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Social Media and Fighting Disinformation
Virtual Program using ZoomUNC Professor Deen Freelon will discuss the interaction between social media and disinformation. He will speak briefly about his research, and then he will engage the meeting participants to share their perceptions of and experiences with mis/disinformation. He is very interested in how our own perceptions mesh with his research. Prof. Freelon was recently interviewed […]
Climate Change and Its Effects on Human Health
Virtual Program using ZoomNC State Prof. Jay Levine will speak to us about how climate change is negatively impacting human health. Of course, the disparities in wealth will cause the most harm to those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. The 1% of the population who is wealthy may have nothing to worry about, but […]
Racism and Runaway Inequality
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesLes Leopold will speak to us on the intersection of racism and economic inequality. He is the co-founder of the Labor Institute, a nonprofit that designs research on labor and workplace issues. His most recent book is Runaway Inequality: An Activist’s Guide to Economic Justice. He is currently helping to build a national economic educational train-the-trainer […]
Remembering and Honoring the Life of Eva Harrington
Virtual Program using ZoomEHST will hold a virtual memorial service for Eva Harrington who died in 2020. She was a longtime supporter of Ethical Culture both at EHST and in New York. We welcome her friends and family to join us. AEU Leader Randy Best will facilitate our program. Here is a very brief review of her life: […]
Partisanship, Fascism and the Common Good: Defining Public Ethics After the January 6th Insurrection
Virtual Program using ZoomEHST will be participating in the all American Ethical Union program featuring Rep. Jamie Raskin. Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-8) was Lead House Manager in the second Senate impeachment Trial of former President Donald Trump, which ended with a 57-43 vote to convict and was the most bipartisan presidential impeachment process in U.S. history. A professor […]