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It’s coming up sooner than you might expect! Start planning! Start planning NOW: https://www.nokings.org Local Houston Area Events Tuesdays at Senator John Cornyn’s Office Join other Houstonians in protesting outside John Cornyn’s Houston office (on Memorial Drive) to raise awareness of your objection to recent government actions. Signs available or make your own. Do not park in 5300 Memorial garage The Cornyn Houston Office Protest has been on Houston streets each Tuesday for over 8 years. Fully independent, the Cornyn Protest has been sustained by a dedicated core of Houstonians. The protest sets the example of people showing up for themselves no matter what. https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/828684/ Indivisible Katy Huddle Hands off Everything! Stand outside the SSA office on Westheimer @Eldridge from noon to one each Friday holding signs about the issue of the week. Just pick one - there are so many! We'll go back to Social Security after 2026 when it becomes a hot button ...

I do like these signs! Photo: John Barrett   I’ve mentioned before that rallies, gatherings, marches, and protests are always more than they appear to be at first sight. While they very often are focused on a theme or cause, it is counterintuitive, perhaps, to say that is all they are about. Yesterday’s Labor Day March, put together by 50501 Houston and Houston Coalition , was comprised of several hundred people who marched two and a half miles through one of the chi-chi retail districts in the country, Houston’s famed Galleria, through Highland Village to conclude at Lamar High School, located in River Oaks, where most of the one-percent reside in the metro area. The group met at the Hines Waterwall as the result of a last-minute change, but somehow, this route made a world of sense. We marched for workers’ rights and this includes fair wages, paid time off, insurance, better work/life balance and in general, just better working conditions for all. It wasn’t lost on anyone that ...

Black Voters Matter speakers at the Wyndham Houston, August 16, 2025. I was planning on attending a rally earlier in the week at the SHAPE Center on Almeda off Wheeler in Houston. I envisioned a significant crowd of people chanting, rallying and marching. Then, checking back online to verify links, I found the venue had changed to the Wyndham Houston near NRG stadium and to a conference room, at that. The sponsors were listed as Black Voters Matter which seemed to have switched, as well, but my thinking was that even if the rally out on Almeda was cancelled, I owed it to myself to check out this new development. The schedule had changed from 2 to 4 in the afternoon to 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Again, I figured this must be okay; likely a good couple of hours of speakers and ideas for moving forward. Unfortunately, I was running late, almost by an hour, and arrived at the venue around ten till noon.  I was given a swag bag and once inside the conference room, realized this was a good bit sm...