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John Rawls and Gender Discrimination

Prof. Martin Carcieri

May 31, 2015

Martin Carcieri (Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University) will discuss gender discrimination using what philospher John Rawls calls the domain of non-ideal theory, which deals with such basic questions as civil disobedience and militancy. Prof. Carcieri will raise the question whether a public employee, who witnesses his unit’s consistent secret discrimination in hiring against members of one gender, is allowed, by way of protest and compensation, to do the same in reverse within his sphere of influence.

Humanist Community Forum (2015-05-31): John Rawls and Gender Discrimination (Prof. Martin Carcieri) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

 

A Discussion about 1180 Coleman Avenue, San Jose as the future home of Humanist House

May 24, 2015

The HCSV Board of Directors has signed a Letter of Intent and is preparing a lease for 2120 sq.ft. of dedicated space to begin creating measurable volunteer projects with direct community benefit. The space would also be used for our Sunday Forum, Family Program and Lunch Program that are currently the heart of HCSV. Although we can handle the lease terms on our own, another goal of Humanist House is to broaden the coalition with other Freethought community groups and possibly mitigate some of the rental cost by allowing these groups to hold their regular events at Humanist House. Please click here to learn more about this exciting project and to see the results of the survey, the financial proposal and learn a little more about the project.

The Board has also scheduled a special Board meeting following this Forum at 1:00PM to hold the final vote.

Everyone is welcome to attend this Forum, where this will be discussed by HCSV’s leadership, and by anyone in the audience who wants to share their thoughts about this very important and time-sensitive question.

How to Catalyze Collaborative Creativity Using Music Improvisation Techniques

Dr. Michelle Chappel

May 17, 2015

Dr. Michelle Chappel (an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter-speaker and creativity thought leader with a Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton) will present ten creativity best practices for stimulating innovative thinking in teams based on techniques for producing great music. Learn how to establish highly effective harmonious business teams, as well as improve the creative dynamics of groups outside of work such as families, sports teams, and associations. Appropriate for non-musicians and musicians. (See www.michellechappel.com)

Humanist Community Forum (2015-05-17): How to Catalyze Collaborative Creativity Using Music Improvisation Techniques from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

 

A Documentary Illuminating Homelessness

Ron Garret

May 10, 2015

Ron Garret (a software engineer and entrepreneur) will discuss and show excerpts from his feature length documentary “Grace of God”, which follows the lives of four long-term homeless men as the filmmaker struggles to understand what put them on the street, what is keeping them there, and what he might be able to do about it.

Humanist Community Forum (2015-05-10): A Documentary Illuminating Homelessness (Ron Garret) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

 

Understanding Our World – The Reality of the Human Mind

Martin Squibbs

May 3, 2015

The evidence of neuroscience is revealing that most likely our conscious, thinking and feeling self, and our mind (which contains our past memories, knowledge and understanding, our future possibilities, and much more), are both in fact part of our remarkable, complex, living human brain. Humanist Community member and Board Vice-President Martin Squibbs will present a model of how he believes our mind, and our memories, function and form, and how such knowledge and awareness of ourselves might help human kind progress.