<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">Hello all. Visit </span><a href="http://thirdcoastactivist.org/" class="" style="font-weight: normal;">ThirdCoastActivist.org</a><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> for perspective on issues, an events calendar, and more.</span><br class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><br class="" style="font-weight: normal;"></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Tuesday, October 9, 6-8 pm<br class="">Robert Jensen on “The Failure of Success”<br class=""></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://robertwjensen.org/" class="">Robert Jensen</a>, recently retired from teaching in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas, will speak on “’The Failure of Success’: Human Nature and the Nature of Carbon.” Jensen, the author of <i class="">The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men</i> and <i class="">Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully</i>, will suggest a framework for analyzing contemporary ecological crises and charting a path forward.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The event is sponsored by the Austin School. For more information, contact Roy Casagranda,<a href="mailto:roy.casagranda@austincc.edu" class="">roy.casagranda@austincc.edu</a>. <br class=""><b class="">Location:</b> ACC Eastview Campus Auditorium (Room 8500), 3401 Webberville Road, Austin, 78702<br class=""></div><b class=""><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div>Tuesday, October 9, 6:30 - 9 pm<br class="">Austin District 8 and 9 Climate and Energy Candidate Forum</b><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Solar Austin, 350 Austin, Earth Day Austin, Shades of Green, and the Wildflower Unitarian Universalist Church will host a forum for city council candidates on climate change and energy priorities.</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Scheduled participants are Bobby Levinski, Rich DePalma, and Frank Ward from District 8 and Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and Danielle Skidmore from District 9.</div><div class=""><b class="">Location:</b> Wildflower Unitarian Universalist Church (1314 E Oltorf St)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Tuesday, October 16, 8 am-4 pm<br class="">Building Green Justice Forum: “Power, Discourse, Community”<br class=""></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://htu.edu/" class="">Huston-Tillotson University</a> will host the fifth annual Building Green Justice Forum, this year focusing on “Power, Discourse, Community.”<br class="">Registration and coffee begins at 8 am, with speakers, panels, and workshops throughout the day. The speakers and schedule will be announced soon.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The forum—which is sponsored by <a href="http://greenisthenewblack.org/" class="">Green is the New Black</a>, <a href="http://dumpsterproject.org/" class="">The Dumpster Project</a>, and the <a href="http://www.thirdcoastactivist.org/" class="">Third Coast Activist Resource Center</a>—is free but please <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-green-justice-power-discourse-and-community-tickets-49135917853" class="">register online</a>. More information on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/285296738951001/" class="">Facebook event page</a>.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For more information on sponsorship, contact Karen Magid, <a href="mailto:kmagid@htu.edu" class="">kmagid@htu.edu</a>, or Amanda Masino, <a href="mailto:ammasino@htu.edu" class="">ammasino@htu.edu</a>.<br class=""><b class="">Location: </b>Dickey-Lawless Science Building, <a href="http://htu.edu/" class="">Huston-Tillotson University</a>, 900 Chicon St., Austin, 78702, with <a href="http://htu.edu/about" class="">free parking in the Chalmers Avenue lot </a>and free street parking around campus.</div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Tuesday, October 16, 6:30 - 9 pm<br class="">District 1 and 3 Climate and Energy Candidate Forum<br class=""></b></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Solar Austin, 350 Austin, Earth Day Austin, and Shades of Green are hosting a forum for city council candidates on climate change and energy priorities.</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Scheduled participants are Natasha Harper-Madison, Mariana Salazar, Lewis Conway Jr., Reedy Spigner III from District 1 and Council Member Pio Rentería, James Valadez, Justin Jacobson, Susana Almanza, and Amit Motwani from District 3.</div><div class=""><b class="">Location:</b> Dickey-Lawless Auditorium at Huston-Tillotson University, 900 Chicon Street</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><b class="">Tuesday, October 16, 7 pm<br class="">“Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Inequality”<br class=""></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A panel on “<a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/news/13051" class="">Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Inequality</a>” will feature <a href="https://www.ericklinenberg.com/" class="">Eric Klinenberg</a>, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, followed by reactions from local speakers. Klinenberg is the author of <i class="">Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago</i> and <i class="">Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality</i>,<i class=""> Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life</i>.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The program is sponsored by the University of Texas <a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/index.php" class="">Humanities Institute’</a>s Difficult Dialogues program and <a href="https://bridgingbarriers.utexas.edu/" class="">Planet Texas 2050</a>, an interdisciplinary collaboration and research around climate change, extreme weather, population, and resource management. <a href="https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_068Ws5VqKjUQcXX" class="">RSVP online</a>.<br class=""><b class="">Location:</b> <a href="https://universityunions.utexas.edu/texas-union" class="">Texas Union</a>, Quadrangle Room, University of Texas, Austin<br class=""> <br class=""><b class="">Friday, October 19, noon-1:30 pm<br class="">“Uprooted—Lessons for Addressing Displacement in Austin's Gentrifying Neighborhoods”<br class=""></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This University of Texas <a href="https://law.utexas.edu/opportunity-forum/" class="">Opportunity Forum</a>’s Lunch Series program will focus on “Uprooted—Lessons for Addressing Displacement in Austin's Gentrifying Neighborhoods.” Panelists from the Community and Regional Planning Program and Law School will discuss a <a href="http://sites.utexas.edu/gentrificationproject/" class="">new report about the gentrification sweeping through Austin neighborhoods</a>.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The event is free, with lunch provided, but seating is limited and an <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ut-opportunity-forum-presents-uprootedlessons-for-addressing-displacement-in-austins-gentrifying-tickets-50376792342" class="">RSVP is required</a>.<br class=""><b class="">Location:</b> Francis Auditorium in Townes Hall (TNH 2.114), University of Texas School of Law, Austin <br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Unless otherwise noted, events are free and open to the public. 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