Five of the eight HCSV members who attended this Conference reported on what they saw and what impressed them: Paul Gilbert, Alex Havasy, Hilton Brown, Sena Havasy, Arthur Jackson.
The exceptionally good conference included presentations by Gloria Steinem, Anthony Pinn, Barbara Forrest, Marshall Brain and our own Arthur Jackson.
Cynthia Chin-Lee will discuss her new children’s book, “Operation Marriage” (see www.reachandteach.com/s/operation_marriage), which was created with illustrator Lea Lyon, and published by publishing company Reach And Teach, co-founded by Craig Wiesner and Derrick Kikuchi. The book is based on a true story about two Bay Area children who convince their moms to get married during the months leading up to the 2008 election, when Proposition 8 put marriage equality on hold. The “moms” the book was based on, and the book’s publishers, may also be in attendance and say a few words about this wonderful story. Other web sites she mentioned were http://www.familyequality.org/ and Equality California.
Humanist Community Forum (2012-06-24): Operation Marriage (Cynthia Chin-Lee) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.
Lily Robins will speak from personal experience on how the Jews in Bulgaria survived the Holocaust with the help of the king, the Orthodox church, and their neighbors.
Lily shared this note with us. The star is now in the Taube Holocaust Library on Post Street in San Francisco. Emi is Lily’s cousin.Marie and Jon Stephens will be facilitating a collection of mini-presentations by HC members to inform us of a variety of issues and activities. Ann Hardy will demonstrate the new website and talk about what we hope it will do. We will hear Martin Squibbs and Peng Zhang talk about the nature of humanism and the possibility of a new study group. We will take a look at the community’s financial status with a report from the Treasurer (Marie) and Carl Angotti. We will hear about the Sharing Circle, a premeeting discussion group, from Rick Coccaro, and nuclear disarmament from Bob Gauntt. We welcome questions and comments from the group.