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Abstract Discussion Rev. Dorothy Budd and Chris Scott, moderated by Liliana Segura Sponsored by the ACLU of Texas Suggested donation $10In a state with one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, what impact does this type of institutional violence have on our society? With imprisonment disproportionally affecting minorities, are we creating a new type of slavery? Does incarceration accomplish rehabilitation, or is it simply another means for a prison industrial complex to...

Abstract “The Long Struggle to Abolish Reproductive Slavery” with Dorothy Roberts Annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights Presented in partnership with the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT-Austin School of LawThe Rothko Chapel and the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin present the eighth annual Sissy Farenthold Lecture featuring...

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Presented by Terje Rod Larson. Event canceled.

Abstract Juárez: A Killing Field Series “The Most Dangerous Place to Practice Journalism” Alfredo Corchado, JournalistThere have been thousands of murders in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and nearby cities, and an escalation in the violence over the past three years. Issues facing commnities along the U.S.-Mexico border include the presence of drug cartels and their business infrastructure, the increasing presence of U.S. security and law enforcement, and the migration of people fleeing the...

Abstract The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish-Arab Divide Susan Nathan Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at 7:00 PM *Please note this event will not be held at The Rothko Chapel. While living in Tel Aviv for four years, Susan Nathan became increasingly concerned about the Israeli government's systematic discrimination against the Arab-Israeli citizens. Against all the advice of her friends, she decided to move to the town of Tamra in northern Israel in...

Abstract Spirit Matters Series "The Path Beyond the Path: Mysticism and the Spiritual Quest for Universal Singularity" Elliot R. Wolfson, 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...

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Co-sponsored by Interfaith Ministries and others

Abstract Brendan Kinsella, Pianist Dr. Tom O'Brien and Hosam Aboul-Ela, Dialogue Presented in partnership with APERIO, Music of the Americas and FotoFest Suggested donation $10 Aperio artist Brendan Kinsella performs American composer Frederic Rzewski’s towering masterpiece for solo piano, 36 Variations on “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” Rzewski composed this hour-long, virtuosic work in 1975 on the eve of the United States’ bicentennial as a meditation on the 1973 overthrow...

Abstract Vimeo Livestream, 6pm CDT 2021 Annual MLK Birthday Celebration The Radical King and the Quest to Change America Free event with suggested contributions $5-20Today, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is celebrated for his 'dream' of a just America, but by the end of his career King was calling for a "radical reconstruction" of the United States. What compelled the transformation of King's ideas and what do they tell us about our society today? For the 2021 Annual MLK Birthday...