Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle

American Indians in NC: Sappony Spotlight
2026-06-07 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Kara Stewart will speak with us about NC’s current American Indian tribes, highlighting her own tribe, the Sappony, whose traditional territory straddles the NC/VA state line. You can find North Carolina’s state and federally recognized tribes on the NC Commission of Indian Affairs website.
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.

Flock Cameras: The Risks of Building a "Local" (but really national) Surveillance Network
2026-06-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Program using Zoom
Automated license plate reader cameras are often presented as simple crime-fighting tools, but systems like Flock create a searchable record of where ordinary people drive, when they travel, and who they may be visiting. This talk will explain how these camera networks work, why they raise serious privacy and civil liberties concerns, and why communities should think carefully before allowing this kind of surveillance infrastructure to take root.
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.

The State of Reproductive Rights in NC: How We Got Here, and Where We Go From Here.
2026-07-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Attacks on abortion access and reproductive freedom have long been rooted in patriarchal efforts to control other people’s bodies. Despite the fact that North Carolina has a history of being a more moderate state on abortion access (some abortion was legal in NC pre-Roe), the past 15 years have seen a dramatic restriction on access to abortion here, led by right-wing political actors in our state. Misinformation, gerrymandered legislative maps, the politicization of healthcare, and the weaponization of religion have all played a role. Join us and Pro-Choice North Carolina for an overview of the landscape of reproductive healthcare in NC, and a discussion of how we got here and where we go in our effort to protect and expand reproductive freedom.

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.
