CENTRAL MARKET WESTGATE, OCT. 6TH , SATURDAY, 5:30PM AS A PART OF THE AUSTIN FRIENDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC FEST Djembabes concert , Sat, 10/6 (seeing the Djembabes is always a spiritual and educational= =and FUN experience== to learn more about them, see their website http://www.drumzaustin.com Drumming classes avail! )

Saturday, Oct. 6th, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Mitchie’s Art Gallery , 6406 N. IH 35. ( Lincoln Village Shopping Center , 290/I-35). www.mitchie.com Website (showcase example) – http://www.austinhousingpinch.com Cost – FREE (registration not required – we’ll have seating for about 100 people with 150 total occupancy) Description – We’re asking everyone concerned with Austin ‘s Affordable Housing Crisis ( Austin ‘s lack of affordable housing) to attend. Key issue: many of our police officers, teachers, nurses, firemen/women, as well as individuals that work … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 4, 8pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop “Director Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 movie The Battle of Algiers concerns the violent struggle in the late 1950s for Algerian independence from France, where the film was banned on its release for fear of creating civil disturbances.”

6pm-8pm, October 4, 2007, City Hall, City Council Chambers, 301 W. Second Street,1st Floor Public Input Agenda 1) 07-209 – Critical Incident involving shots fired at a police officer during a service call. 2) Community Policing Issues If you wish to address the Citizen Review Panel for Community Policing Issues, please sign up 30 minutes in advance of the Public session. For additional information on any agenda item, please contact Office of the Police Monitor, City of Austin 512-974-9090 The … Continue reading →

You may have seen earlier emails about Sara Hickman, an Austin based singer, songwriter, musician, and her upcoming tour of Texas on behalf of TCADP. Over the next 12 months Sara will visit a different city in Texas each month to raise awareness about the death penalty across the state. The tour begins here in Austin on October 3rd. In this performance Sara will be joined by Barbara Kooyman of Timbuk 3. You can learn more about these two performers … Continue reading →

All, We may be entering a period of a moratorium on executions pending the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the lethal injection process that will be considered this term of the court. If that is so, it is possible that we may not have executions in the country for several months. Let’s hope that is indeed the case and then that the decision by the court further expands a moratorium or even abolition. Bob Van Steenburg http://www.tcadp.org/ … Continue reading →

October 2, 2007 7:00 PM, ACE 2.302 “Jashn-e-Azadi” (“How We Celebrate Freedom”) examines the more than 50 year history of violence in Kashmir’s struggle for Independence. The filmmaker will be present to answer questions. Born in Pune in 1958, Sanjay Kak attended St Stephen’s College, Delhi and the Delhi School of Economics where he read Economics and Sociology. Sanjay Kak lives in New Delhi where he has been active in the Campaign Against Censorship in India, and works closely with … Continue reading →

Location: UT Campus, ACES 2.302, Avaya Auditorium Oct. 1, 7 p.m.: “Words on Water” In commemoration of Gandhi’s birthday, October 2, UT’s South Asia Institute will screen two films by Sanjay Kak that address the varied legacies of Indian nationalism and Gandhian nonviolence. Filmmaker Sanjay Kak will be present to answer questions after both films. Oct. 1, 7 p.m.: “Words on Water” focuses on the more than 20 year history of non-violent struggle of displaced farmers and tribals in the … Continue reading →

Monday, October 1, 5:45 PM. Gather at 5:45 at the entrance of Parlin Hall (South Mall side) to go as a group to the recruiting meeting. The CIA is hosting a recruitment session Monday evening. Antiwar students are calling for a protest against the CIA’s record of toppling democratically- elected governments, aiding dictatorships, economic enslavement, drug trafficking, secret prisons and the torture and murder of activists and other civilians across the world. Sponsored by the Campus Antiwar Movement to End … Continue reading →