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Humanist (HGP) History
02/24/2013
Del Allen

This presentation is about humanism. It is part one of a two-part program. Here our Program Committee chairman Del Allen shares his personal journey to humanism, and then tells us about the early history of our organization, Humanists of Greater Portland (HGP).

Disability Rights Oregon
02/17/2013
Bob Joondeph

This is a presentation by Bob Joondeph, Executive Director of Disability Rights Oregon, an organization that works to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to education, employment, public services, businesses, housing, and transportation. In order to achieve such access, some people need the assistance of what a "service animal" such as a seeing-eye dog. Joondeph discusses what a service animal is, along with the standards for using one. Joondeph is a lawyer who has practiced in the public interest sphere for many years.

Landscape for a Flat World
02/10/2013
Brian Baker

This is a Skype presentation by landscape architect Brian Baker. It covers a span of over twenty years through the eyes of a landscape architect who has been involved in the design and management of projects in several countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Mr. Baker has served in various capacities with responsibilities covering planning and design, from master planner of new communities to designer of small outdoor spaces. He makes his home in Barcelona.

Alternatives to the Death Penalty
02/03/2013
Ron Steiner & Frank Thompson

Ron Steiner and Frank Thompson lead a discussion on the death penalty in Oregon. Ron Steiner is the board chair of Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. He has been involved, as a volunteer activist, in abolition work since 2000. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty. The repeal was enacted in March 2009. Steiner also serves on the national board of directors for Murder Victim Families for Reconciliation. Frank Thompson, a former state penitentiary warden, has recently joined efforts to repeal the death penalty in Oregon. Thompson, who supervised the only two executions carried out in the state since capital punishment was reinstated in 1984, describes the death penalty as a “failed public policy." He supports life without parole as an alternative to capital punishment.

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