In Fall 2012 Occupy Austin asked to take over calendar functions for the progressive community, so we yielded the cal. It’s a google cal mashup. Go there, see that ===>>
Friday, November 30 – Saturday, December 1, University of Texas Alumni Center, 2110 San Jacinto, Austin, 78712 ASPO-USA will hold its 2012 Peak Oil Conference in Austin. ASPO-USA’s mission is to help America navigate and adapt to a new energy future in a world of diminishing oil supplies. The group focuses on information and education [...]
Friday, September 28, 7 pm, 5604 Manor Jeb Sprague will speak about his new book, Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy (Monthly Review Press, 2012), in which he investigates the dangerous world of right-wing paramilitarism in Haiti and its role in undermining the democratic aspirations of the Haitian people. The book focuses on the period [...]
Thursday, September 13, 7 pm, 5604 Manor Gar Alperovitz, a leading scholar and activist in the building of a new economy, will speak on “Democratizing the Emerging Economy.” Cooperatives, social enterprises, public banks and other new structures provide a new vision for the next economy. Alperovitz, the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at [...]
Saturday August 25th, 7PM, 5604 Manor Rd Teachers in Chicago are in a high-stakes showdown with a city administration determined to break their union. The outcome of this fight will have major implications not only for all unions in the public and private sector, but also in the battle to save public education from budget [...]
Saturday, August 25, 5-7 pm, 5604 Manor Road Writer and progressive activist Tom Hayden will speak on “The Drug War, the Peace Movement, and the Legacy of Port Huron.” Hayden, who was a founder of Students for a Democratic Society and primary author of the Port Huron Statement, later served for nearly two decades in [...]
Saturday August 25th, noon, South steps of Texas Capitol, 11th and Congress, Austin The Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity’s caravan from San Diego to Washington, D.C., will make a stop in Austin. At least 60,000 people have died in Mexico’s drug war since 2006 and as many as 10,000 have disappeared. Families of [...]
. . . but about two weeks ago we got an email from Occupy Austin expressing interest in doing the kind of comprehensive calendar that has been our work here for the past dozen years. Pretty quickly we shared some info, and pretty quickly Occupy Austin got their calendar going. Their google cal format represents [...]
We are adding a link to Other Austin Calendars for the Blogspot google calendar by ISO-Austin. Bookmark the link here: http://isoaustin.blogspot.com/p/meeting-and-events-calendar.html
We have just added a link to the new community calendar at OccupyAustin. Bookmark the link here: http://occupyaustin.org/communitycalendar/. The OccupyAustin Community Calendar uses google calendar technology to share and merge events.
August 17, 2012-6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., MT.ZARC CENTER (Mt. Zion Baptist Church-Rev. G. V. Clark, Pastor) 2951 East 14th Street Brick by Brick hosts “Forgiveness Friday” FORUM: A Panel Discussion With Christian Churches Collaborating For Change – [4Cs] (“A Criminal Justice Coalition of Churches”) TOPIC: “The 4Cs- Bridging The Church, Re-Entry and Forgiveness” “How can a [...]
Thursday, August 16, 7 pm, 5604 Manor, 5604 Manor Road Former Washington Post reporter on “Facts on the Ground: A Hard Look at Myths and Realities behind the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Frankel will speak on “Facts on the Ground: A Hard Look at Myths and Realities behind the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” a [...]
To view the likely future for a calendar of progressive events in austin please see our page titled Occupy Austin Mirror. The google cal format is an effective path to the future of progressive calendars and the occupy folks are actively developing this approach.–gm
Sunday, August 12, 6:00 PM, 5604 Manor community center, 5604 Manor Rd. A summer series featuring Texas Observer reporters wraps up with a talk by Michels on why hundreds of Texas school districts are revolting against over-testing but No Child Left Behind is probably here to stay in Texas. He will also explain how the [...]
Wednesday, August 8, 5:45 – 7:30 PM, Texas AFL-CIO building, 1106 Lavaca St. A presentation and discussion about critical issues facing public workers and public services in the legislative session. We will also be talking about how state agency and university workers can be part of a movement to push back. Hosted by the Texas [...]
8:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 7, on the grounds in front of The State Capitol, 1100 Congress Ave The Sikh Student Association of the University of Texas and the Sikh community of Austin will be holding a candlelight vigil at The Texas State Capitol grounds in remembrance of the victims of the shootings at the Sikh [...]
A 54-year-old African American man, Marvin Wilson, is due to be executed in Texas on August 7 for a murder committed in 1992. Marvin Wilson’s most recent IQ score was 61, and a clinical neuropsychologist has concluded that he has an intellectual disability that would render his execution unconstitutional. Amnesty International Action Alert
Please join us at Lou Neff point in Zilker Park on Monday evening at 7:30pm as we observe the anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima, the first use of nuclear weapons against people. Bring a poem or other reading if you like. We are hoping to have a little music. Lou Neff point has [...]
Monday, August 6, 7:30 PM, Treasure City Thrift, 2142 E. 7th St. The documentary tells the story of the Angola 3: Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King. Herman and Albert, who were first placed in solitary confinement in 1972 and are still held under these conditions, were founding members of the first prison chapter [...]
Sunday, August 5, 2:00 PM, Orun Center of Cultural Arts, 1720 E. 12th St. Traditionally, Black August is a time to study history, particularly our history in the North American Empire.
Saturday August 4th at 5pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover Avenue A teach-in at First Unitarian Universalist Church about immigration detention, the current state of detention, and how to join a detention visitation program. The event will feature Texas residents and Undocubus riders who have been in immigration detention. Arizona-style immigration laws are bad [...]
Saturday, August 4, 2012, 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., St. James Episcopal Church, Founders’ Hall, 1941 Webberville Rd The Texas Health and Human Services Center for Elimination of Disproportionality and Disparities Hosts: “If Not Us, Then Who?” “If Not Now, When?” Bridging “Courageous Conversations” and Togetherness Talks –Preventing Policies From Widening The Black-Brown-White Divide –Possible [...]
Friday, August 3rd at 7pm, 5604 Manor With son jarocho music & food. People participating in the ride for justice will share their stories and why they’re embarking on this journey. Arizona-style immigration laws are bad for immigrant families, public safety, and our communities. However, these laws are good for private prison corporations like Corrections [...]
Friday, August 3rd at noon, 5555 Airport Blvd Rally outside of Sheriff Hamilton’s office to demand an end to Secure Communities (S-Comm) and other programs that lead to mass detention and deportation. Arizona-style immigration laws are bad for immigrant families, public safety, and our communities. However, these laws are good for private prison corporations like [...]
Thursday, August 2, 6:00 – 8:30 PM, Cepeda Branch Library, East 7th St. & Pleasant Valley Save our schools! The battle to stop budget cuts, privatization, and testing-mania will be center-stage in state and local politics in the coming year. Get some of the tools you need to be a grassroots activist for public education. [...]