Community of Reason KC http://www.communityofreasonkc.org A Center for Free Thought Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:04:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Brain Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Their Treatment http://www.communityofreasonkc.org/2013/06/17/brain-aging-alzheimers-disease-and-their-treatment/ http://www.communityofreasonkc.org/2013/06/17/brain-aging-alzheimers-disease-and-their-treatment/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:56:58 +0000 CORwebmaster http://www.communityofreasonkc.org/?p=511 Program for June 23, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301

Russell Swerdlow, M.D. Director, University of Kansas Alzheimer’s  Center; Professor of Neurology, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301

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James A Everett, Former CIA Intelligence agent (deep cover spy) and author of The Making and Breaking of an American Spy (Strategic Book Publishing).  Signed copies of his book will be available for sale ($15).

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1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301July 13 016

Wilfred A Arnold, Ph. D., Adjunct Professor of History and Philosophy of Medicine; and, onetime Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kansas University Medical Center  (Read the abstract of this talk by clicking here)

]]> http://www.communityofreasonkc.org/2013/06/03/chopins-heart/feed/ 0 CRITICAL RELIGIOUS STUDIES – “What is the Meaning and Role of the Pope in the 21st Century http://www.communityofreasonkc.org/2013/05/27/critical-religious-studies-what-is-the-meaning-and-role-of-the-pope-in-the-21st-century/ http://www.communityofreasonkc.org/2013/05/27/critical-religious-studies-what-is-the-meaning-and-role-of-the-pope-in-the-21st-century/#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 04:10:31 +0000 CORwebmaster http://www.communityofreasonkc.org/?p=498 Continue reading →]]> Program for June 2, 2013
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301
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Larry Guillot, Interfaith Council (consultant), Creative Community Services (principal), Second Vatican Council in Rome (news corps) Ph. T., Gregorian University (Rome); Biagio Mazza,  St. Sabrina’s  Parish in Belton (Pastoral Associate) Catholic theologian, lecturer and adult educator.

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Randy Attwood, Kansas City fiction author

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

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1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301

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

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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.
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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.

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1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301

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Don Bell,  retired Presbyterian Minister, Biblical scholar

 

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1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301DSC00130

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

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1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Room 301,

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

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