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, October 6, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Gary Segal "The Very High Highs and the Very Low Lows of Adoption"
A Case Study of an Adoption, Including All its Extreme Highs and Lows
Monday, October 13, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Gary Segal "The Very High Highs and the Very Low Lows of Adoption"
Monday, October 20, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Ian Walmsley "The 1945 US Inspired World Order is in Question"
Will the US continue as a Maritime Superpower or Retrench to a Land Based Regional Power?
Monday, October 27, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Ian Walmsley "The 1945 US Inspired World Order is in Question"
Monday, November 3, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Alan Loiselle "Protecting Your Head During a Fall"
A Presentation to Test and Improve Participants Balance and Strength
Monday, November 10, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Alan Loiselle "Protecting Your Head During a Fall"
Monday, November 17, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Jim Laurent "Three Parent Children"
The UK has recently succeeded with 3 Parent IVF births. What are the possible consequences and implications of this?
Monday, November 24, La Hacienda, 10:00 AM, Jim Laurent "Three Parent Children"
Monday, December 1, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, John Shewchuk "Hottest Summer Ever - Or Was It?"
Claims of increasingly hot summers greatly exaggerate short-terms trends, and are totally wrong about long-term trends
Monday, December 8, La Hacienda, 10:00 AM, John Shewchuk "Hottest Summer Ever - Or Was It?"
Monday, December 15, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Dough Hughes "The Brit's View of the American Revolution"
A different view of the Revolutionary War - from the other side of the ocean. Not quite what you were taught in school
Monday, December 22, Colony Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Dough Hughes "The Brit's View of the American Revolution"
Monday, January 5, Truman Recreation Center, 10:00 AM, Phil Caminez "Socialism from Marx to Mamdani"
There have been many forms of Socialism over the last 200 years. How have they changed and what forms exist today.
Monday, January 12, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Phil Caminez "Socialism from Marx to Mamdani"
Monday, January 19, Colony Cottage, 10:00 AM, Roz Sherman "Conversational Techniques to Maintain Civil Discourse"
Strategies and techniques to deal with rude or unruly people without provoking violence and/or losing civility
Monday, January 26, Savannah Center, 10:00 AM, Roz Sherman "Conversational Techniques to Maintain Civil Discourse"