What we’re about
This is a safe place for people with different viewpoints to come together to share ideas, discuss issues, and apply the tools of logic based analysis and critical thinking. Our goal is to establish and maintain a safe environment of mutual trust and respect, where everybody's opinions and viewpoints are welcome, a forum where all are listened to and appreciated!
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Solutions and Compromise for Today's Problems, Part 2Link visible for attendees
Are you frustrated by today’s political gridlock? Tired of the all-or-nothing rhetoric? Join us for a civil, engaging discussion where we tackle the toughest social and political challenges of our time—with a focus on realistic solutions and areas of compromise.
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This interactive event brings together people from across the political spectrum to explore ideas, trade perspectives, and seek common ground. Whether you're left, right, center, or simply curious, your voice matters. We will have a few examples to discuss, you provide the rest.
What to Expect:
Guided discussion with a solutions-based approach
Real-world examples of compromise and collaboration
Respectful conversation across differencesLet’s move from division to direction. Come with ideas, leave with hope.
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- [Partner Event] Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives AmericaLink visible for attendees
Let's join our friends at the Humanist Association of Orange County.
Author Jane Borden discusses "how we got here" as a nation, by investigating the cultish nature of our Puritan founders and the ways in which their doomsday ideologies still echo through secular American culture.
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America was founded by groups most people today would call cults: the Pilgrims and Puritans. The Puritans, in particular, were a high-control doomsday group, something we don't acknowledge. Their radical ideology didn't go away but became the foundation of American culture. Cults Like Us traces seven tenets of their apocalyptic thinking through secular American history, explains how this influence has made us a nation of credulous marks for con artists and demagogues, and proposes that America may be the largest cult of all. People often wonder "how we got here" as a nation. My answer: the Mayflower and Arabella.
Jane Borden is the author of Cults Like Us and I Totally Meant to Do That. Her work has been featured in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.
JaneBorden.com
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- [Partner Event] Impact of Church/State Separation on the LBGTQ+ CommunityLink visible for attendees
Let's join our friends at Americans United for Separation of Church & State - OC.
Please join us for a talk by Daniel Villarreal on how church state separation impacts the LGBTQ+ community. He will also talk about good news for the community (yes, there is some good news!)
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.Daniel Villarreal is a long time, award-winning journalist and editor. He has written for a wide variety of media, including NBC News, Newsweek, Vox, Slate, Vice News, The Seattle Stranger, The Dallas Voice and numerous LGBTQ+ publications.
He has spoken at SXSW, Creating Change, Netroots Nation, GaymerX, and is a graduate of GLAAD's Voices of Color program and of the Poynter Institute's 2024 Power of Diverse Voices seminar. He is also the founder of QueerBomb Dallas, an annual non-corporate Pride event; CinéWilde, the nation's longest running monthly LGBTQ film series.
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