<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 class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Hello all. Visit </span><a href="http://thirdcoastactivist.org/" class="" style="font-weight: normal;">ThirdCoastActivist.org</a><span class="" style="font-weight: normal;"> for perspective on issues, an events calendar, and more.</span><br class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><span class=""><b class="">Monday, October 15, 4-6 pm</b><br class=""><b class="">Economic Inequality and Human Rights</b><br class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ignacio Saiz, Executive Director of the Center for Economic and Social Rights, will speak on “From</span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">Disparity to Dignity: Tackling Economic Inequality through Human Rights.” Before joining CESR in 2006,</span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">Saiz was director of policy at the international secretariat of Amnesty International, where his</span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">responsibilities included overseeing the development of Amnesty’s research, campaigning and advocacy on</span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">economic, social, and cultural rights.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>LBJ School of Public Affairs Professor Erin Lentz will respond to Saiz’s talk. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">More</span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><a href="https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/event-type/law-production-inequality/" class="">information online</a><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><br style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><b class="">Location:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">Sheffield-Massey Room in Townes Hall (TNH 2.111), University of Texas School of Law, Austin</span></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></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=""><b class="">Friday, October 26, noon-1:30 pm<br class="">“The Planet Texas 2050 Grand Challenge: Making Texas Resilient for All”<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 the growing resource demands for urbanization, water, transportation options, and energy. The discussion will be moderated by Lourdes Rodríguez, Director of the Center for Place-Based Initiatives at Dell Medical School. Panelists include Michael Young, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director for Environment Division, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences; Nicole Joslin, Executive Director, Austin Design and Development Center; Marla Torrado, Program Coordinator, Austin Design and Development Center; Marc Coudert, Environmental Program Manager, City of Austin Office of Sustainability; and Celine Rendon, Summer 2018 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Fellow City of Austin Office of Sustainability and UT student in Environmental Science.<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/the-planet-texas-2050-grand-challenge-making-texas-resilient-for-all-tickets-51081792015?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=466dbd791b&mc_eid=99ae62b36e" 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</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Tuesday, October 30, 6:30-10 pm<br class="">Checkpoint Nation<br class=""></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i class="">Texas Observer</i> reporter <a href="https://www.melissadelbosque.com/" class="">Melissa del Bosque</a> will discuss her article “Checkpoint Nation” with <i class="">Harper’s Magazine</i> associate editor Rachel Poser. The article, a collaboration between the two magazines, examines the border zone—a buffer of about 100 miles that runs along any U.S. border—where U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been given the freedom to trample on constitutional rights in the name of security.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The event is free but space is limited. More information and <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/harpers-observer-reading/" class="">RSVP online</a>.<br class=""><b class="">Location:</b> North Door, 501 Brushy St., Austin, 78702</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Monday, November 12, 4-6 pm<br class="">Law and the Reproduction of Food Poverty<br class=""></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tomaso Ferrando, a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol, will speak on “Law and the Reproduction of Food Poverty.” Author Raj Patel from the LBJ School of Public Affairs will respond to Ferrando’s talk.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>More <a href="https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/event-type/law-production-inequality/" class="">information online</a>. <br class=""><b class="">Location: </b>Sheffield-Massey Room in Townes Hall (TNH 2.111), University of Texas School of Law, Austin</div><div 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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