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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The Secular Origins of the U.S.
03/23/2014
Dave Collamer
Presentation by Dave Collamer. How was it that the seminal documents of our nation, the Declaration of Independence, and the U.S. Constitution, were composed with the intent to set up a secular government? What were the religious sensibilities of the Founders? Why did they consistently vote down proposals to proclaim the U.S. a Christian nation? What did Thomas Jefferson mean when he spoke of a "wall of separation between church and state?"
Women’s History Month
03/16/2014
Coordinator: Marsha Abelman
In 2011, HGP observed Women’s History Month with a program dedicated to “Women Who Have Touched our Lives.” Speakers informed us about a variety of women, including their own mothers, grandmothers, and friends, living women who are influencing society today, as well as historical women who had significant impact on the world in their times. This has become a March tradition at HGP. We’re breaking up the storytelling this year with music interspersed with stories.
God Is Disappointed In You
03/09/2014
Mark Russell
Mark Russell covers the entire Bible from the Garden of Eden to the destruction of the Earth in a fun, earthy, and irreverent slide show. He explains selections from his book, “God Is Disappointed in You.” This presentation is both very funny and extremely well-informed. It includes a substantial question and answer follow-up. Mark Russell is a writer, cartoonist, and playwright living in Portland. He is the author of “The Superman Stories,” and “Traveling to Mars for Fun and Profit.”
Why Study Rare Diseases?
03/02/2014
Dr. Susan Hayflick
Rare diseases are those that affect fewer than 200,000 Americans at any given time. Nearly 7,000 such diseases are known today, many of them targeting children. Dr. Susan Hayflick has dedicated her research to finding a cure for neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA), a group of rare, genetic neurological disorders. She will discuss the science that many of these diseases share and the social and economic challenges that patients face. Dr. Hayflick is chair of OHSU’s Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics. The Hayflick Lab, in collaboration with national and international partners, is credited with discovering five genes that cause NBIA thus furthering our understanding of neurodegenerative pathogenesis.