Coordinated by Al Christians. We present for your entertainment a flurry of talent -- drawn from the membership of HGP. This includes music from a variety of genres, along with some novelties.
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HGP Scholarship Winners 2022
06/26/2022
Cathy Humble & Scholarship Winners
Winners of Annual Humanist Essay Contest speak. The topic for this year's essay is: “How has the Covid epidemic caused you to rethink your plans for college and career?
The Health of Our Democracy
06/19/2022
Jeff Seward
Jeff Seward reviews formal assessments of the state of American democracy and talks about criteria that have been used in these discussions. He then gives his own professional evaluation of how American democracy is doing. Is our system deeply flawed? Or is it not? Seward has a Ph.D from Stanford. He has had a career in public television as a political reporter, news anchor, and film producer. He is a professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Pacific University. He has presented to us many times in the past.
Navigating the American Healthcare System
06/12/2022
Jon Peters, M.D.
Presentation by Jon Peters, M.D. How best to interact with your doctor before and after an office visit? How best to get tests and referrals? How to make interactions with providers better for you? Why, at times, your desires may not align with the American health care system. Dr. Peters completed his Family Medicine residency in 1991 and recently retired after nearly 30 years.
Creating a Democracy Movement
06/05/2022
Greg Coleridge
Presentation by Greg Coleridge. Social change that expands people’s rights and calls for protecting the planet has been the result of committed individuals who organize powerful peoples’ movements. The crises that we face (political, constitutional, ecological, economic and social) demand a diverse democracy movement. Greg Coleridge is co-director of “Move to Amend”. He has worked for more than three decades with the American Friends Service Committee in Ohio where he dealt with a range of justice, environmental, and democracy issues. He is the author of several works on social change.