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- Goals for Life – A Video Presentation Followed by a Facilitated Discussion
Facilitated by Richard Hobbs
11 a.m., December 2, 2018
Two TED Talks (ted.com) on goals for life will ... Full Post
- The Annual Creativity Sunday
Hosted by Sena Havasy
November 25, 2018
Do you paint? Write? Do a skit? Read a poem? Do ... Full Post
- Corporate Personhood – Has the Court Gone Too Far?
Attorney Leland Chan
November 18, 2018
Mini Law School: In this next topic of the series we will ... Full Post
- The Results of the 2018 Election – a Group Discussion
Facilitated by Richard Hobbs
11 a.m., November 11, 2018
Richard Hobbs, Executive Director and Co-founder of Full Post
- Two Videos of Talks by Prof. Lawrence Lessig
11 a.m., November 4, 2018
Lawrence Lessig III is a distinguished American academic, attorney, and political activist. ... Full Post
- Should Judges Make Laws?
Attorney Leland Chan
October 28, 2018
Note: This Forum will be held at Hacker ... Full Post
- Humanist Values and the November 2018 California Ballot Propositions-Pros/Cons/Supporters/Opponents/Money Source
The HCSV Social Action Committee
October 21, 2018
Note: This Forum will be held at Full Post
- Arts and Activism in Silicon Valley
Jan Rindfleisch
October 14, 2018
Note: This Forum will be held at Hacker Dojo, ... Full Post
- A Discussion of the Kavanaugh Nomination
Facilitated by Herman Winick
October 7, 2018
11am-12:15pm, with your Denny’s order served around 12:30pmStanford Professor (Emeritus) ... Full Post
- Ten Lessons the U.S. Can Learn from Cuba
Richard Hobbs and friends
September 23, 2018
1. Decentralizing Socialized Economy
2. State-Subsidized Cooperatives
3. Human Rights Based ... Full Post - Rewiring Religion: How Nones are Reshaping American Religion
Prof. Elizabeth Drescher
September 16, 2018
The portion of the American population who report that they are not ... Full Post
- Nigeria: Religious Conflict & Humanism
Hank Pellissier
September 9, 2018
Brighter Brains Institute (BBI), a SF Bay nonprofit (https://brighterbrains.institute/), has promoted humanism for ... Full Post
- The Power of Stories: From Eden to Utopia
Arthur Jackson
September 2, 2018
Arthur Jackson, author of “How to Live the Good Live: A User’s Guide ... Full Post
- Women’s Power to Stop War: WILPF is more than just Raging Grannies
Cherrill Spencer
August 26, 2018
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), founded in 1915, envisions ... Full Post
- Evolutionary Progress
Manuel Manga
August 19, 2018
This talk will be based on reflections on the book “Enlightenment Now: The ... Full Post
- Science through the Power of Arts and Storytelling
Dr. Masuma Ahmed
August 12, 2018
Wait, science is not a monster that we have to be afraid ... Full Post
- Military Religious Freedom Foundation – A Different Fight
Gregory J. Petrequin
August 5, 2018
The United States military can put religious pressure on active duty military ... Full Post
- The Eleven Ways of Wisdom – A Light at the End of the Tunnel
Arthur Jackson
July 29, 2018
Arthur Jackson, author of “How to Live the Good Live: A User’s ... Full Post
- Staying Safe on the Internet: My Experience with Identity Theft
Matt Courtney
July 22, 2018
What could happen when hackers break into some of your online accounts and ... Full Post
- How to Define Art
Alfred Jan
July 15, 2018
From ancient times to the present, one of the main philosophical issues concerning ... Full Post
- Dr. Robert Stephens Award, and 2018 AHA Annual Conference Report
Paul Oh (from NCSE), and several HCSV Members
July 8, 2018
Dr. Robert Stephens will be awarded a ... Full Post
- Voting Systems, The Invisible Force that Shapes Societies
Jeff Justice
July 1, 2018
Most Americans are hardly aware that democracies have choices when it comes to ... Full Post
- Refugee Crisis 2018: What’s Happening Now and How YOU Can Help
Mindy Berkowitz
June 24, 2018
Mindy Berkowitz will discuss the following subjects:
– Setting the stage
– What is ... Full Post - Just A Little Girl: Despair and Deliverance
Haya R. Rubin and Anna Halberstam Rubin
June 17, 2018
Haya R. Rubin will open the talk with ... Full Post
- Trump and the Constitution, Year Two
Professor Martin Carcieri
June 10, 2018
On January 7, 2018, Prof. Martin Carcieri spoke and answered questions at ... Full Post
- Rewiring Religion: How Nones are Reshaping American Religion
Prof. Elizabeth Drescher
June 3, 2018
The portion of the American population who report that they are not ... Full Post