Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle

Ted Talk - The Mission to Safeguard Black History in the US
2026-02-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Program using Zoom
We will play a Ted Talk by Julieanna Richardson who founded TheHistoryMakers. The organization is a digital repository for the black experience. Here is an excerpt from its website: “The HistoryMakers is a national 501 (c ) (3) non-profit research and educational institution committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans. Through the media and a series of user-friendly products, services and events, The HistoryMakers enlightens, entertains and educates the public, helping to refashion a more inclusive record of American history.” The talk will be followed by a discussion of Ms. Richardson’s talk.
This program will be presented via a Zoom session. You do not need a Zoom account to “attend” this virtual meeting. If you would like to be a participant in the meeting, please use our contact us form (https://ehstnc.org/contact-us/) to make your request.

This Is Not America, or Is It?
2026-02-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Recent events in the U.S. are startling to many Americans, events such as the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents, and the creation of camps in and out of the U.S. for immigrants rounded up by ICE. Some say this is not America! But, is it? Are those that say that correct? What does our history show about what is America and what is not? EHST member and frequent guest speaker, Solomon Gibson III, will present us with his answer to this question.
This meeting is a Zoom “hybrid” meeting. We will meet at our regular venue, Extraordinary Ventures, where the program will take place. We will also Zoom the program. If you wish to attend via Zoom, please use our contact us form (https://ehstnc.org/contact-us/) to make your request.

No Meeting
2026-02-22 08:00 - 17:00
EHST is not meeting this Sunday. See you on March 1st.

Pee Wee Homes - Housing for the Needy
2026-03-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
PeeWeeHomes is a local organization whose mission is to create dignified, affordable, tiny homes in a caring community for, and with people transitioning out of homelessness. Their homes of 250-400 square feet enable people who can not afford larger homes to have a place to live. Representatives from PeeWeeHomes will tell us the story of how they came to be, how they function, and what the future holds.
This meeting is a Zoom “hybrid” meeting. We will meet at our regular venue, Extraordinary Ventures, where the program will take place. We will also Zoom the program. If you wish to attend via Zoom, please use our contact us form (https://ehstnc.org/contact-us/) to make your request.

Urgent Work to Protect North Carolina’s Environment
2026-03-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Program using Zoom
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) does great work across the South to protect the environment. Please join us for excerpts from their webinar on what’s happening with protecting North Carolina’s environment. We will then discuss the points raised by SELC and what we can do as individuals.
This program will be presented via a Zoom session. You do not need a Zoom account to “attend” this virtual meeting. If you would like to be a participant in the meeting, please use our contact us form (https://ehstnc.org/contact-us/) to make your request.

Community Day
2026-03-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
What is a community day? It is a program in which a topic is introduced for discusssion, followed by breakout into small groups for discussion, and then we reconvene as a whole to review ideas, and thoughts arising from the group discussions. Our program will be led by Jan Broughton who has conducted these community days in the past. The topic will be introduced soon.
Given the nature of this program, there will be no Zoom option.

CROP Walk
2026-03-22 13:30 - 15:30
We will participate in the local CROP Walk. The CROP Walk is our ethical action activity for this quarter. It is a local walk sponsored by the InterFaith Council (IFC) to raise money to fight hunger both locally and internationally. Find out more about it here: https://www.ifcweb.org/features/2026-crop-hunger-walk Registration begins at 1:30, and the actual walk begins at 2:30. If you are an EHST member, please wear your EHST t-shirt.
There will be no program at our usual venue, Extraordinary Ventures.

How to be Foolproof in Today's News Environment
2026-03-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Program using Zoom
The founder of The Alliance For Trust in Media, veteran journalist and media executive Eric Schurenberg will take you through a crash course in navigating today’s chaotic news environment to uncover information you can trust. He’ll explain the economic reasons that news gets delivered the way it does, the effects of the growing seepage of AI into the information ecosystem, and some quick, non-partisan rules that you can deploy to avoid being misled online.
Eric is the former editor in chief of the publications Inc., Money, CBS MoneyWatch and BNET and the former CEO of Inc. and Fast Company. He’s now a distinguished instructor of journalism at University of Chicago and the host of the podcast In Reality.
This is a Zoom only program sponsored by the American Ethical Union. You must register to participate. You may do so via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ofKPzj3cR0iJJRhKbFX1lg#/registration
