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  • How Citizens in Johnston County Stopped a Pipeline

    Carrboro Civic Center 108 Bim St, Carrboro, United States

    Francine Stephenson will speak to us and show us a documentary about how Johnston County stopped the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from coming through their community.  The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, which Lois Gibbs created, provided a grant to these citizens to help with the fight, and that was crucial to their success.   This […]

  • The Ethics of Listening to Others

    Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    One of the problems our country is facing is the increasing polarization of society.  The Balkanization of our country pits opposing forces as sinister, and evil.  The enemy is evil, and intent on destroying our country.  Alarm bells are going off among liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans,  the religious and the nonreligious.  Todd Bishop […]

  • The Boy in the Moon

    Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    What is the essence of our humanity? The book, "The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son," by Ian Brown, is about raising his severely intellectually disabled son. The book explores life and meaning in the context of raising a severely disabled child. Brown, an atheist,  asks, "What is the […]