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

Forum Discussion Guidelines

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W5DCunnPytR7j6wb7O8UhuZnZJhcHVJI/view?usp=sharing

Upcoming Events in Forum

  • 03/31/2024Forum Selecting Forum discussion topics for May , Location: Library
  • 04/07/2024Forum Great Decisions – Science across borders , Location: Library
  • 04/14/2024Forum The experience of gardens , Location: Fireside Room
  • 04/21/2024Forum Water in the Western states , Location: Library
  • 04/28/2024Forum Topic Selection , Location: Library
  • 05/05/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • 05/12/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • 05/19/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • 05/26/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • 06/02/2024Forum TBA , Location: Library
  • Forum Archive

  • 07/18/2021 – Forum – Can we ever get off the consumption treadmill?,

    Discussion Leader: Dick Duda
    Related book: The Day the World Stops Shopping, by J.B. McKinnon
    If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  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.

  • 07/11/2021 – Forum – Voting rights and voting registration,

    Discussion Leader: Sarah Doxiadis

    If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  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.

  • 07/04/2021 – Forum – Radical welcome at UUCPA,

    Discussion Leader: Susan Owicki
    If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  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.

  • 06/27/2021 – Forum – Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for August,

    If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  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.

  • 06/20/2021 – Forum – Facebooks’s oversight board,

    Discussion Leader: Jai Cho
    If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  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.

  • 06/13/2021 – Forum – Improving mental health in society,

    Discussion Leader: Dave Joki
    If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  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.

  • 06/06/2021 – Forum – How Technology is Affecting Our Brains, Part II,

    Discussion Leader: Jai Cho
    If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  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.

  • 05/30/2021 – Forum – Selection of Forum discussion topics for July,

    The Forum meets via online video conference.  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.

  • 05/23/2021 – Forum – Regenerative Agriculture to address climate change,

    Discussion Leader: Bill Hilton
    The Forum meets via online video conference.  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.

  • 05/16/2021 – Forum – Nuclear power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,

    Discussion Leader: Bob Greene
    The Forum meets via online video conference.  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.