Houston Peace and Justice Center is committed to promoting peace, social justice, and nonviolent grassroots activism. In that promotion, from time to time there comes a compelling reason to speak strongly about justice issues involving the widespread institutional systemic racism and the violence surrounding it. With the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing responses it …
Message sent to Houston News Media and the New York Times: The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has received a lot of national attention, and properly so. But the six police killings in Houston in the last month have received very little attention locally or nationally. A videotape showed Nicholas Chavez on his knees …
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Official Press Release May 15, 2020 The Houston Peace and Justice Center denounces the deadly force used against 27 year old Nicholas Chavez by the Houston Police Department. We call for an independent and thorough investigation and review into the shooting death of one of our fellow citizens. A video showed that Chavez was on his knees …
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I Protest – It was December 15th, 2019, when I tried to call my parents in Aligarh, India, home to India’s 100-year old Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). After several attempts, the call went through and my dad picked up the phone. I asked how he was and whether his creatinine test was done, and then …
At the Nov. 10, 2019 HPJC Awards Dinner, HPJC received a certificate from Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, “in celebration of your Annual Peacemaker Awards Dinner honoring national and local leaders committed to nonviolence.”
A Report From the Border Pedro Trevino was raised, along with nine brothers, on Doffing Road across from the Eli Jackson Cemetery near Mission, Texas. To the east are vast cilantro fields and 200 yards north is the earthen levee, the site of the coming border wall. Pedro has watched the all but abandoned cemetery …
In the “Halls of Justice”, “Justice wasn’t even in the Halls!” Why, Criminal Justice Reform is Needed! I’m writing to you, hoping you can help us (family and friends of Arthur L. Williams). After 36 years of trying to get the media (especially in Texas), interested in FINALLY publishing the TRUTH regarding the trial of Arthur L Williams. Arthur’s case in general …
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Want to help stop “The Wall” but don’t know how? Click HERE to donate to help stop the wall. Write “Stop the Wall” in the box on the right-hand side of the form to direct your donation to this specific activity. Report (and call to action) by Michael Allen: We are End Mass Incarceration Houston …
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We are excited to share our 2019 Online Auction with you. The auction will conclude at our National Peacemaker Dinner. Our online auction bidding is now available to everyone, including those who are unable to attend. Happily, forward the link below to your family, friends, and anyone who may be interested in supporting HPJC. In return, …
Why it is vital that we embrace Dr. King’s dream of a Beloved Community With all the acrimony and controversy going on in the United States at this time, it is vitally important to embrace the Beloved Community promoted by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., or face dire consequences. In 1960, King wrote the …
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