Literacy is such a baseline for everyday life that we hardly appreciate it. You might think of reading books, websites, and for jobs, but that overlooks the essentials: reading bills, understanding medication instructions, helping kids with homework. Many adults...
Our communities are always shifting, not just their rules and policies, but in their social expectations and culture. We can have a real impact, but there are so many avenues to push for progress. How do we effectively invest our...
This month, we’re excited to have Jay Niver of the Final Exit Network, a national group that supports Medical Aid in Dying legislation as part of the Death with Dignity movement. FEN focuses on giving individuals, families, and doctors...
Every May, we slow things down and get more conversational. We’ll be reflecting on Mother’s Day and also sharing some support over the recent legal threats to our bodily autonomy and our democratic rights.
This month, Tom Smith will be sharing the amazing powers of Red Wigglers to transform our waste and our communities. Tom is a worm composting evangelist and has spent years developing vermicomposting programs for neighborhoods, community gardens, and beyond....
This month, we’re honored to have Dr. Arturo Escobar, professor at UNC Chapel Hill, recent inductee to the American Academy of Sciences, and author of Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. He has spent his career...
We’re so excited to have Colin Ryan back with us again this month. Colin is a speaker and storyteller, and has been developing a new communication method he calls “Speak to the Heart.” How can your words leave lasting...
Free markets are, in mainstream economics, supposed to optimize supply and demand by the “invisible hand” of self-interested individuals, but in practice that free market is supported by policies and laws that favor corporations over workers. Even in theory,...
Please join us for our Solstice celebration! This month will be a little different from most assemblies; we won’t have a speaker, but we will have more songs, more readings from members of our community, and a potluck after...
Many of us are, or know, people who have been hit hard by the economic strain of the pandemic. But at the margins of our communities, queer black and indigenous people are on the brink. Since the start of...