Rio Texas Methodist Federation for Social Action

The hunger initiative programs at Trinity UMC, Hope Food Pantry, and Homeless Task Force, are combining efforts to raise money for both causes.  The items “sold” will be new and almost new products from a local store.  Most of these items were returned by customers for reasons such as didn’t like color, didn’t need, small irregularity.  We are going to ask buyers to give a donation for each item.   Sunday, February 8, Noon – 4p.m, at Trinity UMC, 4001 Speedway, Austin.

An Evening of Hope
Feed your neighbors, Feed your soul

Sunday, May 17th, 2015, 5:30p.m.

Tarrytown United Methodist Church

2601 Exposition Boulevard – Austin

Shakespeare Uncovered Othello with David Harewood
Friday, February 6 at 9 pm.
In 1997, David Harewood was the first black actor to play Othello on stage at the National Theatre in London. In this episode, he unravels the complex issues of prejudice and jealousy that are threaded throughout the play, as well as returning to the National to meet the most recent actor to take on the role at the theatre, Adrian Lester. Interviews include Simon Russell Beale, Ian McKellen, Julia Stiles and Patrick Stewart.

Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Black Americana
Monday, February 9 at 8 pm.
Highlights include Martin Luther King, Jr. ephemera from 1966; a Madam C.J. Walker beauty book, written by the first female American millionaire; and a trip with host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Leila Dunbar to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

Independent Lens Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
Monday, February 16 at 9 pm
This is the story of the pioneering African-American photographers – men and women, celebrated and anonymous – who have recorded the lives and aspirations of generations, from slavery to the present. By Thomas Allen Harris.

Mr. Civil Rights:  Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP
Monday, February 16 at 10:30 pm.
This documentary incorporates rare archival film and extraordinary interviews to explore Marshall’s life in the years leading up to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

American Masters August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Friday, February 20 at 8 pm
From his roots as an activist and poet to his indelible mark on Broadway, this program captures the legacy of the man some call America’s Shakespeare. Film and theater luminaries such as James Earl Jones, Viola Davis, Phylicia Rashad, Laurence Fishburne, Charles Dutton and others share their stories of the career and experience of bringing Wilson’s rich theatrical voice to the stage.

Austin Revealed
Friday, February 20 at 9:30 pm and Tuesday, February 24 at 10 pm
This documentary presents interviews with prominent Austin citizens about their experience during Austin’s civil rights period, the effect of segregation and what gentrification has meant to the city.

Independent Lens American Denial
Monday, February 23 at 9 pm
“American Denial” uses the story of Gunnar Myrdal’s 1944 investigation of Jim Crow racism as a springboard to explore the power of unconscious biases and how the ideals of liberty, equality and justice still affect notions of race and class today.

The Rule
Monday, February 23 at 10 pm.
This documentary tells a rare story of success. In Newark, New Jersey, where the average high school graduation rate is abysmal, St. Benedict’s Prep is the exception – with a near 100 percent college acceptance rate. Filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno profile the school and the Benedictine monks of Newark Abbey to see how they achieve success among a vulnerable population of inner-city African-American and Latino teenage boys.

Now is the time to actively engage with your State Legislators. Make an appointment or drop by and talk to a Legislative Aide. Follow bills here: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

First United Methodist Church of Austin Family Life Center

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

1300 Lavaca St.

Austin, TX 78701
Equality Texas and Texas Freedom Network invite you to participate in YOUR government and to come to Austin on Tuesday, February 17, to meet face-to-face with those who represent YOU and talk to them about how your faith informs your support for ending discrimination in Texas based on bias against sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

Register now for Trust. Respect. Access. Advocacy Day.

We’re uniting with a broad coalition to demand policies that restore trust in Texas, respect for all Texans and access to the full range of reproductive health care—from sex education and birth control to abortion—in our state.

Temple Beth Shalom
An inspiring service for people of all faiths and goodwill to reflect on and affirm our shared commitment to reproductive justice for all Texas families.

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For Faith leaders and Clergy only

ADVOCACY TRAINING & LEGISLATIVE VISITS
11 A.M. – 2 P.M.

11:00am – 4:00pm

Equality Texas invites you to participate in YOUR government and to come to Austin on Monday, April 13, to meet face-to-face with those who represent YOU and talk to them about how the freedoms we value as Texans are affected by discrimination in based on bias against sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

Advanced registration is required in order to prepare constituent-matched materials and make strategic lobbying team assignments. Equality Texas will provide lunch.