Human rights
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 383 Collections and/or Records:
Silencing Opposition: Human Rights Violations in Burundi, 2017-11-02
File — Shelf 32: Series RC05B; Series RC08C, Box: 241, Folder: 11
Identifier: 32.241.11
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2017 Oscar Romero Award Pre-Program2017 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award Pre-Program
Silencing Opposition: Human Rights Violations in BurundiJoin Former US Ambassador to Burundi, Robert Krueger in conversation with Tony Tate, Program Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa at the Fund for Global Human Rights and Dr. Methode Butoyi, Certified Family Wellness Instructor and Training Specialist at the Alliance for Multicultural Community Services, moderated by Dr. Kerry Ward,...
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Event: 2017-11-02
Simply Singing Songs, 2012-12-01 - 2012-12-02
File — Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 88
Identifier: 30.93.88
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Member Event, Houston Grand Opera
Performed against the backdrop of Mark Rothko’s majestic canvases, this unique concert explores themes of home, family, and the difficulties faced when divided by borders.The program includes music from the world’s first Mariachi Opera, Cruzar la Cara de la Luna/To Cross the Face of the Moon, along with classical Spanish and traditional Mariachi songs. Featured performers include vocalists Cecilia Duarte and Vanessa Cerda-Alonzo, guitarist José...
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Event: 2012-12-01 - 2012-12-02
Slow Justice is No Justice: The Mexican Case, 2013-03-21
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Jose Calderoni
Suggested donation $10The 2013 Óscar Romero Award will be given to Ms. Blanca Velázquez Díaz, a champion of worker rights and dignity in Mexico. The twelfth such award given by the Rothko Chapel since 1986, this award honors unsung heroes who work under extraordinary circumstances to advance human rights. The award is named after Archbishop Óscar Romero of San Salvador, who was murdered on March 24, 1980 because of his opposition to violence and his courageous...
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Event: 2013-03-21
Solari Hospice Care Memorial Service, 2005-11-19
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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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Event: 2005-11-19
Song Salon: Tonal Transcendence - Composers and Human Rights, 2010-01-29
File — Shelf 30, Box: 91, Folder: 03
Identifier: 30.91.03
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Sonja Bruzauskas, Mezzo Soprano
Presented by Divas World Productions"Tonal Transcendence" is a program that reflects one of the primary goals of the Rothko Chapel-the advancement of human rights. This concert will feature music by composers responding to political oppression-whether personally experienced or as a testimony to the suffering of others. Political systems often attempt to use art as a means of control, and some of the most remarkable music of the 20th century was...
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Event: 2010-01-29
Songs for Justice: MLK Celebration, 2022-01-15
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Songs for Justice: A Series Exploring Music in Social Justice Movements
2022 Annual MLK Birthday Celebration in partnership with Community Music Center of Houston
Livestreamed (Free with suggested contribution $5-20)
In 2022, the Rothko Chapel presents Songs for Justice, a series of concerts and conversations exploring the role that music plays to further social justice movements, addressing today’s inequities and injustices. Coinciding with...
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Event: 2022-01-15
Songs for Justice: Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited, 2022-07-21
File — Shelf 30, Box: 218, Folder: 35
Identifier: 30.218.35
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The Rothko Chapel presents the Songs for Justice series, featuring concerts and conversations exploring the power of music in furthering social justice movements and addressing today’s inequities and injustices. Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited will perform deep mbira anthems, rollicking township dance grooves, and refracted glimmers of reggae, RandB, and African jazz on the Plaza to conclude this program series.About the presenter
Affectionately known to the world as the...
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Event: 2022-07-21
Songs of Freedom , 2015-01-15
File — Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 23
Identifier: 31.95.23
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Rutha Mae Harris"Without the songs of the movement, personally I believe that there wouldn't have been a movement."- Rutha Mae Harris The Rothko Chapel continues its tradition of honoring The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life with a musical tribute on his birthday. This year the Chapel is thrilled to feature the renowned Freedom Singer Rutha Mae Harris in an exploration of singing as a nonviolent practice during the Civil Rights movement. In addition to rousing...
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Event: 2015-01-15
Soul Repair from Moral Injury after War , 2014-02-20
File — Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 79
Identifier: 31.94.79
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Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D.
Suggested donation $10 In 2014 America will end combat in its longest war in history, the war in Afghanistan. What does that mean for veterans returning to civilian society? After experiencing the dehumanizing atrocities of war, how do veterans repair morally and spiritually? How can we help? Author and minister Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D. discusses the challenges inherent in recovering morally and spiritually from war, and what we can do to...
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Event: 2014-02-20
Speak Truth to Power, 2004-10-09
File — Shelf 28, Box: 86, Folder: 02
Identifier: 28.86.02
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Led by Sister Diana Ortiz. Part of Speak Truth to Power series – Ortiz, Director of The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition, Washington, DC, spoke about her experiences while teaching in Guatemala where she was raped and tortured
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Event: 2004-10-09