Don Edwards Award Celebration - Saturday Oct. 3, 2009

ACLU of Northern California, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Annual Meeting & Don Edwards Award Celebration
Saturday October 3rd, 2009
First Unitarian Church, 160 N. Third St., San Jose
“75 Years of Service in Northern California – A look back and ahead”
Meet and hear our new ACLU-NC Executive Director, Abdi Soltani, and join us as we celebrate 75 years as [...]

“Surfing the Rising Tide of Humanism”

Fred Edwords of the United Coalition of Reason is the speaker at an open forum sponsored by the Humanist Community in Silicon Valley, where he will discuss what has been happening over the past few years with the rise of the “New Atheism,” the growing interest in humanism, and the influence of the new billboard [...]

Reducing the Danger of Nuclear Weapons - William J. Perry - July 16

The Humanist Community is co-sponsoring a talk this Thursday, July 16, by William J. Perry, former Secretary of Defense under Bill Clinton on “Reducing the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons.”
The talk is at 7:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 East Charleston.

Science, Wisdom, and the Future - Humanity’s Quest for a Flourishing Earth

June 24-28, 2009 - San Luis Obispo, On California’s Beautiful Central Coast
Got to:  www.ScienceandWisdom09.org or call Cheryl Genet at 805-438-4088 for more information.

Soaring, Nuclear Weapons, and World Peace

An event co-sponsored by the Humanist Community in Silicon Valley. For further information, see on poster below.
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos
Admission: Free

Events of interest - From Peter Drekmeier

I just wanted to let you know about a few upcoming events that I thought might interest you:
1) Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards
The deadline for applications and nominations is this Friday, March 6.  For more information, please visit http://www.waterawards.org
2) Salmonid Restoration Council
The 27th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will take place on March 4-7 in Santa [...]

The Perils and Promise of Medicare - Saving and expanding our publicly funded health insurance program

Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 2 to 4 pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland (west of Broadway)
Shuttle from MacArthur BART: call 510-510-658-7774 to arrange
Parking on 27th St. and adjacent lot. Disabled access from 28th St. Call 510-658-7774 to arrange
Donation requested: $5 - $10 (or what you can afford) No one turned away for lack of funds
Sponsored [...]

Michael Shermer at Ohlone College

Michael Shermer, skeptic/atheist/scientist, to speak at Ohlone College in Fremont on 3/6/09. For more information go to:
http://www.TinyURL.com/ShermerAtOhlone

World Without Nukes?

Three experts present ideas and options for ridding the world of nuclear weapons:
Dr. Sigfried Hecker, PhD, Emeritus Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jacquelin Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation
Dr. Robert Gauntt, PhD, Professor of Mathematics and Founder, World  Democracy Project.
Details:  Tuesday, November 18, 7 p.m., Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos.  Free [...]

Humanist Community November Flyer