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Teaching American Indian History
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDo our public schools teach historically accurate depictions of American Indians? Ryan Dial-Stanley, a member of the Lumbee tribe, will discuss what education should depict. Leslie Locklear was originally scheduled to speak, but had to step aside. She recommended her colleague Mr. Dial-Stanley who is also quite knowledgeable about this issue, and works with her […]
Highlights of the AEU Assembly in Tampa
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe American Ethical Union (AEU) is the national organization of which EHST is a member. Each year the AEU holds a convention, called an "Assembly," in which delegates from the other Ethical Humanist societies meet for three days of lectures, workshops, entertainment, and a business meeting. EHST President Dorothy Dale, and members Jan Broughton and […]
Judith Lessler, “Department of Corruption”
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesOur guest speaker is Judith Lessler, who edited the book "Department of Corruption: Darren Rainey, the Untold Story" (Harold W.J. Hempstead, author). You may think you know what happens to people who are incarcerated in our prison systems, but you need to know what happened to Darren Rainey, who was imprisoned by the State of […]
Climate Change Activism (rescheduled from an earlier date)
Elijah King, a member of the Youth Steering Committee with the Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, will present a program on the efforts of him and other students in the area of climate change. Are we up to the challenge of following their lead? Elijah King is an inspiring and […]
Facebook’s Role in Brexit and the Threat to Democracy
In an unmissable TED Talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK's super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Tracking the result to a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at vulnerable Brexit swing voters − and linking the same players and tactics to the […]