Suzanne Thornton organizes an event in which three HGP members share meaningful stories of significant events in their lives. Today we hear from Dave Gray, Margie Adams, and Jules Elias.
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Existential Dilemmas
06/14/2015
Tom Needham
Tom Needham explores four human dilemmas: death, meaning, freedom, and isolation. If we acknowledge these dilemmas, and formulate our own way of dealing with them, we are likely to live happier lives. Tom is a fifth generation Oregonian and graduate of MIT. He is a long-time member of West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship where, for the last two years, he has facilitated a group discussion which explores how humanist values can help in building a good life.
Driving While Black
06/07/2015
Mariann Hyland
Mariann Hyland is the co-creator of Driving While Black - The App, a mobile phone application that promotes safety, accountability, and justice during traffic stops for Black people and others. Mariann will discuss what inspired the App's creation, why the App is needed, and what she hopes it will accomplish.
Oregon Free Thought
05/31/2015
Gus Frederick
Presentation by Gus Frederick. This talk addresses the Freethought movement in Western Oregon during the latter quarter of the19th Century, beginning with the seeds of the Oregon State Secular League, culminating with the establishment of Liberal University of Oregon at Silverton, the West’s first strictly secular center of higher learning. Gus Frederick is a native Oregonian and third generation Free Thinker. He was born in 1954, 100 years after his hometown of Silverton was founded. He is by training a filmmaker and photographer, although he has broadened that term to multimedia artist. He currently works as a conceptual artist, photographer, filmmaker and animator. (HGP does not take responsibility for material presented by our speakers.)
Water Witching and Dowsing
05/24/2015
Todd Jarvis
Presentation by Todd Jarvis. While Oregon is famous for its diverse water landscapes, Oregonians have a rich history in dowsing and locating water and water channels. Folklore describes the diverse tools used by Oregon water witches dating back to the early 1900s. Nearly every means imaginable has been used to “divine” water -- from pitchforks, car keys hung as a pendulum, bibles, to the classic “forked” stick. Todd Jarvis is the Interim Director of the Institute for Water & Watersheds and an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University. He has over 30 years of experience in the groundwater engineering industry and is a certified engineering geologist, and water right examiner. (HGP does not take responsibility for material presented by our speakers.)