The Humanist Community in Silicon Valley offers Forum programs on Sundays at 11:00 which are typically speakers followed by a period of Q & A, but may also be poetry readings, talent shows, etc. Join us! Note this page is typically updated monthly, and near the end of each month, once the schedule for the following month is firm.
- Bay Area Skeptics presents “SkeptiCal 2025: Science Over Superstition” SkeptiCal 2025: Science Over Superstition 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., August 23, 2025 SkeptiCal is the scientific skepticism conference sponsored by several northern California skeptical groups. The Humanist Community is participating as an Exhibitor. Details Get your tickets now! Ticket prices goes up to $70 on Friday.Update: The early pricing for SkeptiCal 2025 is extended through Sunday, August 3rd!Use the code EXTENDED to get the $20 off the ... Details
- Dick Hewetson Celebration of Life Dick Hewetson 1:30 p.m., September 6, 2025 Our friend Dick Hewetson died on July 19 at the age of 95 after a long and purposeful life. We will be celebrating his life Saturday afternoon September 6 at the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center in San Jose, California. You may join this celebration in person or on Zoom. Dick was born in a Chicago suburb in 1930. Dick ... Details
- The Tipping Point Update Malcolm Gladwell 11 a.m., August 24, 2025 Join us this Sunday, either in person or online. We’ll watch Malcolm Gladwell discuss his new book Revenge of the Tipping Point and his rethinking of his 1999 book The Tipping Point in two different videos from October 2024. In the first video Malcolm covers a range of social epidemics and the possible of social engineering to control them. In the second video he specifically ... Details
- Yuval Harari on the Modern World Yuval Noah Harari, in 2013. Join us this Sunday, either in person or online. We’ll watch and discuss three videos of Historian Yuval Noah Harari as he discusses significant issues of the modern world. The first video, from May 23, 2025, is Harari on coping with the Trump eraーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS. Historian Harari speaks to NHK (a Japanese public broadcast service) about the rise of populism, ... Details
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