There is much discussion about environmental justice, but did you know the environmental justice movement actually started right here in North Carolina and that the phrase 'environmental racism' was coined in the heat of protest?  Dr. Kim Allen, a cultural anthropologist whose research has focused on environmental justice activism and environmental identity, will dig into […]

Conner Sandefur will introduce you to the Chickasaw Nation, a sovereign American Indian nation now located in southcentral Oklahoma. He will discuss some of the research that the Chickasaw Nation and others are doing to improve health and wellness of Indian People (Hattak Api' Homma'). He will also discuss the role of two professional societies, […]

Hugh Taft-Morales, BES Leader, will talk to us via a previously recorded program.  Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square, but the outrageous lie that the election was rigged fueled the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Though lying has long been used as a tool to gain political power, normalizing blatant lying […]

This is a turbulent time for our nation (corrosive political divisions, erosion of belief in government, disinformation) and for our world (catastrophic climate change, increasing authoritarianism, global oligarchs maneuvering across borders).   What current issues do you think have the most implications for us in our efforts to "reach for a more ethical life".  EHST will […]

Our meeting will be a symposium on the book, “Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization” written by Edward  Slingerland.  The book researches the thousands of years that Humankind has pursued intoxication as a means to enhance creativity, build trust, and allow normally antagonistic groups to cooperate for the advantage of all.  Two […]