Barbara Starrett and Sandy McNabb, PhD On Feb. 23 at the SaddleBrooke Freethinkers meeting, 140 people listened to Richard Gilman talk about American Values. Mr. Gilman was past publisher of The Boston Globe newspaper, which won Pulitzer Prizes for articles under his leadership. In 2018 he was inducted into the UA School of Journalism Hall…
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April 2025, Clubs & Classes
The State of Democracy in an Era of Populist Nationalism
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Paul Schuler, PhD, speak on “The State of Democracy in an Era of Populist Nationalism” on Sunday, April 27. The meeting is held at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse Vermillion Room, with a coffee social at 9:15 a.m., and the program begins at 9:45 a.m. University of Arizona…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
The Loss of Hope in Youth
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Tom Miller, PhD, speak on “Loss of Hope in Youth” on Sunday, Jan. 26. The meeting is held at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse Vermillion Room, with a coffee social at 9:15 a.m., and the program begins at 9:45 a.m. Dr. Miller will discuss how some key demographic…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Video Games But Were Afraid to Ask (Your Grandkids)
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Ken S. McAllister, PhD, speak on “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Video Games But Were Afraid to Ask (Your Grandkids)” on Sunday, Dec. 8. The meeting is held at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse Vermillion Room, with a coffee social at 9:15 a.m., and the program…
April 2024, Clubs & Classes
Religion, Identity, and Encounter in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Daisy Vargas, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Arizona, College of Humanities, speak on “Religion, Identity, and Encounter in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” on Sunday, April 21, at 9:45 a.m. This talk will focus on how Mexican Catholic religious practices aid and inform the maintenance…
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Freethinkers support Tri-Community Food Bank
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers Randy Smith, treasurer, and Barbara Starrett, president, present a check for $750 to Cynthia Chevalley, executive director of the Tri-Community Food Bank, to help support their program. Food banks and food pantries like Tri-Community Food Bank organize the collection of food donations and distribution to those in need. Most non-profit hunger…
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Eliminating gender-based violence
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers is honored to have Professor Monica Casper Ph.D. speak on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at 10 a.m. at the MountainView Ballroom with coffee social at 9:30 a.m. Doctor Casper, with three decades of research and action on issues related to violence against women and gender-based violence, will provide a contemporary overview…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
SaddleBrooke Freethinkers presents program on hate crimes
Barbara Starrett On Sunday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m. at the MountainView Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Freethinkers is proud to present Hate Crimes with Kent Burbank, MSW and Denis Provencher, PhD. The FBI defines hate crimes as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or part by an offender’s bias against a race,…
Clubs & Classes, March 2017
Freethinkers March meeting: Climate Change Science and Policy Options
Barbara Starrett Climate Change Science and Policy Options will be the topic for the upcoming Freethinkers meeting on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (with coffee social at 9:30 a.m.) at the HOA 2 MountainView Ballroom. Dr. Lockwood Carlson will discuss climate changes in the last few hundred years and the key roles of…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
Freethinkers presents “Public Education is a Public Trust”
George Citron and Barbara Starrett Richard Gilman, a Tucsonan who became publisher of the Boston Globe and today advocates for a better education for all kids, will address the SaddleBrooke Freethinkers Club on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at the HOA 2 MountainView Ballroom at 10:00 a.m. Coffee social starts at 9:30 a.m. His topic will be…