi-legal
fiction of being “white” remains, perpetrated primarily by government
bureaucrats.
Despite the bureau policy of racial categorization, the Indigenous
Cultures Institute in Texas, a Census 2010 partner, has advanced an
alternative: It asserts that Hispanics, Mexican Americans, and
Indigenous people of Mexico are native or American Indian. After
answering Question 8, regarding whether one is Hispanic or not, the
institute suggests: “If you are a descendant of native people, you can
identify yourself (in Question 9) as an American Indian in the 2010
Census… If you don’t know your tribe, enter “unknown” or “detribalized
native.” If tribe or identity is known, fill it in, i.e., Macehual,
Maya, Quechua, etc.
This may not be the best option, but the bureau has never made it easy
to recognize the indigenous roots of "Mexican Americans/Chicanos" or
"Latinos/Hispanics." The long and sordid history of the census has
been to direct or redirect them into the white category, even–and
especially–when they have asserted their indigenous roots or when
they have checked the “other” race category. (Since 1980, about half
of Hispanics/Latinos have checked the “other” race category and are
virtually the only group that chooses this category.) This has been a
standard practice of the bureau since the second half of the twentieth
century. Coincidentally, this is also when government bureaucrats
imposed the term "Hispanic," a tag that generally masks the existence
of indigenous and/or African roots in many peoples of the Americas.
In 2000, the Census Bureau finally recognized a Latin American Indian
category, but it did not create an educational campaign to go with it.
The bureau now recognizes peoples who are traditionally viewed (using
arbitrary criteria) as indigenous in Mexico, Central and South
America, but it does not recognize those who are considered "mestizo"
–- peoples who are at least part, if not primarily, native. The
mestizo category, borne of a dehumanizing racial caste system in the
Americas, is also a troublesome category, yet it is how most people of
Mexican and Central American descent identify, comprising
approximately 75 percent of all “Latinos/Hispanics.”
The Indigenous Institute promotes its idea as a means by which Mexican
Americans or Latinos/Hispanics can honor their indigenous ancestry. If
this option is widely embraced, it remains to be seen how the bureau
will count this information. The same question arises if people choose
the American Indian category and write in “mestizo.”
Traditionally, the bureau has taken a narrow view of who is
indigenous, because the “American Indian” category was designed not to
ascertain indigeneity, but to count “U.S. Indians.” If a more
expansive view is embraced widely –- as advocated by the institute -–
it would result in an increase from 5 million (the 2009 census
estimate) to perhaps 30 to 40 million people. (Not all of the nation’s
close to 50 million Hispanics/Latinos can or would claim indigenous
ancestry.)
If done correctly, the institute’s suggestion need not negatively
affect the allocation of resources to specific tribes. Neither should
the way people identify be subject to government approval. Yet, the
ramifications of exercising such an option should indeed be studied.
This column is posted/archived at:
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=1207ef2c27b88e64e432f9fbb18bc6d1
Rodriguez, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, can be
reached at: XColumn
Column of the Americas
PO BOX 85476
Tucson, AZ 85754
NEW AMERICA MEDIA COLUMNS
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MARCH 5, 2010 EDITION
Submit event notices to The Houston Peace and Justice Center online calendar at www.hpjc.org. Progressive events are collected from the online calendar for this bimonthly publication.
FEATURED EVENT
Houston Peace Festival, Saturday, March 06, 2010
A day of celebration and networking with local and national organizations that are working to improve our community, vendors and artist selling their merchandise/work, live music by Zachary Ford, Tyagaraja, Listen Listen, Much Love, Spain Colored Orange, Electric Attitude and Lapel. Sponsored by the Live Oak Friends Meeting and located at 318 W 26th Street, Houston, TX 77008. Hours are 12:30 pm to 8 pm. For tabling opportunities: Lidney Molnari 832-466-1342, Email: lidneymolnari http://www.friendshouston.org/peacefest.html.
Walking with Gandhi: Operation Nonviolent Life – Friday, March 5
The keynote speaker for the Quaker Peace Festival will be Chris Moore-Backman whose newest project is Operation Nonviolent Life. Nonviolent Life works from the premise that the building blocks of a nonviolent society are the vibrant, productive, nonviolent lives of individual men and women, and that nonviolent movements are the tapestry of such lives woven together Friday March 5, 7:30 pm Live Oak Friends Meeting 1318 W 26th St, Houston, TX 77008. Victoria Albright 713-699-8424.
Sweat Free Houston Benefit Show, Saturday, March 6
An awesome line up of Houston’s best indy bands are playing to benefit Sweat Free Houston. Sweat Free Houston is a coalition of labor, religious, and other civic organizations that want the City of Houston to pass a sweat shop free ordinance. 9:00 PM – 12 midnight, Mango’s, 403 Westhiemer @ Taft Street, http://sweatfreehouston.wordpress.com
Showing: Up in the Air, Sunday, March 7
After the showing of the movie, which is currently up for 9 Academy Awards. 3:00 pm University of Houston Clear Lake, Student Service Building, Lecture Hall, 2700 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, TX 77058 3:00 PM General Admission $3.75 www.uhcl.edu/movies
World Religion Class, Orthodox Christianity – Tuesday, March 9
A basic understanding of world religions is increasingly important in our society as we seek to create peaceful coexistence among people of all faiths and no faith. In this public series, scholars of Rice University’s Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance and Resident Scholars will explain the "basics" of major world religions. People of all backgrounds are welcome, and will find this class helpful regardless of any prior knowledge about religion. $12. 7 – 9 pm. Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braeswood. www.amazingfaithshouston.org/houston_world_religions_class.php
The Death Penalty Debate – Wednesday, March 10
Hear what professors, members of the judiciary and advocates have to say about the heated topic. A 30-minute Q&A will follow the moderated debate. Refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by Rice Amnesty International. Cosponsored by the Baker Institute Student Forum, ACLU, and Rice for Peace and Justice. 7-8:30 PM. Rice University, Anderson Biological Laboratories, Room 131, Contact: jel2 Parking: North Lot, Entrance 20 on Rice Blvd.
Tastes of the Harvest: Urban Harvest 2010 Garden Party, Wednesday, Mar 10
Urban Harvest annual fund raiser honors Ann Hamilton, formerly with the Houston Endowment. Ann’s vision for a greener Houston launched a movement in our city. Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa. callie.
Afghan-Canadian Filmmaker, Writer, Journalist & Human Rights Activist – Thursday, March 11
Nelofer Pazira grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan during the Russian occupation. Her family fled the war in 1989, when she was sixteen. After living as refugees in Pakistan for a year, the family migrated to Canada. In 2001, Nelofer starred in the movie Kandahar ‚Äì which was based on her story. In 2002, Nelofer co-directed the feature-length documentary film Return to Kandahar, winner of a 2003 Gemini. She appeared in The Giant Buddhas ‚Äì a film about the destruction of monumental Buddha statues in Bamiyan. She directed and produced Audition (2008) an experimental film about images and their impact in Afghanistan. Recently she has written and directed Act of Dishonour‚ a drama about honor killing and the plight of returning Afghans in post-Taliban Afghanistan. A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan is her first book. It was awarded The Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, by Writers Trust of Canada (2006). Since 2006, she has served as the president of PEN Canada, which works on behalf of writers who have been forced into silence for writing the truth as they see it. In addition, she has set up a charity, Dyana Afghan Women Fund, in memory of her friend to provide education and skills training for women in Afghanistan. Since 2000, she established her own independent film company, Kandahar Films, Inc. 7 pm. Rothko Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross. www.rothkochapel.org; 713-524-9839.
Sharing the Experience, Tribulations & Success of Guatemalan women, Friday, March 12
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Guatemalan snacks and Latin American music. Learn about the efforts for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. 5:30 pm Dominican Sisters Center for Spirituality 6501 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX 77021 Contact: Carmen Xiquin 832-439-3267
Congressman Luis Gutierrez on Immigration Reform, Saturday, March 13
Hear Representative Gutierrez, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force. The program starts at 12 noon. For tickets and location information, please call Dave Atwood at 832693-5710.
Shanti – A Journey of Peace, Saturday, March 13
Shanti is an expansive, collaborative community performance that explores the meaning and message of peace, joy and the interconnectedness of us all through dance, music, and images of India. There will be two shows, March 13, 2010, first one from 5 to 6:40 PM and the second one from 8:30 PM at the Cullen Performance Hall University of Houston. Shanti is being performed as a fund-raiser for AIM for Seva – an organization committed to service and sustainable development in India. www.tickets2events.com
A Morning in the Country at Blackwood – Saturday, March 13
Hans Hansen will be talking on nutrient dense produce with a special focus on microgreens. Then Hans, Cath Conlon, and builder Troy Mollenax will lead a discussion on urban farm building projects. Also enjoy the garden, labryrinth, and straw-bale construction demonstration. Organic, vegetarian lunch served at 12:30 pm. Program starts at 10 am. Location is Blackwood Educational Land Institute in Hempstead. Reservations required $24. http://www.blackwoodland.org
Gandhi Study Circle, Sunday, March 14
Join with others to learn about Gandhi in a discussion of his autobiography: The Story of my Experiments with Truth. Part I – Chapters: 1 & 5 Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Place: Arya Samaj, 14375 Schiller Road, Houston, TX 77082. 713-785-3900
Sharing Our Stories: Experiences & Ideas from Folks who have been Homeless and their Allies. Tuesday, March 16 and Friday, March 19
Come hear perspectives and stories of life on the streets of Houston from people who have been there. Speakers include Joseph Benson, national leader in the homeless consumer movement, and Dr. David Buck, who founded and heads Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston. Co-sponsored by the Live Oak Friends Meetinghouse, SEARCH, and Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston.For more info: uppwords.blogspot.com, 832-865-3343. Location for Tuesday, March 16, 7 p.m. is Live Oak Friends Meetinghouse (Quakers), 1318 West 26th St. (inside North Loop between Durham & Ella). Location for Friday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. is Houston Institute for Culture, 708 Telephone Road (at Lockwood, inside the Tlaquepaque Market, next to Bohemeos)
Iraq Invasion Anniversary: Rally Against The Wars, Saturday, March 20
Join the rally to demand that all the troops be brought home from Iraq and Afghanistan now, and that money be spent on jobs, housing, and health care instead of war. The rally will include speakers and entertainers. Organized by the Progressive Workers Organizing Committee, Harris County Green Party, Proyecto Latinoamericana, International Socialist Organization, Latin American Organization for Immigrant Rights, International Action Center, and CPUSA Houston. If your organization would like to help, please call (832) 692-2306 or (281) 935-9248 Email: dsmith2740 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mason Park, 75th Street and Tipps Street.
World Religion Class Buddhism – Tuesday, March 23
A basic understanding of world religions is increasingly important in our society as we seek to create peaceful coexistence among people of all faiths and no faith. In this public series, scholars of Rice University’s Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance and Resident Scholars will explain the "basics" of major world religions. People of all backgrounds are welcome, and will find this class helpful regardless of any prior knowledge about religion. $12. 7 – 9 pm. Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braeswood. www.amazingfaithshouston.org/houston_world_religions_class.php
Crude, Wednesday, March 24
Can 30,000 plaintiffs from five Ecuadoran tribes find justice from a global oil producer? It’s all about 18 billions of toxic oil waste in the Ecuadoran Amazon. This documentary gives multiple viewpoints on the $27 billion, Chernobyl-of-the-Amazon legal case. Introduced by Professor Donna Rhea, NWC government faculty. Contact Dr. Ann Bragdon, ann.bragdon 713-718-5642. 12:30 p.m. Location is the Eagle Room in the Main Building, HCC Northwest College, 1010 West Sam Houston Parkway, Houston, TX 77043.
Dinner With Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, Friday, March 26
Meet 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, a women and children’s rights activist and lawyer from Iran. Ticket prices range from $250 – $1,000 per person. All proceeds will directly support PeaceJam, a program which offers a peace-making curriculum to local at-risk youth and seeks to equip and inspire them to transform their communities. The dinner will be held in a private home. 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm To purchase tickets online, visit awhitlock
11th Annual Cesar Chavez Parade, Saturday, March 27
Starting time is 10:00 a.m. Beginning location: 601 Cesar Chavez Blvd. Ending: Hidalgo Park 7000 Avenue Q, Houston, Texas 77011. For information/entry forms etc.: http://www.tejanoahp.org>www.tejanoahp.org (note: website has last year’s information on it) Registration Deadline: Friday, March 19, 2010
Stop the Presses, – Saturday March 27
RealFilms presents the Houston premiere of Stop the Presses; a documentary that examines the state of the daily newspaper industry and what its options for survival might look like. Filmmakers Manny Mendoza and Mark Birnbaum will be in attendance Houston Community College, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Spring Branch Campus, Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Houston, TX 77043 713-666-2504
Voices Breaking Boundaries presents L Voz Femenina 7 – Sunday, March 28
La Voz Femenina 7, a program depicting and underscoring, the strength of indomitable women, should inspire women, and supportive men, everywhere. This year’s collaboration with Arte P’blico Press to celebrate International Women’s Month includes films, art exhibits, open mic, and discussion, featuring Erica Fletcher, Liana Lopez, Delilah Montoya, and Bryan Parras. 5:00 p.m., Cafe Flores, 6606 Lawndale St. Houston TX 77023. Free. http://www.vvbarts.org
Capitalism: A Love Story – Wednesday, April 7th
Building on the context of a complex history of the last century, Michael Moore describes recent events in the U.S. including the housing crisis and the collapse of banks. He provokes hard but essential questions about capitalism and its compatibility with democracy. Several lawyers, senators, and bankers offer intelligent assessments of situations that many American viewers still struggle to comprehend. 12:30 p.m Introduced by Dr. Veronica Reyna, NWC Government Faculty. Contact Dr. Ann Bragdon NWC Anthropology/ Sociology Faculty ann.bragdon 713-718-5642. Location is the Eagle Room in the Main Building, HCC Northwest College, 1010 West Sam Houston Parkway, Houston, TX 77043.
EXECUTIONS
March dates: 2nd (Michael Sigala), 11th (Joshua Maxwell), 24th (Henry Skinner), 30th (Franklin Alix). 5:30 to 6:20 pm at St. Anne’s Catholic Community at the corner of Shepherd and Westheimer. The best way to keep abreast of the vigils, including if there has been a stay of a scheduled execution, is to ask Burnham Terrell to add you to his contact list. Reach him at 713-921-0948, burnhamterrell. KPFT (90.1 FM) HD-2 broadcasts a live show hosted by Ray Hill at 6 pm each day there is an execution, streaming at www.executionwatch.org . To go to Huntsville to protest at the death house, contact Gloria at 713-503-2633. They leave Houston by 3:30 pm.
FREEWAY BLOGGING FOR PEACE
Veterans for Peace-Chapter 12 continues to hold up signs over the freeway calling for an end to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. They meet on the footbridge over I-45 just south of where that freeway crosses the I-610 South Loop. Join the event every Tuesday at 5:30 pm.
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TAKE ACTION: Reminder and Deadline Extension: Suspend Immigration Enforcement for Census 2010
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Para leer esta mensaje en espanol, clic aqui Reminder and New Deadline for Organizational Sign-ons: Monday, March 8 at 5 pm Pacific Time Thank you to all of those who have already signed on! Dear friends, The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights asks that you please join us in requesting a suspension of immigration enforcement activities in order to maximize immigrant community participation in the upcoming Census. During the middle of March, households will receive in their mail the census form to complete, with April 1 the target date for returning forms. Numerous organizations have also requested such a suspension, but the Administration and DHS have thus far not indicated that they will take any steps. In the past two census periods, during 1990 and 2000, many operations were suspended for specific periods. While we will also be working to address community concerns about the confidentiality of the census process and to generally raise awareness of its importance for our communities, we believe a suspension of enforcement activities will be important to encourage immigrant households to return their census forms. Individuals can endorse this letter by going to: org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5702/p/dia/action/public/ However, if your organization can sign onto this letter, please email ctactaquin by the end of the day on Monday, March 8 with: - The organization’s name, as it should listed, and city/state - Name of contact person - Email address for contact person We will only be listing the organization and city/state. We plan to release this letter on Mar. 9 with the organizational endorsements. Thank you for your support. |
