Category: Forums

Barby Ulmer

11 a.m., January 20, 2019

Hear stories about the lives of incredible, courageous women from around the world, who, despite severe obstacles, found their way to Ghana for the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom ( 103 years old) Triennial Congress in Ghana. We don’t really have a clue as to what these women face daily!

Barby Ulmer, a lifetime teacher at all levels from pre-school to university, with her late husband Vic, co-founded the now 50 years old, all volunteer non-profit Our Developing World, designed to bring realities of “developing countries” to North Americans through programs, teacher training and a lending resource library (Reality Tours), and handcraft sales to tell the stories of the artisans’lives. We believe that we’re all developing and can do better if we work together & learn from each other.

After the Forum, please join us for a lunch at 12:30pm. The lunch is complimentary for first-time visitors and students.

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Ron Garret

11 a.m., January 6, 2019

This is the second in a series of talks on the history of science and how we came to our present understanding of how our world works. This installment focuses on astronomy and cosmology, tracing the history of these fields from the ancient Greeks through to the recent discoveries of dark matter, dark energy, and gravitational waves.

Ron Garret is a software engineer by trade. He is currently working on easy-to-use-cryptography software. He was a co-founder and CTO of Virgin Charter, and an early hire at Google. He was previously a rocket scientist. He also made a feature-length documentary about homelessness. His blog can be found here.

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Susan Cabrera

11 a.m., December 16, 2018

In our fast-paced lives, we often feel impatient. We want things done as quickly as possible and are intolerant of delays. This talk will look at the quality of patience from a psychological point of view including the concepts of delayed gratification, emotional intelligence, and self-control. Also included will be examples of when to be patient and when to take action.

Susan Cabrera has her master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Stanford with emphasis in behavior modification. She has been a counselor at the Stanford Institute for Behavioral Counseling and a clinical researcher at the Stanford Department of Psychiatry. Susan’s poetry book Life in the Fast Lane will be available for sale after the talk.

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Manuel Manga

11 a.m., December 9, 2018

Our world today is more complex and demanding of us, thus people feel overwhelmed and confused. People often choose simplistic answers and archaic systems of thinking in order to make sense of the world. From this overwhelmed mindset people also elect political leaders that promise simplictic solutions. In this talk, Manuel Manga offers 7 types of intelligence that can assist us in navigating our world in order to be more effective in life and co-create a better future for humanity”.

Manuel Manga is co-founder of the Institute for Evolutionary Leadership (www.evoleadinstitute.com) based in Oakland, California, whose purpose is to contribute toward a just, sustainable, and flourishing world. He is a consultant, and executive coach, and has worked in the United States, Africa, Asia, Canada, Latin America, Europe and India.

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