Category: Video+discussion

What if a U.S. Presidential Candidate Refuses to Concede after an Election?

A discussion leader

11 a.m., November 1, 2020

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum we will present and discuss a video of a TED Talk on “What if a U.S. Presidential Candidate Refuses to Concede after an Election?”.

In keeping with both the election and Halloween, we will watch and discuss a TED talk by Van Jones. The talk, “What if a U.S. Presidential Candidate Refuses to Concede after an Election,” shows how ill-prepared our system is for such an event.

You can see the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWRhLW7Y8w.

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting.

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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Two Videos on How to Disagree with Others in a Civil Way

A discussion leader

11 a.m., October 25, 2020

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum we will present and discuss two short TED videos on how to disagree with others in a civil way.

The first is a Leah Garces talk, “A Lesson in Turning Adversaries into Allies,” (see https://www.ted.com/talks/leah_garces_a_lesson_in_turning_adversaries_into_allies) in which she recounts three lessons she learned in hatching an ambitious plan to end chicken factory farming with the last person she expected: a chicken farmer. This is a 13:26 minute talk.

The second is a talk by Julia Dhar, “How to Disagree Productively and Find Common Ground,” (see https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_dhar_how_to_disagree_productively_and_find_common_ground) in which she offers three techniques to reshape the way we talk to each other so we can start disagreeing productively and finding common ground — over family dinners, during work meetings and in our national conversations. This is a 14:48 minute talk.

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Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314247393?pwd=d285R2VxWWdNcmk4NHdPaVNpWjc4dz09

(Note: this is a different link than has been posted here previously.)

If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting.

You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter:

314247393

as the meeting number, and

255787

as the passcode, to get to this Zoom meeting.

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Can a Divided America Heal?

A video of Jonathan Haidt, and an audience discussion

11 a.m., September 27, 2020

Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/314247393

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This Sunday’s online Forum will show, and have an audience discussion of, a video of a TED Talk by Jonathan Haidt entitled “Can a Divided America Heal?”.

The political divide in America has become very serious. We find ourselves wondering whether there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses, or if our social progress will be undone if he wins. Most of all, we wonder what people on the other side of the political spectrum could possibly be thinking.

This 20 minute TED Talk (see https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_can_a_divided_america_heal) was recorded in November 2016, but Jonathan Haidt’s clear analysis still gives us a lot to think about and a lot to discuss.

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Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

A video and audience discussion

11 a.m., September 20, 2020

Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/314247393

Note: If you don’t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting. You can also install the Zoom app on your smart phone, and then enter 314247393 as the “meeting number” that you want to “join”.

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This Sunday’s online Forum will show, and have an audience discussion of, a video of Katherine Stewart discussing her new book:

“The Power Worshipers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism”

This video is from the American Humanist Association’s speaker series.

Stewart will expose a network of think tanks, advocacy groups, and pastoral organizations embedded in a rapidly expanding community of international alliances and united not by any central command but by a shared, anti-democratic vision and a common will to power. In her deeply reported investigation, Katherine Stewart reveals a disturbing truth: this is a political movement that seeks to gain power and to impose its vision on all of society. America’s religious nationalists aren’t just fighting a culture war, they are waging a political war on the norms and institutions of American democracy.

This fascinating and informative video runs 53 minutes and can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/americanhumanist/videos/1121321928211408. An audience discussion will follow the showing of the video.

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Is Atheism Still a Dirty Word?

General audience discussion

11 a.m., August 2, 2020

Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.

If you don’t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):

https://www.echoplexmedia.com/humanist

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https://us04web.zoom.us/j/314247393

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This online, general audience discussion Forum will be on the topic of:

“Is Atheism Still a Dirty Word?”

While pundits on the right often see atheism as a bad thing, this view may be less so among the general population.

What are your feelings and experiences? Please let us know by taking part in our discussion, or listen to other audience members discuss this topic.

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