Tag: Freethinkers

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…

Freethinkers support Tri-Community Food Bank

Randy and Barbara give a check to 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…

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…

Dr. Buntain to speak to Freethinkers on “One Health”

Dr. Bonnie Buntain is Program Coordinator for the new School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Arizona.

Fran Berman On Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. in the MountainView Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Freethinkers welcomes Dr. Bonnie Buntain who will speak about One Health. One Health is the interconnectedness of the health of people, domestic animals and wildlife and our shared environment called ecosystems. This interconnectedness has positive and negative impacts on our…

Free-thinkers: responsible search for the truth and meaning

Patti R. Albaugh Barbara Starrett, M.D., president of the SaddleBrooke Freethinkers, spoke to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary on the origins and focus of her organization. Dr. Starrett comes well qualified to lead an organization such as Freethinkers. She is a retired board-certified internist who was a pioneer in efforts to bring quality health care to…