LSC-Tomball Center for Civic Engagement

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Looking forward to this conference and bringing students more learning by doing!

2026 Call for Proposals – Gulf-South Summit 2026 Call for Proposals CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT PROPOSAL 2026 Gulf-South Summit | March 26-28, 2026University of Houston-Downtown – Houston, TX “Bridging the Bayou: Pathways of Community” Proposal submission deadline, October 3rd. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT PROPOSAL

Another great day celebrating the US Constitution! Thanks to Houston Voting Initiative for their support!

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Beyond the Shelves: Three Years of Book Bans and Educational Censorship - PEN America The crisis of book bans in 2024 is alarming on its own; but it is even more so when understood as a bellwether for this campaign of educational censorship writ large.

Make a plan. Vote early and avoid the rush!

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After Hurricane Beryl's devastating flooding, Houston's open-air drainage systems are in the spotlight again Flooding is not uncommon in Houston, but fixing one of the major problems has proven difficult.

"I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves ... are, and henceforward shall be free..." (Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863)
On January 1, 1863, an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freed all enslaved people in any territory considered "...in rebellion against the United States." This included the roughly 250,000 enslaved people living in Texas. True freedom for those living in Texas did not arrive until June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston. His first act in Texas was to proclaim "...that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former enslavers and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor." Major General Granger's order is celebrated annually today as "Juneteenth."

Our object of the week is a printed broadsheet of the Emancipation Proclamation issued in January 1863. (SRM 1976-35)

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How To Register To Vote In Texas - Election Dates & Voting Deadlines Learn more about how to register to vote in Texas. View Texas election dates, voting deadlines, and more. Click here.

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Another public health crisis: 1 in 8 U.S. households struggle with food insecurity, government report finds The share of U.S. households facing hunger is rising at an alarming pace.Nearly 13% of American households were food insecure in 2022. That means some 17 million families, or 1 in 8 U.S. households, …

There is just something about voting two weeks before the next potential government shutdown that makes even an off-year election seem critical.