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  • What Does Democracy Demand of Us?
    What Does Democracy Demand of Us?
    What Does Democracy Demand of Us?
    Thu, Jan 09
    Online Session
    Jan 09, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Online Session
    Jan 09, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Online Session
    The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin & The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 2 hours
  • What Does Democracy Demand of Us?
    What Does Democracy Demand of Us?
    What Does Democracy Demand of Us?
    Thu, Jan 16
    Portland, Oregon
    Jan 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Portland, Oregon
    Jan 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Portland, Oregon
    The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin & The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin ⏱️ Preparation approx. 2 hours
  • Are the Machines Coming to Get Us?
    Are the Machines Coming to Get Us?
    Are the Machines Coming to Get Us?
    Thu, Jan 23
    Online Session
    Jan 23, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Online Session
    Jan 23, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Online Session
    Her (2013) directed by Spike Jonze Short story: The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (1909) ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 3 hours
  • Are the Machines Coming to Get Us?
    Are the Machines Coming to Get Us?
    Are the Machines Coming to Get Us?
    Thu, Jan 30
    Portland, OR, USA
    Jan 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST
    Portland, OR, USA
    Jan 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST
    Portland, OR, USA
    Her (2013) directed by Spike Jonze Short story: The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (1909) ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 3 hours
  • Does Thinking About Death Lead To a Good Life?
    Does Thinking About Death Lead To a Good Life?
    Does Thinking About Death Lead To a Good Life?
    Sun, Feb 02
    Online Session
    Feb 02, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Online Session
    Feb 02, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Online Session
    The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy & The Death of the Moth by Virginia Woolf ⏱️ Time Commitment: Approx. 2 hours
  • What Is Love? What Should It Be?
    What Is Love? What Should It Be?
    What Is Love? What Should It Be?
    Sun, Feb 09
    Online Session
    Feb 09, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST
    Online Session
    Feb 09, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST
    Online Session
    All About Love by bell hooks (selected chapters) ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 2 hours
  • What is Love? What Should It Be?
    What is Love? What Should It Be?
    What is Love? What Should It Be?
    Sun, Feb 16
    Portland, OR, USA
    Feb 16, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    Feb 16, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    All About Love by bell hooks (selected chapters) ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 2 hours
  • How Much is Enough?
    How Much is Enough?
    How Much is Enough?
    Thu, Feb 20
    Online
    Feb 20, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Online
    Feb 20, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Online
    Erich Fromm's book To Have or To Be? (selected chapters) The Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov (short story) ⏱️ Preparation Approx. 2-3 hours
  • Can We Be Free in a World Full of Rules?
    Can We Be Free in a World Full of Rules?
    Can We Be Free in a World Full of Rules?
    Sun, Feb 23
    Online Session
    Feb 23, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST
    Online Session
    Feb 23, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST
    Online Session
    Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street by Herman Melville ⏱️ Preparation time: 2 hours
  • Can We Be Free in a World Full of Rules?
    Can We Be Free in a World Full of Rules?
    Can We Be Free in a World Full of Rules?
    Fri, Mar 07
    Portland, OR, USA
    Mar 07, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Portland, OR, USA
    Mar 07, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Portland, OR, USA
    Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street by Herman Melville ⏱️ Preparation time: 2 hours
  • How Much is Enough?
    How Much is Enough?
    How Much is Enough?
    Sun, Mar 09
    Portland, OR, USA
    Mar 09, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    Mar 09, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    The Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov (short story) Erich Fromm's To Have or To Be? (selected chapters) ⏱️ Preparation time: approx. 2-3 hours
  • What makes us truly free?
    What makes us truly free?
    What makes us truly free?
    Sun, Mar 16
    Online Session
    Mar 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
    Online Session
    Mar 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
    Online Session
    What is Freedom? Hannah Arendt (essay) & Poems by Langston Hughes: Freedom's Plow, Democracy, Harlem [Dream Deferred] ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 2 hours
  • Are We Who We've Always Been?
    Are We Who We've Always Been?
    Are We Who We've Always Been?
    Thu, Mar 20
    Portland, OR, USA
    Mar 20, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    Mar 20, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    The Other by Jorge Luis Borges (short story) Speak, Memory by Oliver Sacks (essay) & On Aging poem by Maya Angelou ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 1.5 hours
  • Are We Who We've Always Been?
    Are We Who We've Always Been?
    Are We Who We've Always Been?
    Sat, Mar 22
    Online Session
    Mar 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    Online Session
    Mar 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    Online Session
    The Other by Jorge Luis Borges (short story) Speak, Memory by Oliver Sacks (essay) & On Aging poem by Maya Angelou ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 1.5 hours
  • What makes us truly free?
    What makes us truly free?
    What makes us truly free?
    Wed, Mar 26
    Portland, OR, USA
    Mar 26, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    Mar 26, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    What is Freedom? Hannah Arendt (essay) & Poems by Langston Hughes: Freedom's Plow, Democracy, Harlem [Dream Deferred] ⏱️ Preparation: Approx. 2-3 hours
  • Do We Make Our World, or Does It Make Us?
    Do We Make Our World, or Does It Make Us?
    Do We Make Our World, or Does It Make Us?
    Sun, Mar 30
    Online Session
    Mar 30, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Online Session
    Mar 30, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Online Session
    Simone de Beauvoir’s Pyrrhus and Cineas (essay) ⏱️ Reading time approx. 2 hours
  • How Does Our Appearance Shape Us?
    How Does Our Appearance Shape Us?
    How Does Our Appearance Shape Us?
    Thu, Apr 03
    Portland, OR, USA
    Apr 03, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    Apr 03, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Portland, OR, USA
    Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self by Alice Walker The Nose by Nikolai Gogol ⏱️ Total Time to Read Approx. 2 hours
  • How Does Our Appearance Shape Us?
    How Does Our Appearance Shape Us?
    How Does Our Appearance Shape Us?
    Sun, Apr 06
    Online Session
    Apr 06, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
    Online Session
    Apr 06, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
    Online Session
    Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self by Alice Walker The Nose by Nikolai Gogol ⏱️ Total Time to Read Approx. 2 hours
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