PANEL ON REDISTRICTING, THE CENSUS, AND THE FAIR MAPS PROJECT
Date: March 3, 2018
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Speakers will discuss the 2020 census, redistricting in 2021, and the Fair Maps for Texas coalition, which aims to ensure fair districts and representation. Panelists will include Stephanie Swanson, League of Women Voters; Michael Sarahan, Software Engineer; Anthony Gutierrez, Common Cause Texas; and moderator Mike Ignatowski.
The event is sponsored by Common Ground for Texans., a nonpartisan nonprofit based in Austin, Texas.
Location: Old Quarry Branch Library, 7051 Village Center, Austin
READING: “GODDESS OF ANARCHY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LUCY PARSONS, AMERICAN RADICAL”
Date: March 5, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
University of Texas history professor Jacqueline Jones will discuss her new book, Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical. The book tells the story of the militant writer, orator, and agitator Lucy Parsons. Born to an enslaved woman in Virginia in 1851, she was raised in Texas, where she met her husband, the Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons. Lucy Parsons was a fearless advocate of First Amendment rights, a champion of the working classes, and one of the most prominent figures of African descent of her era. Her life also was riddled with contradictions—she advocated violence without apology, concocted a Hispanic-Indian identity for herself, and ignored the plight of African Americans.
Jones, who is chair of UT’s History Department and a former MacArthur Fellow, teaches courses in American history and is author of numerous other books, including A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama’s America.
Location: BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, 78703
SCREENING OF “LAMERICA”
Date: March 6, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The film will be introduced by University of Texas professor Chelsi West Ohueri.
The screening is part of the “Faces of Migration” series presented by “Not Even Past,” Department of History, and Institute of Historical Studies.
Location: University of Texas at Austin campus, CLA 1.302B, Julius Glickman Conference Center (first floor, CLA Building). Paid parking in the Brazos Garage, 210 E. MLK Blvd.
#METOO / #YOTAMBIÉN: SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Date: March 7, 2018
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
This panel focusing on how sexual assault and domestic violence affect immigrant communities is sponsored by Asian Family Support Services of Austin, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, United We Dream, Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project, and YWCA ATX. More information on the Facebook event page.
Location: St. Edward’s University, Carter Auditorium, Austin
SCREENING OF “LONE STAR”
Date: March 27, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The film will be introduced by University of Texas professor Ward Keeler.
The screening is part of the “Faces of Migration” series presented by “Not Even Past,” Department of History, and Institute of Historical Studies.
Location: University of Texas at Austin campus, CLA 1.302B, Julius Glickman Conference Center (first floor, CLA Building). Paid parking in the Brazos Garage, 210 E. MLK Blvd.
AUSTIN SANCTUARY NETWORK BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING CARRIE NEWCOMER
Date: April 20, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer will perform at a benefit concert for the Austin Sanctuary Network, a coalition of faith communities, immigrants, and other organizations that support immigrants fleeing violence or in danger of deportation.
The evening begins with a regional art show at 7 pm and the concert at 8 p.m. The Austin Sanctuary Network. Buy tickets online.
Location: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive (exit off I-35, west on Wells Branch Parkway)
The Rio Texas Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) will hold its March meeting one week earlier than usual. Mark your calendars for the FIRST Thursday of the month, March 1. Our program will feature speakers from Austin Sanctuary Network (ASN), a coalition of more than two dozen congregations and religious groups, three labor unions, several nonprofit groups and dozens of individual volunteers. ASN helps provide shelter and protection for undocumented immigrants who are subject to deportation to their home countries. Please join us for this timely discussion.
Rio Texas Methodist Federation for Social Action 