New administrations take office in January: The next President will be inauguration January 20 and in Texas the legislative session starts January 14. There will be a lot of harmful legislation to resist as well as some helpful legislation to advocate for. For more information about the Texas legislature, please check my earlier post about it.
There are also a lot of ways to resist that don’t involve government but rather involve personal development and building solidarity with others.
STARTING SOON (virtual)
Whiteness, Belonging and The Roots of Domination (somatic) Thank you Kelly C for this link
White Anti-Racist Spirituality 4 weeks, 2 cohorts starting January 7 and 9. I am participating in the Tuesday cohort which was well attended; if you’re interested in white allies in history, this is for you.
Center for the Study of White American Culture – Anti-Racist Community Network:
January 6 Undoing Racism®Executive Collective Gathering Thank you Christie for this link. This is a monthly event on the first Monday each month.
January 13 Monoracial and Multiracial Loyalties: Finding community in the balance
January 16 SURJ in conversation with Angela Davis
January 19: “Silent No More: The Two-Spirit Journey” with Native LGBTQ presenters – REGISTER
January 21 RE Collective Day of Racial Healing
January 23 Collective Identity in a White Supremacist Society
January 30 Equality Texas Regional Advocacy Webinar
ONGOING (virtual)
SURJ Austin Unlearning Circles (I’m hopeful they will resume in January) https://undoingwhitesupremacy.org/unlearning-circles/
CSWAC https://cswac.org/
Coming To The Table: https://comingtothetable.org/
Toward Right Relationship https://friendspeaceteams.org/trr/
Indivisible Antiracism Program (virtual) They have excellent programming but I don’t think they have a website. For information contact Lauren at lauren.o@indivisible.org
IN PERSON IN HOUSTON:
Center for the Healing of Racism: Screening of the impactful film Rosenwald, and other programs
January 1-12 Holocaust Museum Houston Caribbean Indigenous Resistance exhibit
January 1-February 28 Freedmen’s Town Bennett Road
January 8 The Caucus Monthly Meeting
January 9 Jubilee Quilt Circle
January 11 LGBTQIA+ Community Summit
January 12 Community Music Center Houston Musical Tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15 Rothko Chapel is back! MLK Observance: The Health Impact of US Militarism If you know my friend Afshan, her daughter, Dr Seema Jilani, is a panelist.
January 15 Holocaust Museum Houston screening of The Rescue Film
January 16 Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston panel discussion about Joe Campos Torres
January 16 CA4Y HISD update
January 17-19 MFAH film Ernest Cole Lost and Found
January 18 Mix Match
January 19 Snow Bunnies fundraiser for Bunnies on the Bayou
January 20 Center for the Healing of Racism MLK Day facilitated reading of Letter from a Birmingham Jail (due to inclement weather this will be held on Zoom)
January 20 Pure Justice screening of Rustin
January 20 47th annual MLK Day Parade
January 23 Parent Opt Out (STAAR) Meeting English zoom 6-7pm Spanish zoom 7-8pm. Contact Community Voices for Public Education for Zoom link.
January 24 Buffalo Soldiers Museum screening of The Six Triple Eight
January 24-May 25 Holocaust Museum Houston Life and Death on the Border exhibit
January 24-31 MFAH Iranian Film Festival
January 24-February 23 – Ensemble Theater Camp Logan, Houston TX
January 24-May 10 Moody Center Breath(e):Toward Climate and Social Justice
January 25 Contemporary Arts Museum Cumbias and Contemporary Art
February 1 Chinese Community Center Lunar New Year celebration
February 1 Lunar New Year celebration at Asia Society of Houston
February 2 MFAH screening Sugar Cane
UPCOMING
February 4: “Implementing the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States,” with Dr. Kristen Carpenter – REGISTER (SEPARATE BUT RELATED we can advocate for legislation that did not yet pass https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/16-indian-affairs-bills-passed-the-senate-more-than-15-billion-invested-in-native-communities-in-2024)
February 8 Woodson Black Fest at CAMH
February 14-16 MFAH film series Through the Lens of Black Women
February 22: “Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples,” with Native and non-Native facilitators – REGISTER
February 22 unPRESIDENTED: The Inauguration Show
February 27-28 Urban Souls Dance Company The Black Agenda at Hobby Center – more info to come.
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