Dr. David Orenstein: Humanity's Debt to Africa

Our Program:
Humanity's Debt to Africa: Evolution, Humanism, and the Legacy of 8 million Years of African Descent: Orenstein will take participants on a journey through the evolutionary process using a powerful slide show filled with scientific facts, an overview of the scientists who discovered those facts, and information that viewers will be able to convey easily should social conversations demand a defense of evolution.

Our Speaker: Dr. David I. Orenstein is Department Chairperson and a tenured full professor of
anthropology at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. He has been
affiliated with the American Humanist Association (AHA) for more than a decade and
now serves on its Board of Directors. Dr. Orenstein serves on the Smithsonian Institute,
Hall of Human Origins Broader Social Impacts Committee Board. He has taught human
evolution, primatology, science history, and science advocacy. He is also the author of
three books. In addition, Dr. Orenstein served as the AHA representative to the United
Nations for five years, and is an ordained Humanist Clergy. He is a happy freethinker
who believes life is best lived with reason and joy for the human condition.

This event is free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara and the Freethought Society.