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SOCIAL CAUSE CALENDAR Notices on upcoming events must reach the Observer at least three , weeks in advance. PAX: OUR CHOICE The “Pax: Our Choice 1983” conference will focus on the threat of nuclear war, the social cost of the arms race, and the role of the church as peacemaker. Some of the speakers will be theologian Dr. Robert McAfee Brown, Major General William Fairbourne, U.S. Marine ret.. Congressman Jim Wright, and peace activist Cora Weiss. Feb. 17-19 at Colonial Hills United Methodist Church, San Antonio. Registration is $5, some free housing is available, childcare provided. Contact Dr. DISARMAMENT REVIVAL The second in a series of eight Christian and interfaith disarmament revivals focusing on the social gospel and social justice will be Feb. 7, at the First Christian Church, Richardson, 7:30 p.m. Larry Baker will speak. The revivals are sponsored by the Dallas Fellowship of Reconciliation in recognition of the New Abolitionist Covenant, the statement defining a religious commitment to working against the nuclear arms race. GOYA EXHIBIT An exhibit of etchings and aquatints by the Spanish master Goya which vividly depict the “Disasters of War” can be seen at the Art Center, 1300 College Dr., Waco, through Feb. 6. Free. NUCLEAR WEAPONS SYMPOSIUM “Nuclear Weapons the Human Impact” is the symposium in Seguin, Feb. 10-12, at Texas Lutheran College. Featured speakers will be Harrison Salisbury, historian and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist; Henry Steele Comrnager, historian and educator; and Simon J. Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo poet. The symposium is free to the public. Contact Phil Gilbertson, Texas 379-4161. Progressive Organizations The Observer has built up lists of organizations in Texas we regard as progressive. The editor invites communications recommending organizations for inclusion. We will generally run the listings for Austin, San Antonio, and Houston in one issue followed by Dallas, Fort Worth, and Around Texas in the next. AUSTIN ACLU 447-4335; ACORN 442-8321; Alternative Views 7279, 78712; Amn. Friends Service Cmte., 474-2399; Amnesty Intl., Bx. 4951, Aus. 78765: 476-7044; Audubon Acty., 447-7155: Austinites for Public Transportation, 441-2651; Aus. Lambda, 478-8653; Aus. Lesbian-Gay Pol. Caucus, 478-8653; Aus. Nghbrhood Ccl., 442-8411; Aus. Nghbrhood Fund, 451-2347; Aus. Peace and Justice Coalition, 263-2586; Aus. Tenants Ccl., 474-1961; Aus. Women’s Alcohol ReSource and EducaWomen’s Centr., 472-3775; Aus. Women’s Political Caucus, 472-3606; Black Aus. Demos., 478-6576; Brthrhood of Viet Vets., 892-4738; Ctzns Party, 451-3864; Ctzns, 476-4762; Cmte. in Solidarity with the People Cause, 474-2374; Consumers Union, 477-4431; Demos. for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze, 444-0805; Ecology Action, 478-1645: El Centro Chicano, 477-7769 or 476-3747; Grandparents for Nuclear Disarmament Action, 453-1727; Gray Panthers, 345-1869: IMPACT, 472-3903; Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Support Group, 472-4142: Live Oak Fund, 476-5714; Lone Star Alliance, 478-7481: LULAC, 451-3219; Max’s Pot, 928-4786; Mxn.-Amn. Demos.,. 444-7688 or 472-9211: NOW, 472-3775: November 29th Coalition, 478-6733; Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, 459-0762; Nurses’ Environmental Health Watch, Northeast Aus. Demos., 836-3533; Organizing Cmte. for P.O. Box 4184, Austin 78765; Pax Christi, 476-7351; Phogg Foundation, Box 13549: Poverty, 474-5019; Professionals for Nuclear Arms Limitations, 443-9826; Progressive Writers’ Alliance, 477-3281; Red Ryder Preservation 459-3320; Save Barton Creek, 472-4104: Sierra Club 478-1264; Socialist Party of Tx., 452-3722; South Aus. Demos., 447-4091; Students for Political Awareness 476-0777; Tx. Abortion Rights Action League 477-1882; Tx. Council on Family Violence, 327-8582; Tx. Environmental Coalition, 476-3961; Tx. Fathers for Eqdal Rights, 452-0848; Tx. Mobilization for Survival, 474-5877; Tx. Pesticide Research & Education Project, 474-0811; Tx. Solar Energy Society, 474-0811; Tx. Solar Energy Society, 472-1252; Travis Cty. Demo. Women, 453-3243: Travis Cty YD’s. 453-3796; Univ. Mobilization for Survival, 476-4503; UT YD’s, 452-8516; West Aus. Demos., 454-1291; Women’s Pol. Caucus, 474-1798; Zilker Park Posse, 472-1053. HOUSTON ACLU, 524-5925; ACORN, 523-6989: Amnesty Intl., 529-1892; Brotherhood of Viet. Vet., 728-4857; Centro para Immigrantes de Houston, 288-0091: CISPES, 524-4801: 522-3343; Citizens Party. 633-8587; Demo. Socialist Organizing -Cmte., 921-6906; Gay Political Caucus, 521-1000: Harris Cty. Demos., 528′-2057; Houston Area Women’s Center, 528-6798: Houston Human Rts. League, 523-6969: Houston Interfaith Hunger Coalition, 522-3955; Houston Nonviolent Action, 661-9889; Interfaith Cmte. on Central America, 526-3276; Interfaith Peaceforce of Houston, 388-3803; Lesbian and Gay Demos. of Texas, 521-1000; Mxn.-Amn. Demos., 6944 Navigation, Houston 77011: Mockingbird Alliance, 747-1837; NAACP, 1018 Clebourne, Houston 77001; NICASOL \(Nicaraguan North Harris Co Demos., P.O. Box 90704, 77290: Nuclear Weapons ‘Freeze Campaign, 522-2422: Park People, Inc., 741-2524; PASO, 46716 Fairfield. Houston 77023: Pueblo to People. 523-1197: Senate Dist. 15 Demo. Coalition, 862-8431: Sierra Club, 288-0037; Tx. Abortion Rights Action 520-0850; Tx. Coalition of Black Demos., 674-0968: Tx. Demos., 667-6194; Tx. Fathers for Equal Rights, 960-0407; Tx. Gay Task Force, 529-7014: Toxic Substances Task Force, 228-0037: UofH YD’s, 749-7347; United Viet. Vets. Organiza46472536; ‘Women’s Lobby Alliance, SAN ANTONIO ACLU, 224-6791; Alternatives to Imprisonment, Box 27393, 78227; Amnesty Intl., BoxLHI34. 78212: Bread for the World, 494-1042; Civil Rights Litigation Center, 224-1061; Citizens Concerned About Nuclear Power, 655-0543; Communities Organized for Public Service Coalition Against U.S. Intervention in El Salvador, 225-6913: Demos. for Action, Research & Education . 736-2587; Fellowship of Reconciliation, 432-5715: Habitat, 82279100: Inernational Center for Peace Through Culture, 822-0461; Interreligious Task Force on Central America, 432125; Latin-American Assistance, 732-0960: Metropolitan Congregational Alliance, 349-2401; Mxn.-Amn. Demos., 227-1341; NAACP, 224-7636; Organizations United for East Side Development, 824-4422; Pax Christi, 432-5715; People for Peace, 822-3089: Physicians for Social Responsibility, 691-0375; Poor People’s Coalition for Human Services, 9233037; Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, 732-9927: Proyecto Hospitalidad, 726-9306: Residents Organized for Better and Beautiful Environmental Development St. Mary’s Human Rights Assn., 436-3 17; S.A. Demo. League, 344-1497; S.A. Gay Alliance, Metropolitan Comnty. Church. 102 S. Pine: S.A. Human Rights Commission, 436-4013; San Antonians for Freedom of Choice 733-4013; Sierra Club, 271-7169: Tx. Fathers for Equal Rights, 337-6803; United Campuses Protesting Nuclear War 691-0375; United Citizens Project Planning and Operating Corp. 224-4278. Vietnam Vets. Against War. 826-2441: Women’s Poltical Caucus, 655-3724. THE TEXAS OBSERVER 21