Presentation by Jessie Braverman & Cody Urban at Friendly House about the invisible migrant workers at sea who carry the weight of the world economy on their backs. They discuss how to support their fight for dignity, rights, and welfare.Jessie is chairperson of the Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers. Cody is also a member of the Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers.
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The Neuro-Physiology of Peak Experiences
05/03/2009
Dr. Joshua Fost
Preceded by a short reading, this program by speaker Dr. Joshua Fost was recorded on 5/31/09 at a regular meeting of the Humanists of Greater Portland (Oregon), or HGP. While the cultural divide between science and religion may be as large as ever, recent years have seen a fusion of the two in the branch of neuroscience known as neurotheology. PSU professor Josh Fost will describe the brain mechanisms…
Culture Competence
04/26/2009
Helen Christians
Preceded by a short reading, this program by speaker Helen Christians was recorded on 4/26/09 at a regular meeting of the Humanists of Greater Portland (Oregon), or HGP. Like learning to walk or think abstractly, individuals learn to interact with people of other cultures competently trough a series of developmental stages. Helen will review the 6 developmental stages of cultural competence. Several…
How Stars and Planets Form
03/08/2009
Dr. Steve Strom
Dr Steve Strom’s presentation will cover the formation of stars and planetary systems. Using that as a theme, he will integrate what we've learned from the Hubble Space telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and a variety of large ground-based facilities, with what we expect to learn from facilities (space and ground) now on the drawing board. The presentations will include images from the Hubble and the Spitzer Space Telescopes.
Insights Into Ghana
03/01/2009
Jeff Strang
Preceded by a short reading, this program by speaker Jeff Strang was recorded on 3/1/09 at a regular meeting of the Humanists of Greater Portland (Oregon), or HGP. HGP member Jeff Strang was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana from 1980-82, serving as a secondary school teacher and rural development organizer. He was able to pay a return visit in 1990, and went again this past July. He'll show video…