November 2011
- Curt Collier, visiting Leader from the New York Society for Ethical
Culture:"Organic Religion: What the World’s Smallest Religion Has To Say About Life and Living It."
- Workshop: "The Evolution of Ethical Environmentalism – A Pathway to Involvement."
October 2011
September 2011
- Jim Branson of the Texas State Employees Union, "Labor Ethics and Human Rights."
- Vanessa Stone, "Humanitarian work of the Amala Foundation."
- Arianne Donar, "Climate Change and its Effects on Developing Countries"
August 2011
- Marianne DeLeon, AIDS Services of Austin: the Austin AIDS Walk
- Ann Kitchen, "82nd Legislative Session - Effect on Health Care Delivery in Texas"
July 2011
May 2011
- Dan Kurland: How we think, and what we might best think about as critical people.
- Richard Harrison: Empathy -- Concern for the
Other Person
April 2011
- Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader from the
Baltimore Ethical Society:Reverence, both its humanist context and how it can enrich ethical living.
March 2011
- Representative Donna Howard: Update on the 82nd Texas Legislature.
- Peggy Kelsey: Experiences documenting the stories of women in Afghanistan.
- Elise Harriger of Casa Marianella,:"The Moral Issue of Immigration"
February 2011
January 2011
- Mark Kapner: "Moral Leaders and Feet of Clay."
- Doug Zachary, "Hope,
Resistance, and Struggle: U.S. Military Veterans Seek Peace
through Civil Resistance." Video
- Tim Hayles: Discussion on the New York Times article," A Physicist Solves the City."
December 2010
- Dr. Davidson Loehr: "The Source of Our Morality: Animal Stories."
October 2010
- Mark Kapner - Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter by Hal Urban.
- Imam Islam Mossaad answered our questions about the Muslim faith
September 2010
July 2010
- Marguerite Jones, long time Austin environmental and energy activist - Motivation for social justice---sitting on the sidelines is not an ethical option.
- C. (Charles) S. Herrman summarized his unique and shovel-ready theory of the office and its stewardship: Stewardship is a faith; a humanistic way of life and living, with an Enlightenment emphasis upon the dignity of man.
June 2010
- Chris Hastings - The Realities of Living With and Solving the Problem of Poverty.
May 2010
- Tim Hayles, member of the Ethical Society of Austin
- discussion on "The Arizona Immigration Law: Why do we have borders and rules for entering the country?"
Tracey Hayes of the American Civil Liberties Union spoke on the School to Prison Pipeline.
April 2010
- Juan-Carlos Otero discussed how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to address social challenges.
- Tim Hayles - An Easter program: reconciling the bunnies and the eggs and candy with the resurrection story.
March 2010
February 2010
- Not Ideas about the Thing but the Thing Itself. Using Richard Todd’s book, The Thing Itself: On the Search for Authenticity, Eliza Galaher, minister at Wildflower UU Church, shared the author’s insights and critiques about modern culture, and what we might learn in our own searches for authenticity.
- Thomas Kagle - Human Rights vs. Animal Rights vs. Machine Rights
January 2010
- Mark Kapner -The Power Principle: Influence with Honor
- Tim Hayles - *Think Again*, a look at some of our beliefs with the aid of Julian Baggini’s writings.
- Dan Grant on the ethical implications of bringing democracy to countries without a history of democratic institutions and will also touch on ethical dilemmas in American foreign policy.
- Fred Edwords, former executive director of the American Humanist Association, and now national director of the United Coalition of Reason a platform entitled Sailing the Rising Tide of Reason.
December 2009
November 2009
- Juan-Carlos Otero spoke on addressing social challenges with entrepreneurial solutions; and shared his vision to implement social innovation centers in neighborhoods across the Austin area.
- Retired Ethical Culture Leader Judy Toth gave a platform entitled "Life Lessons In Ethics From Pre-schoolers"
October 2009
- ESA member Mark Kapner gave a presentation on "Renewable Energy in Texas".
- Gary Barnhart from AMBIS gave a platform about the information and options available to make funeral and memorial arrangements that are dignified, meaningful and affordable.
- A platform on Social Action, led by Rebecca Fisher with help from Lisa Harris and Susan O'Dell
September 2009
- Sean Faircloth, Executive Director of Secular Coalition for America delivered a talk entitled "One Nation Under the Constitution", his reaction to Texas State State Board of Education member Cynthia Dunbar's book "One Nation Under God".
August 2009
- Austin American-Statesman reporter Eileen Flynn talked about her experiences after seven years of reporting on religion. This article on Robert Jensen's new book is a recent example of her work. Ms. Flynn also writes a blog called 'The Grand Scheme'.
- Robert Jensen, PhD, from the Department of Journalism at the University of Texas spoke on his book, All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice.
July 2009
- A Platfrom presented by Dr. Yetkin Yildirim, a Professor of Civil Engineering at UT, on how ethics is incorporated into the curriculum of schools that follow the Turkish philosopher Fethullah Gulen's model.
- Debbie Russell, President of the ACLU-TX Central TX Chapter.
June 2009
- A report on the 94th Assembly of the American Ethical Union from Jennifer, Lynn and Rich, who were there.
May 2009
April 2009
- Jennifer Scates, a Platform on the mission and current activities of the American Ethical Union with highlights of the upcoming AEU Assembly in St. Louis in June.
- City of Austin Council member Laura Morrison: practices newly instituted by the Austin Police Department: APD Blood Draws/No Refusal Weekends, Surveillance Cameras, License Plate Scanners.
March 2009
- City of Austin Council Member Brewster McCracken.
- Celebrate Discardia presented by Adam Gravois.
February 2009