Russell Pierce will speak about local trends in housing and homelessness.  He is the executive director of "Housing for New Hope" which is a local organization which addresses these issues.  He will explore challenges facing our most vulnerable neighbors: those experiencing homelessness. He'll take a particular look at gentrification and how rising housing costs impact […]

Maura Breidt will present a program on ethical considerations of animal shelters, focusing on Wake SPCA, where she is a volunteer. The program will be structured first with an overview of some of the volunteer opportunities, focusing on some of the volunteer jobs that she herself is involved with, and then move to some of […]

As EHST did in 2020 and 2022, we will be postcarding to get out the vote as our third quarter social action project. The stakes could not be higher in this election.  Postcarding is a non-partisan activity to encourage occasional voters to participate in our democracy.  Our efforts will focus on Mecklenburg County in our […]

Kevin Bolling, executive director of the Secular Student Alliance, will talk about the SSA's mission, goals, and scholarships program for secular students.  The Secular Student Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the only national organization dedicated to atheist, humanist, and other non-theist students.  The scholarships are available to full-time students enrolled in high school or […]