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SUMMARY:"How to Sustain Humanity\, Advance Our Civilization\, and Succeed as a Species" by Joe Simonetta
DESCRIPTION:“How to Sustain Humanity\, Advance Our Civilization\, and Succeed as a Species” will be presented by Joe Simonetta at the Sunday\, February 19\, 2023 meeting of the Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville\, 2:30 – 4:00 pm. Our interactive meeting will be by Zoom. All are welcome to attend. \nHumanity has always had problems\, but the scale\, complexity\, and severity are unprecedented. Joe Simonetta explains that our mental infrastructure — responsible for our primitive behavior and our antiquated\, divisive\, and dysfunctional supernatural religious beliefs — is outdated for the world in which we live today. We need a new understanding of the reality in which we exist. Taking humanity to a higher level includes understanding that what is sacred in our lives are those relationships which\, at our peril\, we cannot violate\, damage\, dishonor\, or destroy. Be Kind. Be Healthy. Respect the Environment. \nJoe Simonetta (https://joesimonetta.com/) is the author of seven books\, all available on Amazon.com. Titles include Interconnected\, Interrelated & Interdependent World — Like it or Not\, 7 Words That Can Change The World — The Simple Truth & The Death of Sacred Cows\, A Message to Humanity from a Friendly Alien\, and more. He writes books for humanists\, progressives\, freethinkers\, agnostics\, atheists\, skeptics\, and the like.  He holds a BS in business from Penn State University\, an MA in architecture from the University of Colorado and an MA from Harvard Divinity School where he studied ethics\, global environmental issues\, world belief systems\, cosmology\, and evolutionary biology. He has been a U.S. Army officer\, professional athlete (tennis)\, entrepreneur and businessman\, architect\, real estate developer\, home builder\, environmental activist\, and senior editor of the World Business Academy.
URL:https://ehsasheville.org/event/2023-02-19-5/
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SUMMARY:"Meet the Watchdogs" by Peter Lewis and Sally Kestin
DESCRIPTION:“Meet the Watchdogs” will be presented by Peter Lewis and Sally Kestin at the Sunday\, January 22\, 2023 meeting of the Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville\, 2:30 – 4:00 pm. Our interactive meeting will be by Zoom. All are welcome to attend. \nJoin us to learn about the Asheville Watchdog – a free\, local\, not-for-profit\, nonpartisan news organization founded in 2020 staffed mostly by veteran professional and highly recognized journalist volunteers upholding a commitment to truth\, verifiable facts\, transparency\, science\, and important context. \nAsheville Watchdog https://avlwatchdog.org was started with a belief that quality journalism is essential for a healthy and successful democracy and because local news is in crisis. Half of all newsroom jobs vanished since 2008 and there are fewer reporters to keep watch over state and local government\, to dig deep into the issues\, and to hold the powerful accountable. Asheville Watchdog tries to complement and expand the critical services provided by local publications and local radio rather than compete. \nSally Kestin: Investigative Reporter\, Co-founder – Former investigative reporter at The Sarasota Herald-Tribune\, The Tampa Tribune and The South Florida Sun-Sentinel\, and recipient of numerous national journalism awards\, including the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She was a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist in investigative reporting. \nPeter Lewis\, Managing Editor\, Reporter – Former senior writer\, editor\, and columnist\, The New York Times; managing editor of The Bay Citizen in San Francisco; senior editor Fortune magazine; and John S. Knight Fellow and Hearst Visiting Professional in Residence at Stanford University\, where he taught journalism.
URL:https://ehsasheville.org/event/2023-01-22/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Winter Festival
DESCRIPTION:Details TBA
URL:https://ehsasheville.org/event/2022-12-18/
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SUMMARY:"Keeping a Moral Compass when Society seems to have Lost its Own" by Bill Walz
DESCRIPTION:Bill Walz will discuss his insights on how to hold a steady compass in these historic and frightening times.  What is needed and what can we do? \nThe topic and discussion will be welcome by those deeply concerned by the divisive rhetoric of the past election and those fearing erosion of many hard-fought rights (voting rights\, civil rights\, environmental responsibility\, equality\, reproductive rights\, labor rights\, health access and quality education for all.) \nBill Walz has evolved from a career as a clinical psychologist into teaching meditation and evolving consciousness as a path to personal healing and growth. He taught meditation and consciousness at UNC Asheville and continues in public forums and with a private clientele. Bill also writes a consciousness column for Rapid River Magazine. He has been an active political progressive since the 1960’s and has contributed political columns on numerous occasions to the Asheville Citizen-Times\, Mountain Express\, and Asheville Daily Planet.  He understands expanding consciousness to be the driving force behind both personal and social evolution.  See Bill’s website at www.billwalz.com.
URL:https://ehsasheville.org/event/2022-11-20/
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SUMMARY:OpenDoors Asheville
DESCRIPTION:OpenDoors Asheville aims to strengthen community by eliminating the race-based opportunity and achievement gaps for students through education. \nJen and Jasmine will talk about investments in communities\, parents and students. OpenDoors Asheville believes “education is the prow of our ship and our students are our highest priority. Supporting students\, kindergarten through college\, means much more than helping them get better grades. We work with parents and schools to ensure that all students have the stability\, resource\, equity\, and inclusion they need to thrive and ultimately reach their potential. By using a “whole child” methodology\, students become inspired members of our community and break the cycle of poverty for themselves\, and for generations to come.” \nJen Langdon Ramming\, Executive Director\, has worked in nonprofit leadership for 23 years in WNC\, including being the founder and CEO of OpenDoors of Asheville. Jen holds degrees in Sociology and Mass Communications from the University of Vermont\, a Leadership certificate in Non-Profit Management from Duke University and a certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. Jen is the mother of four boys\, an avid mountain biker\, sailor\, and gardener. \nJasmine Middleton began her relationship with OpenDoors as a student who needed additional guidance and encouragement. Jasmine served two terms on the OpenDoors Board of Directors and is currently on the OpenDoors staff as Head of Sustainability. Jasmine is advancing her education toward an Associate’s degree in Business Administration at Blue Ridge Technical College and is raising her 5-year-old son.
URL:https://ehsasheville.org/event/2022-10-16/
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SUMMARY:"How Future Generations Will Remember Us" by William MacAskill
DESCRIPTION:We will listen to a TED talk by Professor William MacAskill on “What are the most important moral problems of our time” and view segments from interviews with Professor MacAskill. An article from the August 16\, 2022 Atlantic “How Future Generations Will Remember Us“\, by William MacAskill prompted the discussion topic. \nMacAskill is prominent in the Ethical Altruism movement and has received a great deal of attention for his new book\, What We Owe the Future. His work has been discussed recently in the NY Times\, the New Yorker\, Time\, on NPR and elsewhere. A skeptical reaction to MacAskill’s work can be found in the August 26\, 2022 Wall Street Journal (WSJ link). Among other things\, MacAskill asks how future generations will assess our behavior. How much of our resources should we dedicate to the well-being of future generations? \nWilliam MacAskill is an associate professor in philosophy at the University of Oxford\, and the most widely cited philosopher of his age. A TED speaker and past Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur\, he also cofounded the Centre for Effective Altruism\, which has raised over $1 billion for charities. He lives in Oxford\, England.
URL:https://ehsasheville.org/event/2022-09-18/
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SUMMARY:"Death Penalty – Racist Roots" by Noel Nickle
DESCRIPTION:It has been sixteen years since the last execution in North Carolina\, yet the death penalty remains on the books. To honor this anniversary\, please join the NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCCADP) for a presentation and screening of the film Racist Roots. This 25-minute film\, created by the Center for Death Penalty Litigation\, exposes the death penalty’s deep entanglement with slavery\, lynching and racism. The film highlights the diverse voices that are central to the movement to end North Carolina’s death penalty and reminds us why we must work together to ensure that state-sponsored executions are never again carried out in our names. Following the film\, NCCADP Director Noel Nickle will facilitate a conversation focused on the movement to end the death penalty in our state. \nNoel Nickle (she/her/hers) serves as the executive director of the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Noel has worked as a mitigation specialist on trial and post-conviction death penalty cases in North and South Carolina since 2006. Working with attorneys from The Center for Death Penalty Litigation\, Noel secured life sentences for two individuals previously sentenced to death. Noel has a long history of community organizing in opposition to the death penalty\, including her leadership in a successful community effort for the Asheville City Council to adopt a resolution supporting a moratorium on the death penalty. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic\, Noel founded a social media group (WNC Response to COVID-19 For Those In Custody) for families who have loved ones in jail and prison custody and advocated for early release for incarcerated individuals. Noel is deeply committed to the principles and practices of restorative and transformative justice. She has a master’s in social work from UNC-Chapel Hill and lives in Asheville.
URL:https://ehsasheville.org/event/2022-08-21-2/
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SUMMARY:"Individual Rights" by Ben Gilbert
DESCRIPTION:What individual rights do we enjoy? What does the Constitution guarantee?  Where do our rights originate? How are they protected?  Ben Gilbert will provide insights into how the Supreme Court has interpreted individual rights and what rights and freedoms are protected in the Constitution. Among the rights discussed will be Freedom of Ideas; Political Participation; Equal Protection: Privacy and other Liberties. \nAt times the Supreme Court has been expansive and protected individual rights and minority rights\, at other times restricting rights. Bring your curiosity and questions to this interactive discussion. \nBen Gilbert taught courses in law and public health to graduate and professional students at UNC Chapel Hill\, and he has served as general counsel for UNC Health.
URL:https://ehsasheville.org/event/2022-07-17/
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