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Ranked Choice Voting
09/04/2022
​Kit Muehlman & Sol Mora

Presentation by Kit Muehlman and Sol Mora about the benefits of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Where is this voting sustem used? How does RCV work for single-winner elections? Included will be an online demo election. Kit Muehlman is from Bellingham, Washington. She is a yoga and meditation teacher. Sol Mora is with the Coalition of Communities of Color.

Freethinkers of the 19th Century
08/28/2022
Gus Frederick

Gus Frederick addresses the Freethought Movement in Oregon during the latter quarter of the 19th Century. He then discusses the wider national scene of this period with its diversity of men and women and their ideas, relating to the last 25 years of the 19th Century. Gus Frederick is a Third Generation Freethinker and native Oregonian. He is a filmmaker, photographer, and multimedia artist.

Ben Franklin, Ken Burns, and the Myth of Meritocracy
08/21/2022
Timothy Messer-Kruse

Timothy Messer-Kruse explores how Benjamin Franklin has served as the epitome of the self-made man and of meritocracy. Why has this myth persisted in the face of facts to the contrary? Messer-Kruse received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin and has served as professor of ethnic studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He is the author of six books. His forthcoming work examines the 18th century white abolitionist movement using the methodological tools of Critical Race Theory. He is a frequent contributor to Counterpunch, Jacobin, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Ending The Pacific War
08/07/2022
Robert Sanford

Robert Sanford discusses the background and the many decision factors for ending World War II against Japan. Robert was a history major in college, and has continued to read extensively about World War II. He has served as a minor editor on that subject for Wikipedia. Robert joined HGP in 1998, where he originated the emcee position and served in that function for seven years. This is his twenty-fourth program for us.

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