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Stuttering

John Ahlbach

11 a.m., April 18, 2021

This Sunday, John Ahlbach will give a talk on his work with support groups for people who stutter.

John Ahlbach has been involved in the stuttering community his whole life. He was the executive director of The National Stuttering Project from 1981 to 1995, and then founded Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter. John was a high school teacher for 40 years until his retirement.

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Stuttering – John Ahlbach
from Humanist Community-SiliconValley
on Vimeo.

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Creating the Burke-Gilman Trail

Jim Todd

11 a.m., April 11, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum, Jim Todd will discuss “Creating the Burke-Gilman Trail”.

Jim Todd was a resident of Seattle and lived only three doors from the railroad right-of-way at its midpoint in Seattle. He was also on the faculty of the Political Science Department of the University of Washington and his office on campus was immediately adjacent to the railroad right-of-way. He would get to and from the campus than bicycling down a trail on the abandoned railroad right-of-way! Jim says that he likes to think that he was fundamentally motivated by the larger public interest to convert the right-of-way into a public hiking and biking trail, but he feels a need to disclose his personal interest as well.

Jim Todd will discuss how the Burke-Gilman Trail came to be. In the fall of 1970 the Burlington Northern Railroad announced that it planned to abandon its right-of-way running through Seattle and into suburbs north and east of the city. The right-of-way closely follows the shorelines of two lakes and links a dazzling array of major attractions including several large city parks, a major shopping center, and the University of Washington campus. Its conversion to a public hiking and biking trail promised to offer a route to a variety of destinations, as well as recreational and commuting benefits.

Despite the obvious attractiveness of the idea of converting the about to be abandoned railroad right-of-way to a hiking and biking trail, it almost immediately became clear that the idea would not implement itself, that opposition to the idea would emerge, that the BN had its own plans, and that other ideas about how the right-of-way should be used would be proposed. The City of Seattle and King County each had jurisdiction over different portions of the right-of-way. They would inevitably have a major say on what would become of the right-of-way. They had planning and development capabilities as well as funding abilities and limitations to consider. They also had to take into consideration the politics of choosing whatever course of action they might decide to take.

Jim will describe how all of these factors played out and ultimately resulted in the creation of the Burke-Gilman Trail.

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314247393

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Recycling

Louise Bruce

11 a.m., March 28, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum, Louise Bruce will discuss “Recycling”.

Each year Californians discard and landfill 38 million tons of garbage. Meanwhile, more than 200,000 young Californians will experience homelessness this year and unemployment is growing to record highs. One organization, the San Jose Conservation Corps (SJCC), seeks to simultaneously foster a healthier environment while building economic opportunity for Silicon Valley’s young adults experiencing barriers to employment by providing innovative job training. At our upcoming meeting, Louise Bruce, SJCC’s Director of Zero Waste and Recycling will share how their organization is capturing value and resources from our local waste stream and training the next generation of zero waste professionals.

Louise Bruce joined the San Jose Conservation Corps as Zero Waste & Recycling Director in October 2019. She devoted her early career to advancing composting and organic waste recycling in New York City, as a key climate change intervention. Louise oversaw the NYC Department of Sanitation’s (DSNY) organics programs, including the implementation of the nation’s largest municipal food and yard waste recycling program, which now serves 3.5 million residents. During her tenure with DSNY, she also created and implemented the inaugural NYC Food Waste Fair, developed an updated curriculum for the NYC Master Composter Program and grew the City’s community composting and food scrap drop-off operations. Louise earned a Master of Urban Planning degree from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service and Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University. In 2016, she was awarded The University of California Global Food Initiative’s 30 Under 30 distinction.

To learn more about Louise and her previous work in New York City, check out this 2017 interview with FoodPrint: https://foodprint.org/blog/louise-bruce-empowers-nyc-communities-by-advocating-for-citywide-composting/.

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Recycling – Louise Bruce from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

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You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

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255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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Quack Medicine

Chris Holland

11 a.m., March 7, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum, Chris Holland will discuss “Quack Medicine”.

Here is Chris Holland’s summary of his talk:

TODAY, I WILL TAKE YOU ON A VOYAGE THROUGH THE HILARIOUS, RIDICULOUS, AND DANGEROUS WORLD OF QUACK MEDICINE

Do you suffer from neuralgia, hysteria, consumption, or gout? We have liniments, oils, pills, devices, and procedures guaranteed to cure your every malady of the body and mind! From obscure ancient herbal wisdom to modern marvels of electricity and the atom, we have just what the doctor ordered!

Holes in the head, radioactive springs, voltaic hairbrushes, and squirming leeches are just a few of the ways we’ve attempted to cheat death. Going back to the dawn of man, to Hippocrates, Paracelsus, & Kellogg, mankind has searched for fountains of youth and the panacea of disease. Here we look at the sometimes hilarious, oftentimes bizarre, and at times deadly treatments that hucksters and doctors peddled in the name of medicine.

Dr Quackenstein, aka mild-mannered Chris Holland, will share ludicrous and ridiculous tales of medical shenanigans run amok through a multimedia presentation that includes videos, narration, and live demonstrations! (Full Program posted below)

Find out more about Dr. Quackenstein and his museum of medical curiosities at https://drquackenstein.com/.

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Quack Medicine – Chris Holland from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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The Shutdown of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

Gene Nelson

11 a.m., February 28, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum, Gene Nelson will discuss “The Shutdown of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant”.

In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, PG&E announced that it would not renew the licenses for the plant. In 2018 the California Public Utilities Commission approved the shutdown scheduled for 2024-2025.

Gene Nelson will present the case for reversing this decision. Gene is the Government Liaison of Californians for Green Nuclear Power. Gene has been active in matters of science and public policy, providing testimony on Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s safety, reliability, and emission-free power before the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee, California Coastal Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the State Water Resources Control Board, and The California Public Utilities Commission.

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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