Forum
The Forum is a public discussion group in the round. We have been meeting for half a century, and all are welcome.
The topics are chosen about a month in advance by the attendees and are listed on this page. All of our meetings can be attended either in person at the church, or via Zoom.
- Date: Every Sunday
- Time: 8:30 to 10 AM
- 8:30 AM Check in (Attendance is optional)
- 9:00 AM Presentation of the topic
- 9:20 AM Group members provide additional perspectives, opinions, extensions, tangents, counter positions, and related experiences in turn. (See Forum guidelines below.) Audio enhancement provided.
- 10:00 AM Adjourn
- Location: In the Fireside Room on the second Sunday of each month, otherwise in the church library. (Always available online via Zoom.)
- Video conference details will be distributed via the forum-announce@uucpa.org email group. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info
- Request to join forum-announce@uucpa.org by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org
- Contact: Susan Owicki (forum-announce+owner@uucpa.org)
Forum Discussion Guidelines
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W5DCunnPytR7j6wb7O8UhuZnZJhcHVJI/view?usp=sharing
Upcoming Events in Forum
Forum Archive
Discussion Topic: Who are the viable candidates for the presidential election in 2024?
Discussion Leader: Bob Greene and general discussion
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.
Discussion Topic: Lessons from Antarctica
Discussion Leader: Jai Cho
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.
Discussion Topic: Monopolies and on-going global Inflation
Discussion Leader: Dave Joki
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.
There is no Forum meeting today due to the holiday.
Topic: Discussion of Matters of Current Local, National, and International Interest, and Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for February
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.
Topic: The importance of seasonal holidays
Presenter: Dick Duda and general discussion
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.
Discussion Topic: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (book discussion)
Discussion Leader: Susan Owicki
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.
Discussion Topic – Discussion of Matters of Current Local, National, and International Interest, and Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for January
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room (temporarily we are meeting in the church library) as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.
Discussion Topic – Climate anxiety and how we deal with it
Discussion Leader – Richard Heydt
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room (temporarily we are meeting in the church library) as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.
Discussion Topic: How the South won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America, by Heather Cox Richardson
Discussion Leader – Eric Bier
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room (temporarily we are meeting in the church library) as well as online via Zoom. To learn more about attending in person, read this. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in a stimulating discussion. There is nothing to “join”. You can just drop in. Topics are chosen by the group about one month ahead.
To attend via video conference, get the link via email. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Everyone is welcome.