Presented from Friendly House, three HGP members share stories of notable events in their lives. Organized by Suzanne Thornton.
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Breaking Down Assumptions
04/09/2017
Jo Victoria
We walk through this world with assumptions about how others view us. We don’t intend to have those filters, but we do because of how we were raised and because of what we have been exposed to in our lives. What does it look like to confront all of our preconceptions? What does it look like to reimagine how we interact with others? Jo H Victoria is a teacher, a youth advocate, and Unitarian Universalist lay leader. She lives in Eugene. Jo is passionate about creating safe spaces to confront our own bias and celebrate our diversity, and is an enthusiastic gardener.
Notable Women
03/26/2017
Helen Christians
Members share their research on influential women of science, politics, exploration and entertainment. Presentations include women who have changed the world but are not well known. Presenters were Anne Henderson, Joyce Lackie, Marsha Abelman, Lenora Warren, Arnie Panitch, Laurent Beauregard, and Carolyn Tomei.
The Mind of Theodore Roszak
03/05/2017
Dave Collamer
Presentation by Dave Collamer about Theodore Roszak who was a history professor at California State University and a social critic for over 40 years. Roszak’s view is that people in developed countries have bought into the techno-industrial scheme of life so much that they have lost contact with their inner sources of transcendent vision, and thus are out of balance. Roszak is the author of The Making of a Counter Culture. Dave Collamer is a member of HGP. He retired from teaching high school science and moved from to Portland in 2010. Dave has always been interested in philosophy and history.
Jobs for the Future
02/26/2017
Del Allen
Donald Trump has promised to return jobs to the U.S. workforce. Del Allen discusses how the job market is changing. Many of the jobs Trump talks about have been, or will be, replaced with no humans or with humans from outside the U.S. How is the job market affected as a result of "the cloud"? How should we advise our grandchildren about going to college and obtaining employment? Del Allen is chair of HGP’s program committee.