Community of Reason KC

Program for May 26, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301

Randy Attwood, Kansas City fiction author

Randy Attwood provides his experiences and views on digital publishing ebooks and print-on-demand books.

Program for May 19, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301

Enock Odede, B. A. (Economics), MBA, original native of Kenya.

Program for May 12, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301,

Bill and Judy Clause; Bill is with KKFI and a Labor activist, Judy is a retired teacher and member of a teacher’s union: Bob and Diana Suckiel, Bob worked 40 years with 4 railroads as Engineer, Conductor, Brakeman, Switchman and laid tracks. He is a retired member of the Teamsters Union.  Diana is a retired Union Plumber, Local 8. The couple performed labor shows from Bar Harbor, Vermont to a folk festival in Vancouver, Canada.

A commemoration of the struggle for the 8-hour Day, the Hay Market Massacre and the coming of industrial unionism in spoken word and songs from 1868 to the present, featuring Eugene V. Debs, Mother Jones, IWW, and the struggle for the dignity of work.

Program for May 5, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301

Don Bell,  retired Presbyterian Minister, Biblical scholar

Program for April 28, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301

Michael Caddell, (pronounced Kay Dell), Publisher Fightin’ Cock Flyer, political polemicist, humorist, producer and host of Radio Free Kansas station on the net.

Click here to view the power point used by Michael Libertarian Bastardy April 2013 pp 97

Program for April 21, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301,

Whitney Terrell, New Letters Writer-in-Residence, UMKC; author of The King of Kings County; Shannon Jackson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UMKC

Program for April 14, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301,

William Sturgill, Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology, Professor of Psychology at Rockhurst 

As John Dewey queried, “What function does consciousness serve?”
Click here to view the power point used in William’s presentation”

Program for April 7, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301,

Dr. Anton K. Jacobs, Writer/lecturer of sociology, philosophy and religion; K.C. Art Institute faculty; United Church of Christ Clergyman; author of Religion and the Critical Mind (Lexington Books, 2010)

Click on the Essays tab above to read Anton Jacobs’ presentation,  Religious Awe and Critical Thought. 

Program for March 31, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301,

Ben Kjelshus,  Founder of KC Food Circle and longtime green activist; Luis Flores, Longview College Instructor of Psychology and Philosophy

This Program is cancelled due to the weather.  It will be rescheduled.

Program for March 24, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301,

Attwood,  Kansas City fiction author

Randy Attwood relates his experiences and views on digital publishing ebooks and print-on-demand books.