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Dianna Milewicz, Gailen Marshall, Rodney Kellems, Jean Kitchel

Abstract Houston Human Trafficking Awareness MonthInterfaith service and discussion Reverend Kimberly Orr, Imam Abdullah Oduro, Claire Villareal, and Rabbi Roy WalterThe Human Trafficking Interfaith Service at the Rothko Chapel is the culminating event of the second annual Faith and Freedom Weekend that is part of Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition's Human Trafficking Awareness Month. This year, representatives from each of the city's four largest faith communities...

Abstract with Christine Diaz, ModeratorPlease join the Rothko Chapel for a discussion of the current state of worker rights here in the Houston area. Organized in conjunction with the national Interfaith Worker Justice Committee campaign titled "Labor in the Pulpits, on the Bimah, in the Minbar," the program will explore the links between faith, labor, and justice through conversations with four local workers involved in organizing efforts. Workers will present personal reflections on...

Abstract Vimeo Livestream, 6pm CDT Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights Is this really a racial reckoning? with Charles M. Blow Presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT’s School of LawAfter the killing of George Floyd, millions of people, of all races and ethnicities, in America and around the world, poured into the streets as part of historic protests to demand racial justice. Some...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.

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UT School of Law

Abstract Arundhati Roy: “Fascism, Fiction, and Freedom in the Time of the Virus” Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights Co-Presented by the Rothko Chapel and the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and JusticeJoin the Rothko Chapel and the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin for the seventh annual Sissy Farenthold Lecture (2021-2022) featuring...

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Hosted in association with the Department of History, Rice University; Department of Communications, Texas Southern University; Journalism Department, Houston Community College/Central College; School of Communications, University of Houston; and the Houston Chapter of the United Nations Association. Speaker: Ragip Duran, Turkish journalist, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Attendance: 100.

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In response to the General Consul of France in Houston, the Hon. Pierre Lepeti’s letter expressing European Union’s call for a world wide moratorium on the death penalty, a luncheon was organized to reach a wide spectrum of the Houston community, 16 representatives present of important organizations dealing with the death penalty issue.