Third Thursday of each month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Join the ESJ Building Bridges Project on August 17 in a structured conversation on “Democracy, Extremism and Outliers". Our team of facilitators is learning to  engage people of widely differing views in conversation.  By promoting conversation instead of insurrection we […]

Tuesday, August 22 1:00 - 2:00 pm PT / 4:00 - 5:00 pm ET Looking for meaningful and effective ways to help elect local and national leaders who care about the environment and democracy? You can volunteer now with EAN to help The Civics Center, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, to “make voter registration part […]

FixMyFunds Investor Working Group Wednesday, August 23 11:00 am - 12:30 pm PT / 2:00 - 3:30 pm ET Our monthly group is an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas about how we can use our retirement savings to align with our values – of a thriving and just world, both as individuals and […]

Every other Monday at 9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET July 31 – October 2, 2023 Currently reading: What Do We Choose to Be by Margaret J. Wheatley July 31: Chapter 1: The Arrow of Time, pp 32 - 71 Aug 14: Chapter 2: Identity, pp 74 - 119 Aug […]

Tuesday, August 29 4:00 - 5:00 pm PT / 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET Looking for meaningful and effective ways to help elect local and national leaders who care about the environment and democracy? You can volunteer now with EAN to help The Civics Center, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, to “make voter registration part […]

Thursday, September 7 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET We’ll continue exploring what actions that we, as elders, can take to push back against extremist attacks. We’re focusing on right-wing efforts to undermine public education, including restricting curricula, punishing discussion of targeted topics, and eliminating programs (like DEI) that make […]

Florida is the canary in the coal mine. It leads the way in censorship and book-banning, and in dumbing down school curricula so as to prettify some of the blemishes in our nation’s history. Join us at our September community meeting, which will focus on the threat of authoritarianism. Our featured speaker will be Juliana […]

Third Thursday of each month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Understanding Book Banning Join us to hear our invited speaker Dr. Carl Lashley. Dr. Lashley is a retired professor of Educational Leadership. His work centers around special education law, policy, and practice; students' rights and responsibilities; and leadership and culture. Dr. Lashley […]

FixMyFunds Investors Working Group Tuesday, September 26 10:00 - 11:30 am PT / 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET Our monthly working group is an opportunity to learn more about how we can use our retirement savings to align with our values – of a thriving and just world. To maximize our collective impact our we […]

Friday, September 29 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Join us in reading a banned book, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, published in 1970. The Bluest Eye appeared on the American Library Association’s 2022 Top Banned Books list. Morrison’s book appeared on the Top Ten list six times in the last […]