Co-Facilitator: Priscilla Gruber

Participants will review higher education and the issues which make it part of current events. How does academic freedom function within a democracy? How much should that freedom be sheltered from the influence of governments and religion? How do we prepare young adults for thoughtful citizenship and future employment? Consider how current political agendas and the banning of ideas impact higher education and put our colleges and students in the news.

We will explore the cycle of blame. It may have started with the story of Adam and Eve, but it continues today. The role of Victim, Accuser and Judge are often exchangeable and reversable. Participants will be encouraged to recognize that cycle in the experience of others and in their own lives. Insight, understanding, improved communication will be a result.

Co-Facilitator: Evelyn Porter

This is a repeat of the Traveling Teacups that will be held at 1:00. 

Millions of people around the world consume tea for a variety of reasons. Get your passports ready! Participants will embark on a journey through numerous countries to explore different flavor profiles, customs and rituals of this popular global beverage.

Co-Facilitator: Evelyn Porter

Millions of people around the world consume tea for a variety of reasons. Get your passports ready! Participants will embark on a journey through numerous countries to explore different flavor profiles, customs and rituals of this popular global beverage.

Co-Facilitator: Carl Hays

Read and learn from a remarkable new author, a rape victim, discuss what societies in which women have real power look like. How did three women use violence to fight back? One woman in Alabama decimated the man who raped her. Another in India led a gang of women avenging victims of domestic abuse. Third, is a fighter in an all-female militia that battled ISIS in Syria.

Optional Book: The Furies: Women, Vengence and Justice by Elizabeth Flock