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Lifestyle As Medicine [2024/10-27]
10/27/2024
Iris Schrijver

Presentation at Friendly House by Iris Schrijver. We all want a healthy, happy life. Yet in the U.S. six out of ten people have a chronic disease. Can lifestyle-driven diseases be prevented? This presentation reviews influences on our wellbeing, highlights the science on health and happiness, and includes practical tips for a life of better health and wellbeing. Iris Schrijver is a certified lifestyle medicine physician. She is an adjunct clinical professor of pathology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She currently practices lifestyle medicine at Clackamas Free Clinic. She has published many research articles along with books, including “Living With the Stars” (a popular science book, written together with her husband, an astrophysicist).

Signs of the Economy, and music
10/13/2024
Jeremy Knowles

Today we try out something new: changing the format of our meetings once a month to be more dynamic, interactive, and musical than our traditional programs. Jeremy Knowles will give a short presentation on signs of the economy and what to look for to determine if recession is coming, combined with a little music, some discussion, and maybe some games or video. Jeremy is a new member who has brought some ideas from Portland Sunday Assembly.

Religion Without Religion
10/06/2024
Whitney Phillips

Presentation over Zoom by Whitney Phillips. This talk looks at the nationalist turn (known as MAGA) within the Republican and discusses what is strange about the Christianity there on display, centering, as it does, on fear and loathing of a liberal devil. Phillips is Assistant Professor of Digital Platforms and Media Ethics in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. She has published several books focused on politics and popular culture.

Using the Hero's Journey to Navigate Change and Challenge
09/29/2024
Ellie Jacques

The hero’s journey is a universal literary pattern that our favorite stories across time have followed. Popularized by Joseph Campbell in the 1940’s, the hero’s journey has been used by the likes of Tolkien, George Lucas, and Stanley Kubrick, to create some of the most iconic books and films in Western culture. Ellie Jacques is an educator from Southern Michigan. She recently served as Career Advisor at the largest public high school in Denver, Colorado, using the hero’s journey to help students explore future careers. 

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