Houstonians Are Gaining Confidence & Organizing Themselves For Challenging Days Ahead

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"Something I noticed when I spoke at city hall yesterday is that my voice was not the only little shaky voice. Many other neighbors in Houston are also working really hard to be brave for you."

The above was posted today by a Facebook friend who spoke at public comment time at Houston City Council yesterday evening. She spoke about ICE in Houston and HPD working with ICE. You see yesterday's session in the picture.

​There were many excellent speakers last night. Here is the video of the meeting. 

What this Houstonian says is very much what I'm saying with the Houston Democracy Project. The next action is when you organize it. The First Amendment is your permit. The only credential needed is your presence. Voting is not going to be enough. 

Here is an account by Carol Wells who this past August wrote about attending a protest at ICE detention center. It was the 2nd protest she had ever attended. 

Nobody is coming to organize most of us. There are too many of us. The nearly 8 million people who attended the October 18 No Kings protests were in good part self-organized with few resources. 

Mayor Whitmire has made it clear that there literally nothing the state or federal government can do to the City of Houston or to Houstonians, that he will respond to other than by making up stories and gaslighting people. 

Each of us are the leaders in the challenging days ahead. 

​Below is information for following and interacting with Houston City Council: 

Public comment time at Houston City Council is each Tuesday at 2 PM with the exception once each month when it is at 5:30 PM. Here is how you can speak at Council and here is how to contact your councilmember.  The earlier before the session you sign up, the higher up on the speaker's list you'll be. You must register to speak by 3 PM the day before. 

The agenda session to conduct Council business is each Wednesday at 9 AM. The agenda is posted in advance. Council can be watched live on HTV Houston Television and the most recent session is available at any time on the HTV feed on Facebook. Here is the link to past sessions of Council. Here are maps of Council districts so you can see who represents you. 

Here is contact information for Mayor Whitmire & Council. 

Mayor Whitmire—713-837-0311 [email protected] 

Democrats: 
At-Large-Letitia Plummer 832-393-3012  [email protected]
At-Large-Sallie Alcorn 832-393-3017  [email protected]
District B-Tarsha Jackson 832-393-3009  [email protected]
District C-Abbie Kamin 832-393-3004  [email protected]
District D-Carolyn Evans-Shabazz 832-393-3001 [email protected]
District F-Tiffany Thomas 832-393-3002  [email protected]
District H-Mario Castillo 832-393-3002  [email protected]
District I-Joaquin Martinez 832-393-3011 [email protected]
District J-Edward Pollard 832-393-3015  [email protected]
District K-Martha Castex-Tatum 832-393-3016  [email protected]

Republicans: 
At-Large-Julian Ramirez 832-393-3014 [email protected]
At-Large-Willie Davis 832-393-3013 [email protected] 
At-Large-Twila Carter 832-393-3005 [email protected]
District A-Amy Peck 832-393-3010 [email protected]
District E-Fred Flickinger 832-393-3008 [email protected] 
District G-Mary Nan Huffman 832-393-3007 [email protected] ​​

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