A traditional gathering place where the public meets the private is now the critical point of contact for families isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Howard Zinn at MIT 2005 - The Myth of American Exceptionalism

Howard Zinn (1922-2010) offers a talk at MIT titled “The Myth of American Exceptionalism,” on March 14, 2005. He is the inaugural lecturer in the series “Myths About America” organized by MIT’s Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS), which is hosted at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. He is introduced by Bish Sanyal, director of the SPURS/Hubert Humphrey Program.

Howard Zinn is renowned as the author of “A People’s History of the United States” (1980). Historian, playwright and self-described democratic socialist, Zinn was chair of the history and social sciences department at Superman College, and political science professor at Boston University. 

Please visit the MIT Infinite History site here. 

Trump Calls Howard Zinn's Work "Propaganda." Hear the Legendary Historian in His Own Words.  Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was an American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States.

Opening Keynote Address, Reciprocal Healing: Nature, Health, and Wild Vitality - A National Confluence: November 05, 2019, Sedona, AZ.

Healing by the Earth is medicine, a verb, not a noun and is healing.

Reciprocal Healing: Fostering Kinship and Reciprocity with Robin Wall Kimmerer

On Saturday, June 1st, 2013 Presidio Graduate School graduated approximately 70 new MBAs and MPAs in sustainable management from the Herbst in San Francisco, CA. In this clip, Presidio Board Chair Steven Swig discusses the future of sustainability.

Gideon Rosenblatt explores how companies can be good for the soul -- for customers, employees, and for keeping the bottom line aligned with the greater good. Jan 2012.TEDx Rainier.

Armed militia, Black Lives Matter protesters collide in Louisville marches. This is what has been happening throughout many American Cities mostly as reported by news stations such as this one by the Lexington Herald Leader.  Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency medical technician, was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove on March 13, 2020.

A heavily armed group calling themselves "American patriots" retreated after marching to downtown Louisville when they were confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters calling for justice for Breonna Taylor. 

An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter | Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi

October 2016 TED

Born out of a social media post, the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked discussion about race and inequality across the world. In this spirited conversation with Mia Birdsong, the movement's three founders share what they've learned about leadership and what provides them with hope and inspiration in the face of painful realities. Their advice on how to participate in ensuring freedom for everybody: join something, start something and "sharpen each other, so that we all can rise."

September 2016

Importance of sacred lands and the importance of Standing Rock to climate change and taking care of our lands.

A mix of presentations in a six hour live stream from World Peace and Prayer Day (2020). Introduced by Chief Arvol Looking Horse and a presentation by Guy Jones, Hunkpapa Lakota, Newark EarthWorks, Ohio, U.S.A.