Sappho Sappho was a renowned, feminist poet in Ancient Greece who was born on the island of Lesbos. Her poems were known and appreciated all over the ancient world. What was the source of her fame, and what happened to her work is the subject of this talk by Ken Abraham, a long-time member of…
The Climate Literacy Imperative: Toward an Adult Conversation about Climate and Energy Mark McCaffrey from the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) will discuss NCSE’s just-initiated efforts to promote climate change education via resources that it has developed in the areas of “Climate Change 101″, “Teaching Climate Change”, “Climate Change Denial”, and “Taking Action”….
In the Wake of Disaster Sunday, May 13, 2012 Derek Tennant has many stories to tell from his work with FEMA following recent large hurricanes. He has also performed volunteer work in Haiti and Thailand (for Burmese refugees). In addition to discussing his own experiences, he will facilitate a discussion about our own disaster…
Sunday, May 6, 2012 When the People Speak – Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation All over the world, democratic reforms have brought power to the people, but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. Stanford Professor James S. Fishkin will discuss his book whose title…
