From FH. HGP members demonstrate their willingness to display their skills, talents, hobbies, dreams for the rest of us to appreciate. Be prepared to potentially witness (and/or commit) acts of poetry, music, and/or other artistic exhibitions. Hosted by our inimitable, indisputable, and indubitable master of ceremonies, HGP's Al Christians.
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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.
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.
Rehabilitation U.S. Correction System
05/29/2022
Caitlin Taylor
Presentation by Caitlin J. Taylor. She will discuss challenges to providing rehabilitation programs in the U.S. prison system. This includes prison culture, corruption, public opinion, and therapeutic relationships. Is this a system that can be reformed or should it be abolished? Caitlin Taylor, is an associate professor in Sociology & Criminal Justice at La Salle Univesity. Her research centers on the collateral consequences of mass incarceration as well as challenges faced by returning citizens.
A Troubling Flag
05/22/2022
Eva Guggemos
Presentation by Eva Guggemos. There is a troubling U.S. flag in the Pacific University Museum. It is significant because of its age and its history. This flag was carried by a militia company that helped violently repress Native People in the 1850s-1880s. Ms. Guggemos discusses the wars between Pacific Northwest Tribes and the U.S. Government, the removal of tribes to reservations, and the difficulties in curating a flag with such a fraught history. Eva Guggemos is the Archivist and an Associate Professor at Pacific University.