Dr. Tom Hoban will speak to us about environmental issues and problems here in the Piedmont region.  He is the Executive Director of the Haw River Assembly.  Dr. Hoban has been a communication consultant and environmental social scientist for three decades.  He is familiar with all aspects of social science research and theory, and he also […]

Nicole Roman, Guardian ad Litem District Administrator in North Carolina, will speak to us about the program.  Its mission is to provide trained independent advocates to represent and promote the best interests of abused, neglected, and dependent children in the state court system, and to work expediently toward a plan that ensures these children are […]

Bett Padgett uses music to express her thoughts about today’s social, political, and environmental climate.  Her thoughtful and carefully crafted songs shine through with a vision of a world we want to live in.  A multi-instrumentalist, she will accompany herself using innovative guitar techniques and banjo in styles that cross the borders of Celtic, Old-time, […]

On November 24th, EHST will hold its annual “Stone Soup” celebration.  We will tell the history of Stone Soup, and then we will each be given an opportunity to express what we can be thankful for in our lives.   (Please note that being "thankful" does not require theism; nontheists can be thankful too!) We will make […]

EHST member, Jay Niver, reviews recent developments in the contentious debate over Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), including the Canadian model and the failed effort to bring an NC bill to the floor this past spring. Jay and his sister Gretchen produced an award-winning documentary film about the planned death of their father in 1998.  […]