{"id":14017,"date":"2023-05-19T05:30:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T05:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=14017"},"modified":"2023-05-28T01:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T01:56:17","slug":"2023-05-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2023-05-21\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/292539109\/attendees\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"598\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/humanists.org_2023_05_18_Forrest_Valkai.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14019\"\/><figcaption>Forrest Valkai<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3>A video of a talk by Forrest Valkai<\/h3>\n<p><strong>11 a.m., May 21, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join the Humanist Forum, in person OR on Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>This Sunday we will watch an entertaining 30-minute video in which renegade science teacher, Forrest Valkai discusses what defines sex in the plant and animal kingdoms and in individual members of a species. He covers the genetic and physical variations and how difficult it can be to define the sex of anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Forrest holds degrees in education and integrative biology, teaches science to over 800,000 followers on the internet, and is an incredibly bad dancer.<\/p>\n<p>Forrest can be found on YouTube and TikTok and is a regular host on shows such as SkepTalk and The Atheist Experience. He is proud to have built a career teaching people to love science and themselves and encouraging everyone to never stop learning!<\/p>\n<p>If you attend in person, COVID protocols will be followed. Vaccinations and masks will be required. If you have symptoms that may be COVID, kindly attend on Zoom (see below).<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Also, we will continue to present our forums on Zoom. To join and be able to ask questions and make comments, click <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81653890712?pwd=QzN4MTVNbGEwQ0Zua3d1VG9tVE50UT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>No password is needed &#8212; our host will admit you from the waiting room. Joining the meeting via the link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer (if it&#8217;s not already installed), and then take you to the meeting. You can also install the Zoom app on your computer or smart phone, and then enter:<br>Meeting ID: 816 5389 0712<br>Passcode: 250634<\/p>\n<p>You can also call any of the following phone numbers and then enter the above Meeting ID and the Passcode in order to join the meeting by phone.<br>+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)<br>+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)<br>+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<br>+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)<br>+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)<br>+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<br>+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)<br>You can find international phone numbers to call <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/u\/afYkAuvE6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>RSVP on Meetup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/293588821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>Like us on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanistcommsv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>Retweet our Twitter announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HumanistCommSV\/status\/1659312668719697920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>See videos of our past Forums <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2798508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>Add this event to your Google Calendar<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NmpmNjQ2NXNiNHAyb2JzYXZlYTBkanVxNjcgOGhnajVqYmVndXZjb2RuMDlvYTU5azFwOTBAZw&amp;tmsrc=8hgj5jbeguvcodn09oa59k1p90%40group.calendar.google.com\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/images\/ext\/gc_button1_en.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a talk by Forrest Valkai 11 a.m., May 21, 2023 Join the Humanist Forum, in person OR on Zoom. This Sunday we will watch an entertaining 30-minute video in which renegade science teacher, Forrest Valkai discusses what defines sex in the plant and animal kingdoms and in individual members of a species. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2023-05-21\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[258],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14017"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14022,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14017\/revisions\/14022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}