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Past
Sunday Speaker: All of us! HSGP State of the Union Town Hall
Sunday, Sep. 8 @ 10:00am
We used to have speakerless Speaker Meetings regularly, but it's been quite a while. Those who remember have asked us to bring it back. So here it is!
Sunday Speaker: Terry Goddard and Carl Parrish - Unbreaking America
Sunday, Aug. 25 @ 10:00am
Join us in a discussion with Carl Parrish of Represent.Us and Terry Goddard of Outlaw Dirty Money 2020, to learn about how Arizona’s anti-corruption battle might help to “Unbreak America”.
Sunday Speaker: Sunday Spkr: Tempe Chief Sylvia Moir - Evidence-based Policing in 21st Century
Sunday, Aug. 11 @ 10:00am
Tempe's Chief of Police, Sylvia Moir, will discuss how her department strives to implement fair policing strategies to prevent crime in Tempe neighborhoods.
Sunday Speaker: Jason Gillette - Cultural Relativism, Policy, Health, Trajectory
Sunday, Jul. 28 @ 10:00am
Jason Gillette, who has become a community leader after a lifetime of working in service to others, will discuss Race and Cultural Relativism to help us, as Humanists, make a difference.
Sunday Speaker: Rekha Nair, The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
Sunday, Jul. 14 @ 7:00am
Rekha Nair, a first-generation immigrant who grew up in Mesa, Arizona, will discuss issues related to asylum seekers in Arizona that will include their reasons for fleeing to seek asylum in the United States and the systems that affect them once they arrive.
Sunday Speaker: Jim Richardson Wrestles with Three Intellectual Titans
Sunday, Jun. 23 @ 10:00am
A Catholic, an Atheist and an Anti-cleric provide three different answers to important moral questions and dilemmas.
Sunday Speaker: Heather Macre - Access & Sustaining Colorado River Water Rights
Sunday, Jun. 9 @ 10:00am
During this presentation we will learn all about Arizona's water supply system, how it's being managed in consideration of the effects of climate change, and what’s in the future for our water supply.
Sunday Speaker: Luke Douglas, Get To Know Our Executive Director!
Sunday, May. 19 @ 10:00am
This meeting is dedicated to getting to know our new Executive Director Luke Douglas. Bring your questions!
Dr. David Engelthaler: Pathogen Paleo-epidemiology from Pangea to Present
Sunday, May. 5 @ 10:00am
We will travel through time and space as he explains the impact that natural disasters, such as tectonic shifts, killer meteors, and Teddy Roosevelt can have on us through organisms we can’t see.
SOS AZ Education Roadshow: Cathy Sigmon, Hayley Stenger and Michelle Capriotti
Sunday, Apr. 21 @ 10:00am
Save Our Schools: Fact-based and non-partisan, this presentation covers the importance of strong public schools to a strong state economy, as well as the ways that privatization has siphoned funds our schools desperately need.
Sunday Speaker: Tom Lombardo - Science Fiction: The Evolutionary Mythology of the Future
Sunday, Apr. 7 @ 10:00am
In this overview of his book series Science Fiction: The Evolutionary Mythology of the Future, Thomas Lombardo offers a panoramic vision of the evolution of science fiction, set within the history of culture, science, and philosophy.
Sunday Speaker: Marty Seidenfeld, Final Exit Network
Sunday, Mar. 24 @ 10:00am
The Right to a Death with Dignity: The Human Rights Issue of the 21st Century.
Sunday Speaker: Robert McWhirter, U.S. Constitution vs. Trump
Sunday, Mar. 10 @ 10:00am
Making America Great Again: Is Trump's Interpretation of the Constitution the Way to Go?
Sunday Spkr: Will Humble-A Social Contract: Public Health & Public Health Policy
Sunday, Feb. 24 @ 10:00am
Like other government agencies, the importance of public health is easy to overlook because it operates so well.
Sunday Speaker: Isis Gil, ACLU Arizona - Campaign for Smart Justice
Sunday, Jan. 27 @ 10:00am
Experience the Criminal Justice System and its inequities through the ACLU of Arizona’s Smart Justice Welcome Session
Sunday Speaker: Jeffrey Schesnol - Humanist Celebrations and Blessings
Sunday, Jan. 13 @ 10:00am
How do we as Humanists acknowledge and commemorate life cycles, holidays and other seasonal events? What does it mean to be thankful in a natural and ethical way?
How To Climb the Pyramid of Life, Douglas T Kenrick & David E Lundberg Kenrick
Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 @ 10:00am
Using evolutionary science to find fulfilment in a world full of selfish narcissists, naive do-gooders, and robo-parasites.
Special Sunday Speaker Meeting: Let's Talk About the Future!
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 @ 10:00am
You may have heard the news about the leadership's plans to hire an Executive Director for HSGP! Well it’s true! We discussed it at two town hall meetings, in emails, and with several of you individually, and now we are making it official.
Ethical Automation: Not an Oxymoron! By Shaun Capehart and Jettie Vanderveen
Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 @ 10:00am
Automation is here! But is automation good for our world, communities, and Humanist cause?
Charlotte Shurtz: What you should know about the Current Global Refugee Crisis
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 @ 10:00am
We have all read and heard about refugees fleeing their homes all over the world, but what do we really know about them?