Presentation by Jessie Braverman & Cody Urban at Friendly House about the invisible migrant workers at sea who carry the weight of the world economy on their backs. They discuss how to support their fight for dignity, rights, and welfare.Jessie is chairperson of the Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers. Cody is also a member of the Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers.
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Science and Spirit, part 1
08/16/2015
E. Baird Smith
Part One of a two-part presentation. Since classical antiquity, we have had two perspectives on the nature of reality – one from the head and the other from the heart. We have found science to be more persuasive than religion. But this has led to the loss of the divine. In this presentation, E. Baird Smith looks at Big History and Evolution in the light of two twentieth century scientists who were also deeply spiritual – Albert Einstein and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Mr. Smith is a teacher of science and theology. He spent thirty years as a computer scientist at IBM programming. After moving to Portland, Oregon, he studied Theology at the Trinity Center for Spiritual Development. (HGP does not take responsibility for material presented by our speakers.)
Scholarships & Humanist Video Theater
08/09/2015
Kay Byerly & Dave DiNucci
This is a two-part program. In part one, Kay Byerly presents the HGP Scholarship Winners for this year. Part two consists of Dave DiNucci’s “Humanist Video Theater #5” in which Dave moderates audience discussion steered by short on-line videos selected to put HGP’s work into a larger context.
Classical Music
08/02/2015
Robert McBride
Classical music is art, science, history, culture, and community. It provides solace and stimulation, entertainment and insight. Thanks to radio and the internet, this art form, ancient and evolving, is available to more people than ever before. Its beauty and power can cross barriers of language and nationality with ease. And it includes the greatest hits of the last thousand years. After more than thirty years spent sharing classical music with untold thousands of listeners around the world, I've had many opportunities to reflect on how my work has helped people. I will share some stories, and some of the music that inspired them.
Northwest Face of Coal, Oil, & Gas
07/26/2015
Duane Ray
The use of fossil fuel anywhere affects all of us everywhere. Mountain top removal and fracking are the new norms to extract these fuels. The Columbia River Gorge has become a major pathway for their transportation. Duane Ray reviews recent activities to minimize, and even stop, fossil fuel activity in the northwest. Duane holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Pennsylvania. Since coming to the Northwest 15 years ago, he has given courses and talks on science, creationism, and global warming.