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Changing My Name to God
03/30/2025
Jeff Strang

 

Long-time HGP member Jeff Strang is planning to change his first name to God when his mother dies (if he did it before, it would kill her!). This is a double-edged sword: on the one hand, the jokes write themselves and it gives great name recognition. On the other, it could offend many people and open him up to serious attacks. But on balance, he feels the power of this assertion of atheists’ rights and recognition in society is worth it. This presentation will involve much discussion.

 

 

Oregon’s Homeless Crisis
03/23/2025
Doug Marshall

 

Presentation by Doug Marshall,  a native Portlander, who has dedicated over thirty years to addressing homelessness in his community. In 2019, he founded an organization committed to measuring the effectiveness of nonprofits in helping the homeless return to stability and become housed.

On the WEB:  https://www.hhfpdx.org

Email:  doug@hhfpdx.org

 

 

Portland Clean Air
03/16/2025
Greg Bourget

Presentation at Friendly House by Greg Bourget about “Portland Clean Air” an organization that uses data from eight government agencies, monitoring equipment for airborne particulate and solvents to identify the source of industrial air pollution. Bourget is the Executive Director and Lead Researcher for Portland Clean Air.

The Grasshopper Women: A Peruvian Tale of Globalization
03/09/2025
Jeff Seward

Presentation by Zoom. Jeff Seward shows us a video looking at the lives of a group of pioneering Peruvian women who experimented with the idea of creating an elite corps of computer professionals in a poor developing Latin American country. Jeff is a retired political scientist from Pacific University. He has given us more than twenty presentations over the years. He now lives in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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