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The World Hindu Council-Houston in association with the Rothko Chapel invited H.H. Shri Panchgavhankar Shridhar Swami Maharaj, an Indian delegate to the United Nations Peace Summit to speak. Attendance: 50.

Abstract Religion and the Environment The Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 7:30 pm The Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston is President and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the historic theological seminaries training both lay and ordained leadership for the church. A citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Bishop Charleston was born and raised as a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in a family that has had a long history...

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Celebration of the First Amendment

The Greater Houston Area Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State presents a program celebrating religious freedom and featuring two student plaintiffs who successfully achieved recognition of their rights to religious expression. One is a Catholic boy banned from wearing rosary beads and the other is a Native American forced to cut his hair upon entering kindergarten.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains all items related to public programs held during the third decade of chapel operations.

Does not contain items related to awards or to colloquia (see those 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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Remembering the 55th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the 10th anniversary of the Economic Sanction on Iraq Organized by the Greater Houston Chapter in association with the Rothko Chapel, American Friends Service Committee, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Pax Christi, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Peace and Justice Project of the United Methodist Church Texas Conference. Speakers: Representatives from each organization. Attendance: 100.

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Speaker: Ajamu Baraka, Director of the Southern Regional Office of Amnesty International, cosponsored with Amnesty International, ACLU, American Friends Service Committee, A.I. Rice U, U of H, Houston Immigration and Refuge Coalition, Pax Christi, Shape Community Center, AILA, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Abstract "The Rights of Others: Citizens, Migrants and Residents" Seyla Benhabib, Ph.D.Chapel co-founder Dominique de Menil built her life according to the belief that spiritual forces are of consequence in real world affairs. She insisted that a capacity for reverence was essential to successfully advancing justice. And yet, contemporary religious forces often seem to be at odds with human rights concerns. Though the passion for human rights involves a deep commitment to equality of...

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Sheila Jackson Lee, Eleanor Tinsley, Rigoberta Menchú She was presented with the proclamation from the city of Houston declaring April 29 Rigoberta Menchú Day

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Not mentioned in official chapel lists of events, but KTRK 13 news item shows that a memorial service was held on this date. Roy Wilkins was a civil rights leader and former president of the NAACP; he passed away on Sept 8 1981. A memorial service was held in Washington DC at the same time.