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The ideas included in this talk by Arthur Jackson ( Humanist Community member and leader) are part of an article that has been published in “Humanist Perspectives,” the Humanist magazine for Canada. Jackson, who believes that human beings are the source of meaning and value, will draw from ideas in his book, “How to Live the Good Life: A User’s Guide for Modern Humans” which supports this point of view. Jackson assumes that human nature is shaped by our evolutionary past and can best be understood in that context.

Humanist Community Forum (2014-05-25): Understanding Human Nature (Arthur M. Jackson) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

Becoming an Evolutionary Leader: Building a Just, Sustainable, Flourishing Civilization

Manuel Manga

May 18, 2014

Everyone can be an evolutionary leader, and contribute toward the great transition to a better world. We can contribute at the micro, meso, macro levels. Humanism has a lot to contribute toward a cultural-social evolution. Manuel Manga (an organizational consultant, facilitator, and leadership coach) will present his concept of evolutionary leadership, which is democratic, non- hierarchical, collaborative and visionary. This concept is partly inspired by Julian Huxley’s Evolutionary Humanism, which claims that humanity needs a psycho-social evolution.

Click Here to See Manuel’s Slide Presentation

Humanist Community Forum (2014-05-18): Becoming an Evolutionary Leader (Manuel Manga) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

Consumer Debt, Corporate Profits and Stock Market Value – from 1950 to Present Day

Martin Squibbs

May 11, 2014

Before the 2008 financial shock and stock market crash, our speaker, Martin Squibbs (Humanist Community member and leader) had little knowledge or understanding of our monetary, financial and investment systems. Since then, he has tried to learn about these areas as best he can. During this process, he discovered that consumer debt growth (considering households and government as consumers) can contribute directly, with some delay, to corporate profits and so to stock market value. After analyzing the USA ‘s macro economic history from 1950 to the present day, he concluded this has very likely been the case in the USA to a significant degree since 1980. Thus, he suspects, as we reduce our unsustainable levels of consumer debt growth, it is likely that corporate profits, earnings, and stock market value will be substantially reduced.

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Big Money Out of Politics

Richard Hobbs

May 04, 2014

Move To Amend Santa Clara County (MTA SCC, see http://scc-mta.org/) is currently gathering signatures for a November 2014 county ballot initiative in support of a 28th Amendment to the US Constitution. By eliminating corporate personhood and money as political speech as affirmed by the US Supreme Court in Citizens United as well as predecessor and progeny precedent decisions, Move To Amend hopes to Build Democracy and End Corporate Rule (BDECR), the name of its Political Action Committee. Without campaign finance reform, we will never get any serious reforms in the U.S. Richard Hobbs (the moderator of MTA SCC and BDECR, an immigration attorney, former director of the Office of Human Relations of Santa Clara County, and currently Executive Director of Human Agenda) will present.

Humanist Community Forum (2014-05-04): Big Money Out of Politics (Richard Hobbs) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

The Bay Area linkAges TimeBank

Vandana Pant and Christina Araiza

April 27, 2014

vandana and christina The Innovation Center of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) offers a community-based program called linkAges to address the social and psychological factors that impact health and support aging in community. One component of the linkAges system is the Bay Area linkAges TimeBank, a free community-based service exchange network that launched in 2013. linkAges TimeBank members, including older adults and family caregivers, can use the TimeBank to meet daily needs, pursue personal interests and get to know people in their communities. Vandana Pant and Christina Araiza of PAMF will present.