Authors & Asia: Gish Jen and “The Girl at the Baggage Claim”
Brazos Bookstore 2421 Bissonnet St., Houston, TexasThe Girl at the Baggage Claim: Examining the East-West Culture Gap is a provocative and important study of the different ideas Easterners and Westerners have about self and society; and what this means for current debates in art, education, geopolitics, and business. Never have East and West come as close as they are today, yet we [...]
Twelve Moments: Experiencing Spiritual and Faith Traditions
Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon Street, Houston, TXFather Serge Veselinovich was born on October 5th, 1968 in Frankfurt, (West) Germany. He moved to Australia in 1969 with his parents Elijah and Bojka nee Matovich where upon he graduated Fairfield High School in 1986 in the western suburbs of Sydney. He moved to Chicago in 1987, where he entered into seminary at Saint Sava, [...]
La Convivencia, Islamophobia & the American Identity
Rice University, Herring Hall 100 6100 Main Street, Houston, TXFor over 400 years, Muslims ruled the Iberian Peninsula of modern-day Spain, where Jews, Christians, and Muslims lived in harmony with one another. One word has been given to this period of European and Islamic history - la convivencia. La convivencia is the academic hypothesis and Spanish term meaning “coexistence.” In Muslim Spain, members of [...]
#BetterTogetherDay 2017
Better Together Day is a national day of action headed by Interfaith Youth Core, a national nonprofit working towards an America where people of different faiths, worldviews, and traditions can bridge divides and find common values to build a shared life together. A society where interfaith cooperation is the norm. Every spring, hundreds of student organizers [...]
Vedic Fair 6: Celebrating Vedic India
Cinco Ranch High School 23440 Cinco Ranch Blvd., Katy, TXFree Entry & Parking. Event Highlights 1. Ashirwad Kreative Minds Present "Samudra Manthan - Churning of Milky Ocean" Display. 2. CELEBRATE INDIA Exhibits Competition. 3. "How 2" Workshops. Learn 4 FREE Indian LifeStyle & Arts Workshops 4. Kids Vedic Walk, 5. "Goddess Laxmi ~ The Divine 8", Prime Time Stage Play for Young & Young [...]
Open Mosque Day: Building Alliances – Bettering Communities
MAS Katy Center 1800 Baker Road, Houston, TXMuslim American Neighbors are looking forward to hosting you, your family and friends, your colleagues, and your member organizations and individuals at the Muslim American Society (MAS) Katy Center for an open house. Please RSVP at www.icnahouston.org/rsvp It is our sincere hope that this event will build alliances, better communities, and create lasting friendships. Open Mosque [...]
Let Them Be Heard: Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery
St. Philip Presbyterian Church 4807 San Felipe St., Houston, TXRice University's Boniuk Institute and St. Philip Presbyterian Church present the Spring 2017 Church and Society Series. Victims of human trafficking are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion, for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. Victims are young children, teenagers, men and women. Human trafficking is a violation of basic human rights. Human [...]
Sikh: Turban Identity by Amit and Naroop
Houston City Hall 901 Bagby Street, Houston, TXSpecial Event: Vaisakhi Proclamation presentation by Mayor Turner on Thursday, April 13th at 10 a.m. in the City Hall Rotunda. Join Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston for a photo exhibition presented by the Sikh Coalition highlighting Sikh American stories of perseverance, progress and determination. The exhibit will be held from April [...]
Vaisakhi Proclamation Presentation by Houston Mayor Turner
Houston City Hall 901 Bagby Street, Houston, TXThis special event with Houston Mayor Turner will take place on Thursday, April 13th at 10 a.m. in the City Hall Rotunda. Join Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston for a photo exhibition presented by the Sikh Coalition highlighting Sikh American stories of perseverance, progress and determination. The exhibit will be held [...]
Easter in Memory of Her
Christ Church Cathedral 1117 Texas Avenue, Houston, TXOnce again on Holy Saturday, Brigid’s Place invites you to Easter in Memory of Her, an innovative service of music and mediation that celebrates the voices of the women who loved Jesus — Mary the Mother, the woman at the well, the woman who anointed Jesus, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene. The service imagines [...]