Fat Rights are Human Rights – Wednesday, November 15 at 18:30 This months speaker is American Dr. Cat Pausé, a Fat Studies scholar and activist from New Zealand, who studies the impact of fat stigma on the health & well-being Read More
Category: Program Meeting
Fake News in Mainstream Media?
Fall Meeting – Wednesday, October 18 at 18:30 Fake news as defined by Wikipedia is a type of yellow journalism or propaganda that consists of deliberate misinformation spread via traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media.[1] Fake news Read More
Welcome Back!
First Fall Meeting – Wednesday, September 20 at 18:30 It’s our Welcome Back meeting! We hope everyone had a lovely summer. We look forward to seeing our fellow members and welcoming guests. September marks the beginning of a new academic Read More
Our BISS Walking Tour
A small group of members took part on the BISS walking tour last weekend, which proved to be fascinating to say the least, says one member. Sadly the tour took place during the school break preventing many members from attending. Read More
“What Makes a Good Life?” a TED Talk
Wednesday, April 19th at 6:30 PM The topic of our April meeting is “What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness,” a TED talk by Harvard researcher Dr. Robert Waldinger, director of the Center for Psychodynamic Therapy Read More
Women’s March
At this month’s meeting, we will hear from a fellow member who will talk to us about her experiences at the Women’s March in Washington on Jan. 21, 2017. She took part with her mother, who has been involved in Read More
American Citizen Services Department
Please join us on January 18th at 6:30pm for a very informative evening with US State Department Vice Consul – Devin Cahill. Ms. Cahill will offer us an inside look into what happens in the American Consulate in Munich in Read More