MARCH GENERAL MEETING

Healthy Living in our Urban Environment

The March General Meeting for the Houston Heights Association will feature Jeff Kaplan of New Living www.newliving.net providing an update on healthy living in our urban environment.  Jeff will be speaking on a wide range of topics such as non-toxic paints, bedding and consumer choices, solar options, locally grown foods, and consumer products for your home.  New Living is helping to redefine the way we live, work and play in our city both today and in the future.  Jeff is an exciting and enthusiastic speaker and you won't want to miss him speak....7 pm on Monday, March 12th.

APRIL GENERAL MEETING

Ellen Cohen, Houston City Council Member, District C

Please join us on April 9 to hear from Ellen Cohen who will talk about City issues affecting our neighborhood.  Ms. Cohen served for 18 years as President and CEO of the Houston Area Women's Center, which is dedicated to eliminating domestic and sexual violence. She subsequently served as Texas State Representative, District 134, from 2007 to 2011, and now serves as Houston City Council Member for District C, which includes the Houston Heights.

coming up this Fall (month to be announced)…

HOUSTON HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING

FEATURED SPEAKER:  ANNA EASTMAN, HISD, DISTRICT I

A long-time Heights resident, Anna Eastman was elected to the HISD Board of Education in 2009. 

In 2002, Ms. Eastman and her husband, Brad, co-founded the 11-1/2 Street Foundation which has recognized outstanding veteran teachers with monetary awards and today provides college scholarships to at-risk children who have graduated from HISD’s Reagan and Jefferson Davis High Schools.

Ms. Eastman has championed the issue of childhood obesity, working to bring healthier foods to schools.  She has been on the forefront of anti-bullying efforts in HISD—helping push through actions by the Board last summer that protect students from harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.  She serves on the leadership team of the Community Advisory Group to the University of Texas School of Public Health Prevention Research Center, whose focus is adolescent sexual health.  Deeply concerned and frustrated with the deep budget cuts, earlier this year, Ms. Eastman cast the one dissenting vote among Trustees to extend Superintendent Terry Grier’s term to 2014. 

Ms. Eastman and her husband, an attorney with Cameron International, are avid supporters of public education. They have three children, all of whom attend HISD schools.