Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Colleen Lucey, Ph.D., of the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona speak on “The Monster of Eastern Europe: The Vampire Myth from Medieval Times to the Present Day” on Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m., with doors opening at 1:45 p.m., at the DesertView Theater,…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Professor Glenn Sheriff, Ph.D., of the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University speak on “Environmental Justice for All” on Sunday, March 26, at 2 p.m. at the DesertView Theater, with doors opening at 1:45 p.m. Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers Treasurer Randy Smith and President Barbara Starrett gave checks from the Freethinkers Club and private donors totaling $1,650 to Judy Haberski, Executive Board Member of the Tri Community Food Bank, in front of the food truck at the Mini Mart. The Tri-Community Food Bank has a meals on wheels service. The…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Professors Jane Zavisca, PhD, and Beth Mitchneck, PhD, speak about “Rebuilding Ukraine Means Building Homes” on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. at the DesertView Theater, with a social time at 1:30 p.m. The February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has undeniably left the country’s infrastructure in…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Deborah Kaye, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in the French and Italian Department and Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona, speak on “Italy’s Jews under the Shadow of the Holocaust” on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at the DesertView Theater, with a social at 1:30 p.m. The…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Professor Derek Lemoine, Ph.D., of the Department of Economics at the University of Arizona speak on “Climate and the Economy” on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. at the DesertView Theater, with a social time at 1:30 p.m. Climate change will reach into all parts of the…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers is proud to have Brian Mayer, PhD, speak on “Poverty in Tucson” on Sunday, April 3, at 10 a.m. at the MountainView Ballroom, with a coffee social at 9:30 a.m. Tucson has one of the highest poverty rates in the country for a city of our size. Professor Brian Mayer, working with…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers is proud to have Professor Kristy Slominski of the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona speak to our group on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at 10 a.m. at the MountainView Ballroom, with coffee social at 9:30 a.m. Dr. Kristy Slominski will speak to us about religion and sex education.…
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers is pleased to have Yotam Shmargad, Ph.D. speak on Sunday, March 29, 2020, at 10 a.m. at the MountainView Ballroom with a coffee social at 9:30 a.m. Dr. Shmargad will talk about social media and politics. Do social media platforms help or hurt democracy? Internet enthusiasts posit that social media could…
Barbara Starrett The SaddleBrooke Freethinkers group was honored to have Noam Chomsky speak at their meeting on Feb. 23, 2020. Professor Chomsky was introduced by John Paul Jones, Dean of the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Some of the topics covered were the atomic clock, environmental risks, and what is happening to democracy.…