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Repairing the Harms of Structural Racism
Virtual Program using ZoomAEU Executive Director, Bart Worden, will speak to us about structural racism, and how we can and should work to repair or better demolish structural racism. After hundreds of years of damage are we at a tipping point that will lead to real and lasting change? Will ethical humanists join efforts to repair the damage […]
Against the Tide – documentary
Virtual Program using ZoomThe documentary "Against the Tide" is about two ex-offenders and how their community based support teams made a difference as they faced the challenges of integrating back into society. There are more than 40,000 men and women locked up in North Carolina prisons, and 98% will eventually re-enter society. This film illustrates how well things […]
Racial Bias in Higher Education
Virtual Program using ZoomDr. Shirley Hymon-Parker, Associate Dean for Research at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Services at NC A&T State University, will speak on the issues facing people of color in higher education. Her current research focuses on cyber-human systems, cognitive ergonomics, fairness and inclusion in data science, and mixed data modeling to develop systems that […]
America: What Went Wrong?
Virtual Program using ZoomEHST will be joining with the Philadelphia Ethical Society at 11 a.m. to hear James Steele talk about his book "America: What Went Wrong? The Crisis Deepens." Here's more about the book: "Long before Covid-19 ravaged the economy, millions of middle-class Americans were struggling with another crisis—stagnant earnings, unaffordable health care and the prospect of […]
School Resource Officers in Our Schools – Help or Harm?
Virtual Program using ZoomUNC Prof. Barbara Fedders will speak to us about School Resource Officers (SROs) in our schools and whether they benefit all students. She will also highlight the work of the Youth Justice Clinic which UNC sponsors. SROs were originally brought into schools to help prevent mass shootings in schools. Now they are under scrutiny in […]