2011 - December back through October - Upcoming Events Archive

Wednesday, December 28th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Hosts: Beth & Roy B.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"My Notables for the Year"

What was notable in your past year? What does it portend for the next one?

The particular challenge for this evening: how does it relate to an ethical life? If you don't see any connection, maybe the rest of us will!

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Wednesday, December 21st from 7 PM to 9 PM
Hosts: Jill & Bill A.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"Times I Went Caroling"

Or My Favorite Holiday Song
Or more than that, talk about a song that had special meaning to you at age 5, or to, or 16, or 56, or whenever
Bring a CD if you have one. Or be prepared to hum!
Or just come and tell your story involving some piece of music
Or, tell a childhood magic story, a la Kate Lovelady's talk last Sunday on the magical aspects of Santa
Or (this is the last 'or'), talk about something Winter Solsticey. (Oh! I almost forgot! Jill says she's going to light candles!)

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, December 18th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"Santa as an Ethical Hero"

Our guest speaker this Sunday is Kate Lovelady, Leader of Ethical Society of St. Louis.

Kate says, "Certainly as a child, and even more as an adult, I have been fascinated with Santa Claus. He is part secularized saint and part Christianized pagan, a symbol of both crass commercialism and selfless generosity. Santa Claus is an important cultural figure in America no matter one’s religion, and this Platform presentation will explore the stories, the science, and the meaning of Santa.

Warning to parents and guardians: This Platform may not be suitable for children under a certain age, if you know what I mean."

Kate Lovelady has been Leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis since 2005. Every December she covers a ficus tree in her house with lights and ornaments. She no longer leaves cookies out for Santa, though.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Saturday, December 17th
Contact Kathy R. for meeting place and other arrangements
to get to Ronald McDonald House by 5 PM to begin cooking
at 4381 West Pine Blvd, STL, MO, 63108

Ronald McDonald House

"Nothin' Beats Home-Cookin'!"
...especially when family must be with hospitalized loved-ones.

On the third Saturday of each month, a crew from Ethical Society Mid Rivers prepares dinner at the West Pine location of Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis. We have been doing this for more than three years, and we have committed to continue through 2011.

Contact Kathy R. to participate in this worthwhile project and/or if you have questions.

Check out the NEW, 300th Ronald McDonald House!
For more information about the Ronald McDonald House Charity, click here.

Wednesday, December 14th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Hosts: Patti & Rob M.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"Growing Up Different"

Last Sunday we heard a great panel of young people talk about what it's like "growing up gay in St. Charles County". We'll expand this just a little and talk about "growing up different".

What difficulties did you face growing up, because of being somehow different? How has parenting changed? Are there new challenges to growing up ethically because of media (more sexual, more sensational, more violent) or because of computers and smartphones and social media?

What's the balance of freedom and structure that kids need today? GAY (Growing American Youth) and GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) are helping youth by providing structures of peer support. Could this be what all kids these days need?

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, December 11th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Panel Presentation & Discussion

"Growing Up Gay in St. Charles County"

This week we have a special program – a panel presentation/discussion on Growing Up Gay in St. Charles County.

Emily Aul, daughter of members Bill and Jill, will participate, along with several other youths who will share their experience growing up in our very conservative county.
Join us for what promises to be a fascinating morning.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, December 11th from 10:00 AM 'til 10:30 AM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Delicious Pancake & Sausage Breakfast

"A Fun-Raiser Extraordinaire"

This Sunday we will be having another yummy all-you-can-eat pancake & sausage breakfast. Volunteers who are helping to cook need to be at the Brown Road building at 9:00. We will serve at 10:00 and stop serving at 10:30 so we can get ready for the Platform Presentation at 11:00.

Dee says: We're hoping that many of your will participate in this monthly event which raises funds for an ESMR building in the future. Every time you join us we get a little closer to that goal, plus you'll have the advantage of having a healthy, hearty breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage, applesauce, and a few extras, as well as an excellent opportunity for visiting with other members in a relaxed setting.

Another plus is the happiness it brings to our cooks when they see their efforts appreciated by your presence.

And... if you are looking for a creative, inspiring, and inexpensive gift for a friend or yourself, we have the perfect solution. The ESMR Cookbook is now being offered at half-price, so for only $7.50 you can buy our treasured collection of members' favorites. The reviews have been highly complimentary. All proceeds go to ESMR -- a win/win situation.

$5 for adults, $1 for kids under 12.

Thanks so much for supporting our last breakfast, and we look forward to seeing you at this one!

The general public is invited.

Wednesday, December 7th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Host: Liz S.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"The Hope of Equality"

Given Bob’s alarming Sunday talk about the correlations between societal inequality and all kinds of other social ills, what are your hopes that things will change in our country? What do you think it will take to make it change? How can we be catalysts for that change?

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, December 4th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"The Poison of Extreme Inequality"

ESMR Leader Bob Greenwell will be this Sunday's speaker.

The whole nation has become aware of a growing inequality among us. The taboo of saying anything that might hint of "socialism" has been banished. Newscasters and media talk about the 1% and the 99%.

Credit goes largely to the protests of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. A certain degree of inequality among people feels natural, comfortable, and right. But when society starts to become divided between the very rich and everyone else, the inequality becomes pathological.

The issues that confront our country—our high distrust of each other, our political polarization, our worse health than other developed countries, why so many young black men are housed in our prisons, or why people in poor countries can be happier than the rich people in ours — cannot truly be understood until we probe the nature of extreme inequality.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Wednesday, November 30th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Hosts: Sarah V. & Craig B.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"The Puzzle of Opposition to Birth Control"

On Sunday, Kathy gave a stirring presentation on the history of birth control practice and of the rise of US opposition to birth control. It's a case study in madness.

For our purposes in LED, let's dig a little deeper. For example, when does society have a legitimate interest in controlling the number of births? Is there a male urge to control women's reproductive behavior? Is there a power struggle by those in power to control women's reproduction, independent of any legitimate social interest, and independent of any male aggressiveness?

Your personal experience is invaluable. As a young girl or woman, how was authority exercised toward you by your father, or your mother, with regard to your reproductive future? As a young boy or man, what attitudes were ingrained into you, about women and reproduction, by your father, or mother, or culture?

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, November 27th from noontime 'til about 1:00 PM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Potluck Dinner

It's Potluck Sunday! After the lecture, please join us for lunch.

First-time visitors are invited to attend and bring no food item for the table. Others: bring a dish, any dish, from soup to salad to sandwich to entrée to side dish to dessert.

The oven is available to keep things warm, and a large 'fridge to keep things cool, and there are lots of outlets for crockpots, etc.; and the microwave is available right after the lecture ends. (Please avoid any item that requires your attention from 11 to noon, since any sound in the kitchen is amplified into the room where our 11:00 a.m. program is in progress.)

Even if you don't bring a dish or beverage, at least bring your appetite! See you then!

The general public is invited.

Sunday, November 27th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"Birth Control as an Ethical Issue"

Our speaker this Sunday is ESMR member Kathy Ratino.

Last week we talked about the history of birth control, but we only touched briefly on Margaret Sanger the name we associate with the movement.

We will pick up with much more on Sanger, her life, and her mission, and then we will segue into how birth control became a partisan and religious issue and finish up with the controversies we are still battling today.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, November 20th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"Birth Control as an Ethical Issue"

Our speaker this Sunday is ESMR member Kathy Ratino.

In the early 20th Century when Margaret Sanger was fighting for the right to talk about birth control (never mind the right for women to actually use it), women literally begged for her help in controlling their fertility.

Was this because of the wear and tear on their bodies and their minds that multiple children produced? Was it because they couldn't afford to have more children? Was it because of the high rate of maternal and infant mortality?

That was only part of it.

One of their primary reasons for wanting this information and advice was their concern for the children they had already borne. All around them, they saw entire families of children orphaned by women who had died in childbirth, and they didn't want their own children to have to go through that.

Today birth control is a partisan issue and a religious issue, but it was not always so. It is and has always been, first and foremost, an ethical issue.

Join Kathy in an overview of the past, present, and future of this critical human right.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Wednesday, November 16th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Host: Dee M.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"Being Rational in a Well-Lived Life"

Doesn’t the intellectual culture in our country say “Above all, be rational.”

Although there is a nod to “intuition” from time to time, it’s more like a nod to a charming child.

What does intuition mean to you? How do you balance the call to be rational with the pull of intuition suggesting something to you? What experiences have you had in your life that lead you to give higher importance to either intuition or rationality? Last Sunday I put forth some thought at our Worth Service.

To summarize, I boldly declared that there is something else in our brains besides feelings and thoughts. Does my assurance need to be taken down a notch?

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, November 13th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"Alan Watts: Still the Mind"

Bob Greenwell will present a brief review of the current science on meditation and the brain, then share a humorous, nontraditional introduction to meditation, using an audiotape of a live workshop by Alan Watts.

Sometimes meditation comes with strings attached, when conveyed in a religious tradition. Alan Watts' genius was to remove all such strings from meditation, and to reveal the wonder and fun of it. His was a thoroughly human and humanistic teaching and model.

We will listen to a tape recording of a live workshop he gave in the 1970's, full of humor and insight.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, November 13th from 10:00 AM 'til 10:30 AM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Delicious Pancake & Sausage Breakfast

"A Fun-Raiser Extraordinaire"

$5 for adults, $1 for kids under 12.

Thanks so much for supporting our last breakfast, and we look forward to seeing you at this one!

The general public is invited.

Wednesday, November 9th from 6:45 PM to 8:45 PM
Host: Chuck F.
St. Charles County Library - Deer Run Branch, Mtg Room A
1300 North Main Street
O' Fallon, MO 63366
(636) 978-3251

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
An Assessment of the Obama Administration in Light of the 99% Movement"

This is a chance to bring out your ethical insights and concerns regarding President Obama, in a structured setting.

Discussion will follow a video of author Ron Suskind on his book Confidence Men: Washington, Wall Street, and the Education of a President.

The internet video will be projected on the wall for easy viewing, and new speakers for our laptop will make listening easy too.

For a preview, go to: booktv.org.

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, November 6th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"Biomimicry in Architecture:
A Biokinetic Approach to Sustain-Able Design"

Our speaker this week Catalina Freixas from Washington University.

There is a conceptual similarity between the way an organism and a building engage their respective environments. A biological system responds to the unique condition of its ecosystem. Architecture responds to the unique conditions of the site. Building on this principle are the fields of biomimicry, the study of design and process in nature, and biokinetics, the study of movement within organisms, and their ability to address architectural problems with elegant, technologically advanced, sustainable solutions.

Catalina’s talk will focus on kinetics as an essential element of biomimicry in the context of architecture and employs the study of the kinetic aspects of biological systems – structure, function, and movement – to inform the design and engineering of buildings. A systematic approach to researching and translating the kinetic functions of organisms leads to a successful bridging of biological and architectural concepts.

Catalina Freixas, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis, has focused her research in Biomimicry as the ultimate goal for Sustainable Design. She is a professor, with 10 years of experience in teaching design studio and seminars on sustainability. As an architect, she has worked in a number of national and international firms, including Forum Studio. Her work includes national and international work such as corporate office, housing, hospitality, educational, and residential facilities. In 2009, she opened laulab, an office that she shares with her husband, architect Pablo Moyano. They are currently working on a master plan for a sustainable neighborhood development and a hotel, both in Patagonia, Argentina.

She is a member of the US Green Building Council, and a lecturer for the Biomimicry Institute. Her work has been featured in "Biomimicry in Higher Education" by the Biomimicry Institute last March. She is a LEED accredited Professional and holds a Diploma in Achitecture from the University of Buenos Aires, School of Architecture and Urban Design, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Wednesday, November 2nd from 7 PM to 9 PM
Host: Craig S.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"The Occupy Wall Street Movement"

What are your hopes for this Movement? Your concerns?

My (Bob Greenwell's) talk Sunday was divided into 3 sections.

The main points were:

This movement may be the mass movement we've been waiting for.
Inequality is not the problem; extreme inequality is the problem.
Corollaries: Government is not the problem, nor is capitalism; the problem is rigged government, rigged capitalism.
The "lack of specific focus" of the movement is the other side of the fact that it has the virtue of inclusiveness, and the inclusiveness makes possible the mass shared expression of feeling which is needed for the movement to become large. Once unified in feeling, specific goals can then be articulated.

Bring up your own thoughts and feelings about this Movement.

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, October 30th from noontime 'til about 1:00 PM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Potluck Dinner

It's Potluck Sunday! After the lecture, please join us for lunch.

The general public is invited.

Sunday, October 30th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"Shall We Occupy?"

Our speaker will be ESMR leader Bob Greenwell.

Bob will ask us to look at the Occupy Wall Street and 99% Movement.

Should we join in? Must we join in? May we innocently stand by?
Is now the time for deep reflection or forward action or both?

Bob will present his thoughts, and members who have looked into or supported the movement will have time to share their experiences.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, October 23rd from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"Exploring the High Frontier – What Cost? What Gain?"

Our speaker will be Richard Heuermann, Outreach Program Coordinator for the NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium and the Administrative Officer for the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University.

From prehistoric times, people have been exploring outer space - first with unaided eyes and imagination, then with increasingly complex equipment, and now with remote-control robotic devices. Why? What are we learning? How much is it costing? What are we gaining? What’s next, now that the Space Shuttle program has ended?

Rich Heuermann will provide an introductory consideration of the results, expense, benefits, and future of the exploration of our solar system and the vast universe beyond.

Rich has taught astronomy and planetary sciences courses for the evening programs at Washington University, UMSL, and the St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. Rich was awarded a B.S. in Physics from St. Louis University, and an M.S. in Physics from UMSL. He is an amateur astronomer and long-time member of the St. Louis Astronomical Society.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Wednesday, October 19th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Host: cancelled

Living Ethics Discussion

This evening's Living Ethics Discussion is cancelled because the first game of the World Series starts at 8:05 PM.

Dee has been rescheduled to Host on November 9th.

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, October 16th
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Program is cancelled for today

So many of our members have signed-up to attend the event at MABA (Mid-America Buddhist Association) in Augusta, Mo this Sunday morning that we decided to cancel our get-together at 260 Brown Road in Saint peters, MO.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Saturday, October 15th
Contact Kathy R. for meeting place and other arrangements
to get to Ronald McDonald House by 5 PM to begin cooking
at 4381 West Pine Blvd, STL, MO, 63108

Ronald McDonald House

"Nothin' Beats Home-Cookin'!"
...especially when family must be with hospitalized loved-ones.

On the third Saturday of each month (this month being a rare exception), a crew from Ethical Society Mid Rivers prepares dinner at the West Pine location of Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis. We have been doing this for more than three years, and we have committed to continue through 2011.

Contact Kathy R. to participate in this worthwhile project and/or if you have questions.

Mark your calendar for these coming Saturdays:
19 Nov, & 17 Dec

Check out the NEW, 300th Ronald McDonald House!
For more information about the Ronald McDonald House Charity, click here.

Wednesday, October 12th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Host: Sara S.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"Immigration Outsourcing"

One side of the coin is immigration. The other side is outsourcing. People come in and "take our jobs." Or, "our jobs" are taken away from us and given to people in other nations.

How do we square wanting to take care of our home country and fellow-citizens, and wanting to be fair and move toward world justice?

Our speaker last Sunday, Deborah Cohen, taught us about the "braceros". Bracero means manual laborer but also specifically means someone who praticipated in the program created by agreement between the U.S. and Mexico 1942 to 1964. The Wikipedia article on "Bracero Program" (which cites Deborah Cohen as an authority) states: "Today millions of Mexican Americans trace their families' roots in the US to their fathers' or grandfathers' arrival as braceros." (You can find the brief article at Wiki link.)

Our topic also takes us into aspects such as Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, the power of unions, the weakness of unions, the unions supporting today's Occupy Wall Street, and whatever else strikes you as relevant.

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, October 9th from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Lecture Series

"Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects in Postwar United States and Mexico"

Our speaker will be Dr. Deborah Cohen, history professor at UMSL and author of the book Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects in Postwar United States and Mexico (University of North Carolina Press, Oct 2010).

Dr. Cohen is a historian of the United States and Mexico. Her book examines the bracero program to show how this migration and its inherent tensions and contradictions produced a particular kind of subject imperfectly aligned with either nation. Learn more about this program here: braceros.

Dr. Cohen holds a Ph.D. in History (2001) from the University of Chicago and has published in the Journal of American Ethnic Studies, Clio (a French Feminist journal), Hispanic American Historical Review, and Estudios Sociologicos (Mexico City). She and Lessie Jo Frazier co-edited Gender and Sexuality in 1968: Transformative Politics in the Cultural Imagination, a volume about gender in the many social movements occurring in 1968 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and are completing Beyond '68: Gender, Social Movements, and Political Culture in the 1968 Mexican Student Movement and its Legacies (under contract at University of Illinois Press), a book that uses women's participation in the 1968 movement as a unique window onto the broader social, political, and cultural tensions and shifts occurring since the 1940's.

Her other specialties and interests include Feminist Theory, Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, Postcolonial Theory, and the growing field of Transnational History.

Dr. Cohen will bring books to sell for those who may be interested.

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, October 9th from 10:00 AM 'til 10:30 AM
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Delicious Pancake & Sausage Breakfast

"A Fun-Raiser Extraordinaire"

$5 for adults, $1 for kids under 12.

Thanks so much for supporting our last breakfast, and we look forward to seeing you at this one!

The general public is invited.

Wednesday, October 5th from 7 PM to 9 PM
Hosts: Jen & Roger M.

Living Ethics Discussion

the topic is:
"Occupy Wall Street in St. Louis?"

Yes, there's a baseball game, but we hope some of you fans will be willing to record it and watch later!

ESMR is not a political organization. But it is an ethics organization, and ethics covers everything. It must even cover those times in life when we have to stand against immoral movement in a whole society. Are we in one of those times? What is an "ethics of disruption"? How far can a dissenter go with dissent--disrupt the routine of others' lives, shut down the government? A growing number of people in New York have been demonstrating a "feeling of injustice" and using Wall Street as a symbol of a range of economic injustices.

Some people in St. Louis are resonating to this movement. Here is an article from today's Post-Dispatch: Demonstrators gathered Saturday outside the Federal Reserve Bank in downtown St. Louis and said they plan to be there "as long as it takes to get the point across."

Their point, as they see it, is that it's time for 99 percent of the population to speak out and act against the greed and corruption of the richest 1 percent.

"Your vote is worthless," says one of their flyers. "Our government is corrupted. Both parties have sold us out to Wall Street."

The group that organized the action is OccupySTL.

Paul, a 40-year-old EMT from St. Louis who declined to give his last name, said he expected other supporters to join the protest at one time or another on Saturday. He said individual demonstrators will come and go but the plan is to keep some demonstrators there around the clock for as long as it takes to make the point. He said it was inspired by a demonstration that began on Wall Street in New York City two weeks ago, and others that have arisen around the country.

"If you are not part of the 1 percent, this is your movement," he said.

Paul said the demonstrators would not block the street or sidewalks or entrances to the building. He said the group has security officers, legal advisors and trained medical personnel. He is an EMT and his wife is a nurse.

Susan Cunningham, a 72-year-old retired teacher from Pacific, was among a dozen or so demonstrators who were first to arrive. She said blaming labor unions, teachers, firefighters and police officers for the nation's economic problems "doesn't wash with reality.”

Invitation open to members of the Society and their guests.
If you wish, you may RSVP Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.

Sunday, October 2nd from 11:00 AM 'til Noon
University of Missouri Extension Center
260 Brown Road in Saint Peters. (roadmap)

Sunday Program

"The People Speak"

Our program for this week will be a rescheduled program from last week, when we were unable to watch the Bill Moyers/Howard Zinn interview because of a technical glitch. As a reminder, here’s the description from last week:

Less than two months before his death in January of 2010, author of "A People’s History of the United States" Howard Zinn sat down for an interview with Bill Moyers. In this interview, Zinn talked about current events as they related to his film project, "The People Speak".

"The People Speak" features a cast of astounding actors, poets, writers, and musicians coming together to reflect the experiences of Americans who made a difference by speaking up and eventually effecting change in our country. The interview includes clips of some of these moving narratives, delivered by such notable actors as Viggo Mortensen, Marisa Tomei, and Kerry Washington.

Zinn, known as the historian of the everyday man and woman, said, "They’re willing to let people think about mild reforms and little changes, but they don’t want people to think that we could actually transform this country".

The general public is invited.
Questions? Comments? Contact Mr. Bob Greenwell by email.