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 conversation with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach and Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival, addressing his perspective on US civil rights through a moral and faith-based lens. Rev. Dr. Barber will share historical and contemporary...

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Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Museum. Musicians are Mimi Stern-Wolfe, Isabelle Ganz, Cantor David Propis and Marcia Sterling Presented by The Holocaust Museum and The Rothko Chapel, dedicated to those gifted musicians and composers who died in the ghettos and concentration camps

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A talk by Professor Ian Handcock, a program cosponsored with the Holocaust Museum

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Shiva Balaghi

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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Reading of a play by Marcia Cebuleska. Directed by Randy Symack, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision.

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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.

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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A film at the Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Rothko Chapel

Abstract 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...