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The Mission and Work of Ipas
Eileen McWilliams, Ipas Partnership Manager, will speak about the mission and work of Ipas. "Founded in 1973, Ipas is a global nongovernmental organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion. Through local, national, and global partnerships, Ipas works to ensure that women can obtain safe, respectful, and comprehensive abortion care, including counseling […]
Tiny Houses, A New Option in Home Ownership
Architect Arielle Schechter will speak to us about her work and options for those seeking to have a smaller footprint on the Earth's resources. She designs "tiny houses" (from 150 to 1500 sq. ft.), and also established "North Carolina Modernist Houses," an educational nonprofit which does archive documenting, preserving, and promoting residential modernist architecture. […]
Black Religion: The Gift and the Curse
Our guest speaker will be Dr. Dauv Evans , whose talk is titled: Black Religion: The Gift and the Curse. Dr. Evans has written a new book, Emancipation of a Black Atheist, which will be published later this year. The book explores the author's growth out of religion and examines the effects of religion in the Black community. […]
A Home on the Range – Documentary Film
EHST member, Greta Dorfman, will show a film, A Home on the Range, a documentary about the unique Northern California community in which she grew up, where the older generation of Jewish residents, who were immigrants from Eastern Europe, lived on small farms and supported themselves raising chickens. The community was partly cooperative, and fully […]
Discussion of Film – A Home On The Range
We will hold a discussion Sunday to allow for a full review of the documentary shown last week (3/26) titled A Home On the Range. Member Greta Dorfman will help facilitate the discussion; she grew up in the community shown in the documentary. Even if you did not make it to the program on 3/26 […]