We live our entire waking life immersed in our inner experiences (thoughts, feelings, sensations) – internal private phenomena for us, inaccessible to others.  What is the nature of our inner experience – our internal narrative?  Is my inner experience structured the same way as your inner experience?  Just what are the voices and processes in […]

EHST member, Mike Conrad, will speak about this famous trial to help us remember and celebrate the work of Charles Darwin and how his work challenged our way of thinking.   The fight to teach evolution is still not over!  Check these links for more information: https://futurism.com/battle-teach-evolution-public-schools-far-from-over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_and_evolution_in_public_education_in_the_United_States  

Dennis Gaddy, Founder and Executive Director of the Community Success Initiative, will tell us how his organization helps those who have previously been incarcerated make the transition to life on the outside.   Since 2004, the CSI has helped those who have made mistakes in their lives to get a second chance in life.

In the fall of 2019, UNC - Chapel Hill embarked on a shared learning initiative entitled Reckoning: Race, Memory and Reimagining the Public University.  Spurred in part by the ongoing controversy surrounding the forcible removal of the Confederate monument Silent Sam, this initiative comprised a broad set of courses and campus events.  The objective was to […]

Professor Mary Hope of the radio program,  Seeking Justice,  will speak to us about her program and our shared focus on seeking justice for all.  Prof. Hope's professional work at William Jessup University in Greensboro is focused on Peace and Conflict Studies.  Her radio program examines issues of conflict from multiple perspectives, seeking to transcend […]