Saturday, March 31st, 5 pm, Ruta Maya World Headquarters, 3601 S. Congress, D-200 THE FINAL CHANCE TO QUALIFY! Presented by the Texas Youth Word Collective ADMISSION: $5 cover, free for slam participants and under 5 CONTACTS: Ron Horne (512) 632-5033, Co-Director Dr. Sheila Siobhan (512) 422-6653, Co-Director E-Mail: u21slam@yahoo.com Website: www.txywc.org The season is coming to an end and the playoffs are around the corner. March 31st represents the final slam for the regular season of the Austin City-Wide Under … Continue reading →

Saturday March 31, 2007 10am – 1pm, March begins at 10am – meet at City Hall (301 W. 2nd) March ends at Terrazas Library 1105 East Cesar Chavez St. SPEAKERS MUSIC DANCE POETRY Join PODER in Celebration of Cesar E. Chavez Day “Si Se Puede” March in Austin, Texas For Info call PODER 512.472.9921 / poder@austin.rr.com / poder-texas.org

Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31; Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights Film Festival, “Seeds of Justice, Harvest of Peace” Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights will host a film festival featuring the acclaimed film “Private” and a presentation of Rachel Corrie’s writings by St. Edward’s University Drama Department. The Friday evening program (7-10 pm) will be two excellent documentaries and discussion on the Israel/Palestinian crisis. On Saturday (9am – 3pm) Private and Rachel’s Words will be presented along with another … Continue reading →

3 days. 72 hours. Over 150,000 prisoners to serve. At the Inside Books Project Spring Work Party, volunteers will work around the clock from 6:00pm Thursday March 29 through Sunday April 1, sending thousands of books to incarcerated people in Texas. If you’ve ever thought of giving time in service to improve education in Texas prisons, now is the time. Food, music, prizes, massages, and frothy beverages provided. At the Inside Books Project, we work with prisoners to create change … Continue reading →

March 29, 2007 The state of Texas has scheduled Roy Pippin’s execution for March 29. Pippin was convicted of the kidnapping and shootings of Elmer and Fabio Buitrago in May 1994 over an alleged drug-related dispute. Roy Pippin should not be executed for his role in this crime. Executing Pippin would violate the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and would constitute the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. Please write to Gov. Rick … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 28, 7pm, UT-Campus WEL 1.308 Please join MEChA and Grupo Flor y Canto for an event combining art, music, struggle and soul in honor of César Chávez and his legacy. Through ¡La Lucha Sigue, Sigue!, we will be honoring the work of Cesar, Dolores and the countless workers and organizers that infused the farmworker struggle with life and energy by reflecting on the movements of today. Current movements for immigrants’ rights, farmworker dignity and community health, and against … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, March 28, UT will host a recruitment session for the Central Intelligence Agency, entitled “An Evening of Espionage”. Join CAMEO and other groups to tell the CIA that it’s not welcome at our University! The meeting will feature a presentation with a Q&A session that is open only to US citizens. Our protest, however, will not discriminate based on one’s national origin. CAMEO is calling for a protest outside the meeting room with information on what the CIA … Continue reading →

March 28, 2007 Vincent Gutierrez is scheduled for execution on March 28 for the March 1997 killing of Captain Jose Cobo of the US Air Force. Gutierrez allegedly shot Cobo while he and Randy Arroyo were robbing him for car parts. Originally Arroyo also received a death sentence, but this was commuted when the Supreme Court ruled against juvenile executions. Vincent Gutierrez should not be executed for this crime. Executing him would violate the right to life as proclaimed in … Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 27th @ 5:30PM, Cafe Caffeine (909 W. Mary) A new jail advocacy group for women has been formed! After witnessing first hand the inhumane conditions for women in Texas county jails during her 2 ½ month ordeal last year in the Victoria Co. Jail, Diane Wilson (CODEPINK Co-Founder & long-time environmental activist) has joined with her friends Diana Claitor and Kinnu Gundu to form the Texas Jail Project.. Please visit us at www.texasjailproject.org to find out what TJP … Continue reading →

Monday, March 26th, 8 pm Film Screening of “Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers” in Support of KOOP Radio Monthly Film Benefit at MonkeyWrench Books, the fourth Monday night of every month. IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS, the 2006 documentary where acclaimed filmmaker Robert Greenwald this time looks at the high cost of war profiteering. Suggested donation is five dollars. More information:info@koop.org or (512) 407-6925

CALL US IF YOU CAN TESTIFY ON MONDAY, MARCH 26th starting at 2:00 pm. HB247 includes “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” We need to know your stories. E-mail us with your story if you have been discriminated against in health, life, disability, property, business, auto, or any type of insurance. Equality Texas is contacting you with this Action Alert because the House Insurance Committee will hear testimony on HB247 on Monday afternoon, March 26th. HB247, the “Insurance Non-Discrimination … Continue reading →

Keep UT Hate Free Week- Week in Spring · Ability Day · Experience Disability Sensitivity training · Document experience and tell others · Panel with students/Best Buddies/etc · Movie “Murder Ball” · Religious Diversity Day · Class/Socioeconomic Day · Keep UT Hate Free (Hate Crimes) March 26-30 Keep UT Hate Free Week . This week long event addresses multiple issues including; religious diversity, dimensions of diversity and one’s socioeconmic status which affects access to higher education. Keep UT Hate Free … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 25th, 8pm @ MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E North Loop Book reading with Julius Getman for his new book Strike!, which focuses on a union of papermakers. Julius Getman is a professor at the University of Texas and a noted labor law scholar.

Sunday, March 25, 6 – 8 p.m., Last Sunday The March “Last Sunday” gathering will focus on the ecological crisis we face, featuring UT economist James Galbraith and PODER activist Erika González, with music by Tish Hinojosa. Our goal this month is to look both at the implications of the crisis at the global level and hear from a local activist about what we can do in our community to work for ecological health and environmental justice. Tish Hinojosa, a … Continue reading →

Sat., Mar. 24, Houston Coalition of Working People and the Poor has called this major march and rally to advance its 2007 agenda: raising the federal minimum wage, healthcare for all, and adequate funding of human needs programs, especially the critical entitlement programs that are up for re-authorization this year—Food Stamps and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIPS). It’s important that middle-class Anglo activists stand with people of color for the issues that matter most in their lives. Plus, the … Continue reading →

Note later date because of Million Musician March on March 17. 10am to Noon – Saturday, March 24, 2007 Central Presbyterian Church 8th and Brazos Streets (enter from 8th Street in the center of the block) ACPJ’s monthly brunches create a space for Austin peace and justice groups and individuals to network. Please send someone from your group or come yourself prepared to speak for 3 minutes about your work. Each month we focus on one group or project with … Continue reading →

This event that brings together artists, scholars, and community activists for a full-day of open discussion on immigration issues with Teatro Vivo’s bilingual theater production of La Victima as a context for the conversation. La Victima originally written by El Teatro De La Esperanza,tells the story of suffering, injustice and fragile hope in the lives of Mexican immigrants in the United States and it reminds us that we continue to live inside that history. Austin’s Teatro Vivo has brought “La … Continue reading →

Friday, March 23rd, 8pm Zine Compilation Release Party at MonkeyWrench books, 110 E North Loop, featuring hits such as: BLURT!, greasespot, World Salad, ClipTART, Tightrope Lab., SNAKEPIT, OPTION PARALYSIS, SURPRISE AUTOPSY, and Homemade Boat. The following bands will play for the celebration; Night Viking, Perennial Tuesday, Steve Johnson!, and the Questionables? There is a $5 suggested donation.

Thursday, March 22 at 8:00 pm, Red Dawn (Rojo Amanecer) (1989, 96 min) Monkeywrench Books 110 E North Loop Directed by: Jorge Fons, Starring: Hector Bonilla, Maria Rojo, Ademar Arau, Damian Bichir and others Synopsis: October 2, 1968 in Mexico City. There’s only ten days before the Olympic Games and a small student’s revolt has turned into major political turmoil. A demonstration will be held that day in Tlatelolco (the largest public housing complex in the city) and the situation … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 22, 6:30pm – 8:30pm – Men, Please Stand Up: A FREE Gathering by a Call to Men-Austin @ Resistencia Bookstore. It is time for “well-meaning men” to take a stand against the epidemic of men’s violence aimed at women. Please join us to view a short video, meet each other, and talk about what we can do in Austin to create solutions to the epidemic. For more info: César J. Alvarado: cesarjalvarado@yahoo.com 934-1350 Tony Switzer: tswitzer1@austin.rr.com 491-5210 Resistencia … Continue reading →

Come to Austin City Hall Thursday (March 22) 12:00 – 12:30 to support activists who will speak against the war. An affinity group of activists have been sending letters to and visiting our Mayor and Council to encourage them to take leadership to end the war on Iraq. In that the war directly depletes local funding to programs that we all care about, our local leaders have a serious responsibility to help affect the policies in DC — and the … Continue reading →

CALIFORNIA: My First Lifetime Ended En El Valle CMAS Pláticarte Series featuring a public reading by Elvira Prieto, Academic Advisor, Center for Mexican American Studies Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Texas Union Chicano Culture Room 4.206 The University of Texas at Austin For more information about CMAS public programming, please call Dolores García or Clarisa Hernández at 512-471-4557 or visit the CMAS website at www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The Center for Mexican American … Continue reading →

March 28, 2007: Vincent Gutierrez is scheduled for execution on March 28 for the March 1997 killing of Captain Jose Cobo of the US Air Force. Gutierrez allegedly shot Cobo while he and Randy Arroyo were robbing him for car parts. Originally Arroyo also received a death sentence, but this was commuted when the Supreme Court ruled against juvenile executions. Vincent Gutierrez should not be executed for this crime. Executing him would violate the right to life as proclaimed in … Continue reading →

March 20, 2007, TX: Charles Nealy, a black man, is scheduled for execution on March 20, 2007, for the murders of Jiten Bhakta and Vijay Patel in Aug. 1997. The state of Texas should not execute Charles Nealy for his role in this crime. Executing Nealy would violate the right to life as declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and constitute the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. Furthermore, Nealy was denied habeas appeal, even though the prosecution … Continue reading →

Austin Takes Action to Stop the War On the 4th Anniversary, Monday, March 19th! As easy as….. 1. Die-In At Senator Cornyn’s; 2. Vigil on the Bridge; 3. March on Chevron?!! Across the county people will engage in creative acts of direct action and civil disobedience to end the war on Monday, March 19th. It’s not too late for us to take action here in Austin by supporting and building on activities already called! From noon until 5:30, CodePink Austin … Continue reading →