Monthly Archives: March 2007

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, … 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. … Continue reading →

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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading →

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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading →

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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading →

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 … 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 … Continue reading →