Community of Reason KC

Program for Sunday, May 20, 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room301, Haag

James Webb, Ph. D.,  Department of Economics, UMKC

Program for Sunday, May 13 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room301, Haag Hall

Elaine Giessel,  Marine Ecologist

Program for Sunday, May 6 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room301, Haag Hall

Bill Claus,  KKFI and labor activist

Program for Sunday, April 29, 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room301, Haag

Spark Bookhart,  Public school parent, education advocate, Police veteran and State field director – Obama 2008

Program for Sunday,  April 22, 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room301, Haag Hall

Catherine Siengsukon;  P. T., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Kansas University Medical Center, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Siengsukon spoke about typical sleep patterns and included evidence sleep is important for learning.

Program for Sunday,  April 15, 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room301, Haag Hall

Nora Quiason; M. D., psychiatrist working in a US Army base providing mental health services to soldiers and their families.

Program for Sunday,  April 8, 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room301, Haag Hall

Ben Kjelshus; Founder of KC Food Circle and longtime green activist:

The following originally scheduled talk will be rescheduled

“Filling in the Gaps: Restoring Healthy Habitat Networks Within Our Communities”

Victoria Schoell-Shafer: Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center’s Head Gardener

Program for Sunday,  April 1, 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room301, Haag Hall

Don Bell, B.A., Th. M., D. Min., Biblical scholar

Program for Sunday,  March 25, 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301, Haag Hall

Fred Whitehead:  Ph.D., Freethought Historian and co-editor of Freethought on the American Frontier.

Elizabeth Gerber, longtime Community of Reason member who died February 5, 2012, is honored in a talk about a British artist (1855-1919).

Program for Sunday,  March 18, 2012
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301, Haag Hall

Mindy L. Walker:  Ph.D., Evolutionary Geneticist, Assistant Professor of Biology; Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri

This is the first in a series of talks discussing the evidence of evolution.  This first installment introduced some of the copious genetic evidence.  In future talks , Dr. Walker will discuss everything from un-intelligent “design” to sexual selection.  Community of Reason talk 3-18-12_Mindy_Walker