Humanist Discussion Group
Online EventJoin our monthly gathering of humanists for a discussion. Topics provided. Led by John Thompson.
Join our monthly gathering of humanists for a discussion. Topics provided. Led by John Thompson.
Would you like to hear some practical and actionable items ideas for your own financial planning? How can individuals and families across the full spectrum of financial ability empower charitable, abundant living with the resources they have? Come hear topics ranging from regular monthly giving as part of your budget to leaving a legacy gift through detailed estate planning. We will talk about best practices in charitable giving strategies including the benefit of using retirement accounts to make Qualified Charitable Distributions (decreasing personal taxable income) and how donors can benefit from setting up a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) as a legacy gifting asset. Consider making charitable giving a soul-satisfying feature of your personal financial life.
Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that is uniquely positioned to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our world and ourselves. Specifically, we’ll see how anthropologists deploy multidisciplinary methods to trace the origins of our species as well as the development of religion, agriculture, money, language, and many other pillars of the modern human experience.
Join Meaningful Movies Bellevue for the first screening of our fall season! We’re kicking off with Truth Tellers, a film addressing the importance of civic engagement. In Truth Tellers, Artist/activist Robert Shetterly uses his art to explore great American activists’ responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time. Shetterly presents portraits of contemporary activists for racial justice Bree Newsome, Zyahna Bryant, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood alongside climate activists Bill McKibben, Kelsey Juliana, and Bill Bigelow by putting them in the context of three great American civil rights leaders: John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Bayard Rustin. The film stresses the urgency of coming together to confront these issues and to resolve to uphold our country’s founding ideals. Truth Tellers is both a story of Shetterly’s art and activism and a history lesson of what is required of a citizen.
We will be joined by a Guest Speaker, Cindy Black from Fix Democracy First, who will talk about what each of you can do to be an active citizen in your community.
Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that is uniquely positioned to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our world and ourselves. Specifically, we’ll see how anthropologists deploy multidisciplinary methods to trace the origins of our species as well as the development of religion, agriculture, money, language, and many other pillars of the modern human experience.
Please join us to discuss Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger.
Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that is uniquely positioned to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our world and ourselves. Specifically, we’ll see how anthropologists deploy multidisciplinary methods to trace the origins of our species as well as the development of religion, agriculture, money, language, and many other pillars of the modern human experience.
Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that is uniquely positioned to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our world and ourselves. Specifically, we’ll see how anthropologists deploy multidisciplinary methods to trace the origins of our species as well as the development of religion, agriculture, money, language, and many other pillars of the modern human experience.
Join our monthly gathering of humanists for a discussion. Topics provided. Led by John Thompson.
Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that is uniquely positioned to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our world and ourselves. Specifically, we’ll see how anthropologists deploy multidisciplinary methods to trace the origins of our species as well as the development of religion, agriculture, money, language, and many other pillars of the modern human experience.
Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that is uniquely positioned to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our world and ourselves. Specifically, we’ll see how anthropologists deploy multidisciplinary methods to trace the origins of our species as well as the development of religion, agriculture, money, language, and many other pillars of the modern human experience.
Join Meaningful Movies Bellevue for Ecosophia, a 2023 release from Bullfrog Films. Some of the wisest ecological minds come together in this documentary for an honest appraisal of our civilization without greenwash. Ecosophia -- a term first used by French philosopher Félix Guttari and deep ecologist Arne Naess — means ecological wisdom. Ecosophia explores the interrelationship between energy, the economy, resources, population, psychology, spirituality, the biosphere, the limits to growth and climate change in an honest appraisal of our civilization and sustainability. A simpler world is coming, and what's needed is as much a spiritual revolution as a physical one.
Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that is uniquely positioned to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our world and ourselves. Specifically, we’ll see how anthropologists deploy multidisciplinary methods to trace the origins of our species as well as the development of religion, agriculture, money, language, and many other pillars of the modern human experience.
Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that is uniquely positioned to answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our world and ourselves. Specifically, we’ll see how anthropologists deploy multidisciplinary methods to trace the origins of our species as well as the development of religion, agriculture, money, language, and many other pillars of the modern human experience.
Join our monthly gathering of humanists for a discussion. Topics provided. Led by John Thompson.