The Civil Discourse Course club meets to discuss a variety of topics with a focus on small group interaction and discussion. All speakers must be Villages residents and all meetings are open, just walk in.
Monday, April 7, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Gary Segal "A Journey from the Bronx to the Villages via CORE and TAAC"
Journey from the 1950's Bronx through the Civil Rights era to the Villages and TAAC
Monday, April 14 - No Meeting
Monday, April 21 - No Meeting
Monday, April 28, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Gary Segal "A Journey from the Bronx to the Villages via CORE and TAAC"
Monday, May 5, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Jennifer McMahon "Romeo and Juliet Do Not Die"
Romeo and Juliet is actually not a tragedy, but a dark satire
Monday, May 12, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Jennifer McMahon "Romeo and Juliet Do Not Die"
Monday, May 19, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, John Blackwell "What Kind of Society Do We Want to Fix Our Roofs"
A recent experience with homeowner's insurance and roof repairs led to reflecting on how society allowed this to come about.
Monday, May 26, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, John Blackwell "What Kind of Society Do We Want to Fix Our Roofs"
Monday, June 2, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Mark Welton "The Rule of Law in the U.S. - Principles and Challenges"
The Rule of Law, along with democracy, constitutionalism, and civil society, are essential to our ideal of good government and law.
Monday, June 9, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Mark Welton "The Rule of Law in the U.S. - Principles and Challenges"
Monday, June 16, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Jennifer Mizrahi "How Cognitive Biases Influence our Beliefs and Opinions"
What Cognitive Biases are and how they can affect our perceptions, opinions and beliefs.
Monday, June 23, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Jennifer Mizrahi "How Cognitive Biases Influence our Beliefs and Opinions"
Monday, July 7, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Jim Laurent "The Physics of Alien Contact"
Have we been visited by aliens? A brief look at the history of alien conspiracy theories and the physics of making alien contact.
Monday, July 14, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Jim Laurent "The Physics of Alien Contact"
Monday, July 21, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, John Shewchuk "The Unprecedented Hunga Tonga Volcano"
This 2022 volcanic eruption near Fiji, the largest natural event in modern history, is causing global weather events
Monday, July 28, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, John Shewchuk "The Unprecedented Hunga Tonga Volcano"
Monday, August 4 - No Meeting
Monday, August 11 - No Meeting
Monday, August 18 - No Meeting
Monday, August 25 - No Meeting