Violence/war/terrorism
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Candlelight Vigil - Besieged People of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1994-02-03
File — Shelf 27, Box: 81, Folder: 22
Identifier: 27.81.22
Abstract
To express public support for the besieged people of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dates:
Event: 1994-02-03
Candlelight Vigil: Besieged People of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1994-02-03
File — RC04A, Box: 023, Folder: 27
Identifier: RC04A.023.27
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains items addressing the operation of the chapel, such as private services and visitor logs. Also includes gifts or awards given to the chapel and the reactions of visitors.
Does not include Guild activies or program activitites.
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1994-02-03
City of Death; City of Hope, 2010-10-12
File — Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 05
Identifier: 30.92.05
Abstract
Juárez: A Killing Field Series
“City of Death; City of Hope”
Dr. Cecilia Ballí, 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 violence. This series...
Dates:
Event: 2010-10-12
Commemoration of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing, 2007-08-06
File
Abstract
Held by the Broken Obelisk
Dates:
Event: 2007-08-06
Conference on Extra-Legal Executions, 1982
Record Group — Shelf 39: Series RC05C, Box: 149
Identifier: 39.149
Dates:
Event: 1982
Don’t Trust the Press: Why Intelligence Sources Are Not Good Enough (3pm) and The Lessons of History: Why We Should Not Have Invaded Iraq (7pm), 2008-09-28
File — Shelf 29, Box: 89, Folder: 34
Identifier: 29.89.34
Abstract
Presentations by Robert Fisk, author and most decorated foreign correspondent for British newspaper: Independent
Dates:
Event: 2008-09-28
Double Jeopardy: Women and the Criminal Justice System, 2017-11-06
File — Shelf 32: Series RC05B; Series RC08C, Box: 241, Folder: 12
Identifier: 32.241.12
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...
Dates:
Event: 2017-11-06
Empathy and the Rule of Law at Guantanamo, 2008-02-28
File — Shelf 29, Box: 89, Folder: 14
Identifier: 29.89.14
Abstract
Empathy and the Rule of Law at Guantanamo
Marc Falkoff
Thursday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Marc Falkoff, attorney for 17 Yemeni prisoners at Guantanamo, will discuss their situation at the detention camp. Fewer than half the prisoners are accused of committing hostile acts against the United States or its allies. During ten trips to the prison he collected Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak. Falkoff is assistant professor at the Northern Illinois University...
Dates:
Event: 2008-02-28
Faith and Freedom Weekend Interfaith Prayer Service, 2011-09-18
File — Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 24
Identifier: 30.93.24
Abstract
Houston Human Trafficking Awareness MonthInterfaith service and discussion
Reverend Kimberly Orr, Imam Abdullah Oduro, Claire Villareal, and Rabbi Roy WalterThe Human Trafficking Interfaith Service at the Rothko Chapel is the culminating event of the second annual Faith and Freedom Weekend that is part of Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition's Human Trafficking Awareness Month. This year, representatives from each of the city's four largest faith communities...
Dates:
Event: 2011-09-18
From Auschwitz to the International Court of Justice , 2014-04-27
File — Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 96
Identifier: 31.94.96
Abstract
Judge Thomas Buergenthal
Suggested donation $10 In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Judge Thomas Buergenthal shares his inspiring personal journey from a prisoner in Auschwitz to a judge championing human rights on the International Court of Justice. Judge Buergenthal served as the American judge on the International Court of Justice from 2000 until 2010. Prior to the ICJ, he was a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and served as a member of the...
Dates:
Event: 2014-04-27