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By Dr. Jonathan Mann from the School Public Health at Harvard University, cosponsored with the Institute of Religion. Dinner was offered for concerned members of the medical and social services communities

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A discussion by jay Glasser, Ph.D., Professor, University of Texas School of Public Health, president-elect, American Public Health Association; Luther Harrel, MD, Chief Physician, Community and Personal Health Services Division, City of Houston Health Dept.; Stanley Riser, MD, Ph.D., Director, Program on Humanities and Technology, University of Texas health Science Center, and moderator: Paula Knudson, Executive Coordinator of Research Support Committee, University of Texas

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Pax Christi, the Dominican Sisters of Houston, Maryknoll Brothers and Fathers, and the Houston Peace and Justice Peace Club partner with the Rothko Chapel to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski. A procession, titled the "March of the Dead," starts at the Chapel's reflecting pool and proceeds throughout the neighborhood, ending back on the plaza. A vigil follows the procession, including a prayer for the souls of the dead and the abolition of nuclear weapons.

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On the Rothko Chapel Plaza

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Around Broken Obelisk

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By Marcus Raskin, part of Speak Truth to Power series, Raskin, co founder of the Institute for Policy Studies at George Washington University, explored the history of laws written to exclude torture and beatings as well as the socio-ethics of torture and human rights

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William P. Quigley, Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University and Lenwood E. Johnson, former resident of public housing in Houston and a nationally recognized advocate for low income housing, discussed law-income American housing crisis

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Bernard Reich, Hussein Ibish, Fred Von der Mehden

Abstract Conversation with Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, Rabbi Samuel Karff, and Rev. William Lawson* Moderated by Melanie Lawson, award winning journalist Thursday, December 15, 2016, 7pm*UPDATE: We are sorry to announce that Rev. Lawson is recovering from surgery and will not be able to participate in this program. While we will miss his presence, we look forward to the conversation between Rabbi Karff, Archbishop Fiorenza, and Melanie Lawson.How can a shared concept of the...

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Colman McCarthy