Abstract Beyond the Rhetoric: Civil Rights and Our Shared Responsibility Series Vimeo Livestream, 6pm CT Free event with suggested contributions $5-20Join us for a timely conversation exploring immigrants’ rights in the US, including how they have historically been understood and changed over time, and the current policy decisions that drive today's US immigration issues. Charles Kamasaki, Senior Cabinet Advisor of UnidosUS, will share a national perspective and Sister Norma Pimentel,...

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Presented by Frances “Sissy” T. Farenthold, Charles Foster, Mateo Luison, and Nester Rodriguez,

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Panel discussion, Frances T. (Sissy) Farenthold, Thomas Berg, Mike DeGeurin

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Texas Southern University, African National Congress Youth League In honor of the students from the African National Congress Youth League who were touring the US addressing the issue of apartheid

Abstract Anne McClintock, Ph.D. Suggested donation $10What can feminism teach us about alternative ways to approach the environment? Ecofeminism envisions feminism and ecology as interconnected, arguing that the worldview that causes environmental degradation is the same that causes inequality for women. On Earth Day, Anne McClintock, Ph.D. discusses what ecofeminism can teach us, and how it can change the way we treat the Earth. Dr. McClintock is a writer, feminist scholar and public...

Abstract Discussion Ana Paula Hernández and Juliet Hooker, Ph.D., moderated by Suzanne Benally Presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center at UT School of Law Event in English; simultaneous Spanish interpretation available.What are indigenous human rights, and why do they matter? More specifically, what’s the status of indigenous rights in Honduras? Join the discussion on this timely and pressing issue.Ana Paula Hernández is a program officer for Latin America at the...

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Presentations by Robert Fisk, author and most decorated foreign correspondent for British newspaper: Independent

Abstract 2017 Oscar Romero Award Pre-Program2017 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award Pre-Program Double Jeopardy: Women and the Criminal Justice System Conversation with Julie Bindel and Dr. Andrea Link, moderated by Lise OlsenWomen of sex trafficking face the dual realities of being victims while also being prosecuted as offenders. Julie Bindel was joined in conversation with Houston advocate Dr. Andrea Link and Lise Olsen, investigative reporter with the Houston Chronicle as...

Abstract A Community Conversation on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Great March on Washington and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream Speech Suggested donation $10Fifty years ago, on August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of people marched for civil and economic rights under the theme "jobs and freedom." Do you remember the March? Were you there?One of the largest demonstrations for human rights in United States' history, it was the occasion on which...