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- Community Building and Resilience via Transition/Permaculture
Marilyn Barry
August 13, 2017
Permaculture is a creative design process based on whole-systems thinking informed by ethics ... Full Post
- The LGBTQ Youth Space
A panel of LGBTQ+ youth
August 6, 2017
The LGBTQ Youth Space (see www.youthspace.org) is a program of ... Full Post
- A Scientific Explanation of Spirituality
Dr. Frank Heile
July 30, 2017
Dr. Frank Heile, who has physics degrees from Stanford and MIT, will ... Full Post
- Empowering Women in Ghana with Cookstoves
Adam Creighton
July 23, 2017
Over one-third of the planet still cooks their food over open fires–at a ... Full Post
- Naturalistic Transcendentalism
Dr. Peter Bishop
July 16, 2017
Dr. Peter Bishop was a very important and very generous member of ... Full Post
- Learning to Live
Wes Fornes
July 9, 2017
One of the most impacting statements ever is the Socratic statement: the unexamined ... Full Post
- Report on the June 2017 AHA Conference
Debbie Allen, Paul Gilbert, Arthur Jackson
July 2, 2017
HCSV Executive Director Debbie Allen, HCSV Board President Paul ... Full Post
- The Human Awareness Institute
Anne Watts
June 25, 2017
Anne Watts is a certified hypnotherapist, educator, mediator and coach, specializing in couples ... Full Post
- Summer Solstice Brunch
June 18, 2017
From 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.In observance of the summer solstice and World ... Full Post
- Fostering Identity, Promoting Community: The Gay Bar in American History
Prof. Nancy C. Unger
June 11, 2017
For more than one hundred years, gay clubs and bars have ... Full Post
- Evolutionary Humanism for a Conscious Psycho-Social Evolution
Manuel Manga
June 4, 2017
According to evolutionary humanist Julian Huxley, humanity now has been appointed managing director ... Full Post
- Goals of Veterans for Peace
Phillip Pflager
May 28, 2017
Mr. Pflager will speak about the goal of members of Veterans for Peace ... Full Post
- Soaring Past 7 Billion: Population Challenges for a Crowded World
John Seager
May 21, 2017
John Seager, President & CEO of Population Connection (www.populationconnection.org), will address global population ... Full Post
- From Goddess to God: Elimination of the Feminine Divine
Karen L. Garst
May 14, 2017
Karen L. Garst will trace the female images and figurines of the ... Full Post
- Bias, Use of Force, and the Criminal Justice System
Christopher Boscia
May 7, 2017
This presentation will provide participants with a framework to evaluate the lawfulness ... Full Post
- Cryonics – Preserving Ourselves for the Future
Dr. Ralph Merkle
April 30, 2017
History makes it abundantly clear that science and technology are constantly advancing. ... Full Post
- Your Digital Monetary Power
Tom Bergstrom
April 23, 2017
HCSV member Tom Bergstrom will discuss how to use mobile phone apps and ... Full Post
- Forward To The Past: Life In A Second-World Country
Jason Kazarian
April 16, 2017
What’s it like to live in Armenia, a former Soviet republic and a ... Full Post
- The Religious Character of American Patriotism
Fred Edwords
April 9, 2017
As we face a strongly divided nation, populated by those with opposing concepts ... Full Post
- Models of Speciation: modes and tempos
Jonathan Karpf
April 2, 2017
The presenter will address the evidence for competing models of where new species ... Full Post
- Making a Difference in Social Entrepreneurship
Raj Desai
March 26, 2017
Raj Desai , an Indo-American, born in Malawi, East Africa, immigrated to the ... Full Post
- Humanity’s Space Frontier: Implications, Practicalities, and Ethical Issues
Dr. Christopher R. Cassell
March 19, 2017
Our technological civilization enriches our lives in many ways, yet cannot ... Full Post
- Racial Justice
Jessica Nifield
March 12, 2017
Jessica Nifield of “Showing Up for Racial Justice” (http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/) will show ... Full Post
- A Progress Report on “Humanist Missionaries” in Uganda
Hank Pellissier
March 5, 2017
On June 26, 2016, Hank Pellissier gave an HCSV Forum entitled “Humanist Missionaries” ... Full Post
- Keys to Success (or Failure) in American Social and Political Movements
Prof. Nancy C. Unger
February 26, 2017
What makes some movements (like the recent campaigns for LGBTQ rights) ... Full Post
- Celebrating Darwin – My trip to the Galapagos Islands
Greg Alexander
February 12, 2017
In celebration of Darwin Day (http://darwinday.org/), Humanist Community member Greg Alexander will discuss ... Full Post