Sunday, March 18, 12:30 p.m., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Citizen Education Series, Bernestine Singley speaking on “BloodWork: My Life with White People” In a world in which discussions of multiculturalism are common but honest discussion of racism are rare, Bernestine Singley is not just a breath of fresh air but a gale-force wind. Drawing on her experience in the law and business, Singley will go beyond polite “diversity talk” and talk about how the historical, political, and economic realities of race, … Continue reading →

International Day of Protest against the growing War in Iraq What: MILLION MUSICIANS MARCH FOR PEACE! (www.MillionMusiciansMarch.com) When: Saturday, March 17, 2007 Austin, Texas Where: gather for rally at the Texas State Capitol before Noon to join the parade through downtown to concert at Austin City Hall 1:30-3:30 p.m. (Austin, Texas) Million Musicians March – Marking the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, please join fellow Austinites, musicians and the citizens of Texas and participate in a national day … Continue reading →

For the 3rd consecutive year, during, but unaffiliated with the SXSW Music Conference, Daniel is producing an artistic offering “For the Love of It”, a free musical concert next Thursday and Friday evenings, 7:30 PM, March 15 and 16 Downtown at Republic Square Park, 4th at Guadalupe. Set under the giant oak tree in downtown Republic Square Park, performance artist Daniel Llanes and company will add their musical vibrations to the mix in what has become an Austin originals event. … Continue reading →

Tues., Mar. 13, Noon: “Day of Innocence” Rally on South Steps of Capitol Speakers include: Kerry Cook, an innocent man who spent 22 years on Texas Death Row and recently wrote a book, “Chasing Justice”; Shujaa Graham, an exonerated former death row inmate; Renny Cushing, Executive Director of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights; Martha Cotera, whose 25-year-old son Juan Javier was murdered in a carjacking and drowning in Austin in 1997; Christina Lawson, daughter of a murder victim and … Continue reading →

March 12 – 16, Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break The Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break will bring students to Austin for five days of anti-death penalty activism, education, and skills workshops. More information is available at http://www.springbreakalternative.org.

Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich in Austin, Texas Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:30pm-10:00pm Four Seasons Hotel, 98 San Jacinto You are invited to meet Congressman Dennis Kucinich as he runs for the Presidency Our reception will include Jazz Pianist Gary Bass and guest performance by Guy Forsyth Please join us for great food, drink, and political discussion. RSVP: (512) 461-2852 Central Texans for Kucinich kucinich.us/ $100 Sponsor $25 General Admission $10 Student Please RSVP by Friday, March 9 to: (512) 461-2852 … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 10, 3pm – Red Salmon Arts presents a reading and booksigning with Austin writer, Ramon Moncivais, author of Beneath the Shadow of the Capitol. Chosen as one of The Austin Chronicle’s best books of 2006, Beneath the Shadow of the Capitol tells the story of Ramon as a little boy and his family, and their struggle to survive in a hard and hostile environment in East Austin during the ’30′s, 40′s and 50′s. It tells of his beloved … Continue reading →

Friday, March 9, 7pm. – Red Salmon Arts presents Poesía Mujer: an evening of cantos celebrating International Women’s Day featuring poetas/activistas de Austin. Join us to celebrate and honor the stories, activist work, and poetry by sisters struggling on the frontlines for social, political, artistic,and economic justice. Hosted by Erika Gonzalez, poet/activist and co-director of PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources), the event will feature: Ana Lara (Afro-Dominican writer), Carole Metellus (Haitian-American writer/activist), ire’ne lara silva … Continue reading →

MARCH 9-11, 2007, SAN ANTONIO CONVENTION CENTER, MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIGENERATIONAL SPEAKERS, MUSIC/DRAMA/DANCE/WORKSHOPS Conference will start at 7 pm on Friday, March 9th, and close at 12 noon on Sunday, March 11th. Keynote speakers include: Dr.Rachel Naomi Remen (Kitchen Table Wisdom, My Grandfather’s Blessing) Joyce Rupp(The Cosmic Dance, The Star in My Heart) Immaculee Ilibagiza (Left to Tell..the powerful story of her survival of the holocaust in Rwanda) Ann Turner (Hard Hit, Sitting Bull Remembers, Maia of Thebes) Paula D’Arcy (Gift … Continue reading →

March 9: Meet representatives of Neve Shalom / Wahat Al-Salam, the Oasis of Peace village in Israel, composed of an equal number of Jewish families and Palestinian families. It will bee noon – 1:15 at La Posada del Rey, 999 E. Basse Rd (West side of HEB, where Basse, Broadway and Nacodoches converge.) The event is free but you are responsible for your own lunch; prices start at $4.95. Seating is limited, so please RSVP with Lynn Powell at the … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 8, 7:00 PM US officials and military planners continue their war threats and provocations against Iran with bellicose statements by politicians and a buildup of war ships in the Persian Gulf. The US and its allies now say there are “two triggers” for an attack on Iran: confirmation that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon, or an attack by Iran on US forces in Iraq. Will the US attack Iran? Stuck in an unpopular and costly occupation in … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 8, 2007, 9 AM – 7 PM on 91.7 FM, party from 7 – 11 PM, Mother Egan’s, 715 W 6th St, Cover: $5 KOOP Radio will celebrate International Women’s Day with a full day of programming geared toward women: women’s music, women’s news & current issues, women’s history and women’s humor. Tune in on Thursday, March 8 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. to hear all things woman! KOOP Radio will be giving away the new Putumayo … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 7th at 8:45pm, Palestine Solidarity Committee will be screening a free movie at Spider House Cafe (2908 Fruth Street, off 29th and Guadalupe). Movies are screened in the back of the cafe. Life and Arts from Palestine: The UT Palestine Solidarity Committee presents Elia Suleiman’s dark absurdist comedy Divine Intervention, which chronicles a bizarre love affair along the Palestinian-Israeli border. Informative introduction by PSC members. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFR8XcKg3k4 Description: http://www.avatarfilms.com/releases/divine_intervention.html Spider House Cafe: http://www.spiderhousecafe.com/ Despite being nominated for the … Continue reading →

March 7, 2007 Joseph Nichols is scheduled for execution on March 7. Nichols was convicted of killing Claude Shaffer during an Oct. 1980 robbery at a Houston deli. Willie Ray Williams, also convicted of killing Schaffer, was executed in Jan. 1995. The state of Texas should not execute Joseph Nichols. Executing Nichols 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. Furthermore, Nichols was … Continue reading →

March 6, 2007 Robert Perez is set to be executed on March 6 for the April 1994 murders of Jose Travieso and Robert Rivas in San Antonio. Perez, along with two co-defendants, was convicted of the fatal shootings which resulted from a struggle between two rival street gangs. The state of Texas should not execute Robert Perez. Executing Perez would violate the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and would constitute the ultimate cruel, … Continue reading →

TUESDAY, March 06, 2007, La MARCHA begins 10:00am at “Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church” Program at the Steps of the Texas Capitol Begins 1:00 P. M. Texas State Capitol Building AUSTIN, TEXAS STRENGTH IN UNITY / NO JUSTICE – NO PEACE Providing leadership training to the COMMUNITY in the exercise of their civil rights with special emphasis on the educational and criminal justice systems. Sponsored by MADRES Supporting Organizations: Texas LULAC, American G.I. Forum, Texas Natives

MOVED TO PAST EVENTS BECAUSE PLANS MAY HAVE CHANGED 10:30AM, Saturday, March 3, 2007, Meet at Austin City Hall Plaza. Make a call for Peace part of Texas Independence Day! Join CodePink Austin, Instruments for Peace and other peace and social justice groups as we march for peace in the Texas Independence Day Parade. The parade starts at 11AM, but we’ll join the parade as they cross Congress Street Bridge. There is plenty of parking in the garage underneath City … Continue reading →

When: Friday, March 2nd @ 7:00 pm or Saturday, March 3rd @ 7:00 pm Where: UT – Burdine, 106 How: $8 Tickets can be purchased: a) at the Gender and Sexuality Center (Student Services Building, G1.408, 100 West Dean Keaton Street) b) on the West Mall from 11:00 – 2:00 pm on Monday, February 26th thru Friday, March 2nd c) at the door on the nights of the event. Seats are limited, so buy your tickets early!! This is UT’s … Continue reading →

Friday, March 2, The Mexico Solidarity Network presents: “Women Confronting Globalization: Cultural Resistance, Alternative Economy and Human Rights” at UT and Monkeywrench, see details below. Rosario Aguilar Arguello, a student of social anthropology at the Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico, will be accompanied by Rachel Mehl, the Mexico Solidarity Network’s Alternative Economy Program Coordinator, in discussing: Threats to indigenous communities and small farmers in Mexico created by the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement; Human rights abuses in … Continue reading →

MARCH TO PROTEST TRANS-TEXAS CORRIDOR, Friday, 3/2, noon March to the capitol to protest Trans-Texas Corridor and the National Animal Identification System Speakers and Musical Performance by JIMMIE VAUGHN! Meet at the corner of 1st and Red River at Noon then march to the Capitol at 11th and Congress. Dont-TagTexas.com

The next Radical Encuentro Camp will be held at Belle Springs outside of Austin on March 2-4. REC is a weekend of training for activists interested in acquiring new skills as well sharpening old skills. The theme for the weekend is CLIMATE CHANGE , CLIMATE JUSTICE. Four tracks will be offered on environmental/ climate justice and environmental racism, skills for organizing, anti-oppression and liberation activism, and spirit in action training. Cost is on a sliding scale of $15-$50 but no … Continue reading →