Past Speakers

February 7th, 2010: CANCELED DUE TO SNOW: Current Security Challenges for the Obama Administration
   Peter Wilson (Abstract)

January 31st, 2010: The Militarization of America: At What Cost?
   Jean Athey, Coordinator of Peace Action Montgomery (Abstract)

January 24th, 2010: The State of Psychiatry Today
   Jim Lieberman, MD (Abstract)

January 17th, 2010: What Does Our DNA Tell Us?
   Dr. Whit Athey (Abstract)

January 10th, 2010: Gaza: A Year After Israel's Invasion
   Shelley Cohen Fudge, Jewish Voice for Peace (Abstract)

January 3rd, 2010: Helping Unitarian Orphans Through Global Efforts
   Catie Scudera, Harvard Divinity Student (Abstract)

December 27th, 2009: no CC&C
   There will be no CC&C due to the R.E. Department needing the Fireside Room (Abstract)

December 13th, 2009: New Faces at Our Door: Poverty in Montgomery County
   Becky Wagner, Executive Director of Interfaith Works (Abstract)

December 6th, 2009: The Value of A Girl's Education in Africa
   Munutamanga Kabahita, Project Director, Associatioon of Zairean/Congolese in the US (Abstract)

November 29th, 2009: Not Meeting due to Bazaar Set-Up
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November 22nd, 2009: Did Tiananmen Square Matter? What Was It All About?
   James and Joanne Huskey (Abstract)

November 15th, 2009: Thriving through Resonance
   Brock Holmes, musician (Abstract)

November 8th, 2009: Asylum Seekers & Immigration Courts
   Karen Hanscom, PhD:Executive Director of Baltimore/Washington A.S.T.T. (Abstract)

November 1st, 2009: A New Consumer Financial Protection Agency
   Peggy Twohig and Lauren Saunders (Abstract)

October 25th, 2009: A Different View of Lincoln's Assassination
   Anthony L. Pitch, Award Winning Author of Historical Fiction (Abstract)

October 18th, 2009: The Current Status of the Right To Die Movement, Here and Abroad
   Judy Snyderman, Final Exit Network (Abstract)

October 11th, 2009: Race and the Death Penalty
   Amy Fusting, Program Director--Maryland Citizens Against State Executions (Abstract)

October 4th, 2009: Ending U.S.-Sponsored Torture Forever
   Linda J. Gustitus (Abstract)

September 27th, 2009: General Assembly 2009
   RRUUC General Assembly Delegates (Abstract)

September 20th, 2009: Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection to War
   J.E. McNeil, the Executive Director of the Center on Conscience & War (Abstract)

May 17th, 2009: Prospects For Peace In the Middle East
   Ori Nir (Abstract)

May 10th, 2009: NGO Diplomacy: Can Non-Profits Help the World's Poor?
   Sam Worthington, CEO of INTERACTIONS (Abstract)

May 3rd, 2009: First 100 Days of the Obama Administration
   Peter Wilson (Abstract)

April 26th, 2009: Reflections of a Lifetime
   Jack Edmondson (Abstract)

April 19th, 2009: Water: The Looming Crisis
   William Butler, Ph.D., Government Dept, Georgetown University (Abstract)

April 12th, 2009: Easter Sunday: No CC&C
   R.E. meets in the Fireside Room (Abstract)

April 5th, 2009: Winning Quality, Affordable Health Care for All
   Richard Kirsch, Campaign Manager of HCAN (Abstract)

March 29th, 2009: Negotiating Environment and Science
   Richard Smith (Abstract)

March 22nd, 2009: Hunger On Our Doorstep
   Lynn Brantley, Founder, President and CEO, Capital Area Food Bank (Abstract)

March 15th, 2009: Housing Opportunities in the D.C. Area
   Jerry Kenokia (Abstract)

March 8th, 2009: Slavery and Human Trafficking
   Kevin Bales (Abstract)

March 1st, 2009: The Middle East-Today and Tomorrow
   Former Ambassador Ed Peck (Abstract)

February 22nd, 2009: The Early Sexualization of Girls
   Mary Bailey (Abstract)

February 15th, 2009: Reflections of a Lifetime
   Mary Rose Curtis (Abstract)

February 8th, 2009: Change the World Before Those Other Guys Do
   Bruce Knotts (Abstract)

February 1st, 2009: The World Wide Economic Meltdown
   Professor Michael Greenberger (Abstract)

January 25th, 2009: Prospects for DC Voting Representation
   Ilir Zherka (Abstract)

January 18th, 2009: The Obama White House Staff
   Brad Patterson (Abstract)

January 11th, 2009: Walking the UU Talk in New Orleans
   Nancy Henningsen, Susan Cummins, and Carl Mitchell (Abstract)

January 4th, 2009: Why Isn't Everyone a UU?
   Smith Wood (Abstract)

December 21st, 2008: Understanding Alzheimer's
   Molly Tully and Gay Lynn Nann (Abstract)

December 14th, 2008: The Resonance of Being II
   Brock Holmes (Abstract)

December 7th, 2008: HIV/AIDS in Africa
   Dr. Carlie Williams (Abstract)

November 23rd, 2008: Views on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
   Dr. Julia Chaitin, Lucy Talgieh, Enas Muthaffar (Abstract)

November 16th, 2008: Reflections of a Lifetime
   Bob Saloschin (Abstract)

November 9th, 2008: Challenges For Our Newly Elected President
   Peter Wilson (Abstract)

November 2nd, 2008: Abraham Lincoln's Life in Music
   Elizabeth Smith Brownstein (Abstract)

October 26th, 2008: Color and Money
   Peter Schmidt (Abstract)

October 19th, 2008: Breaking The Cycle of Teen Pregnancy
   Members of the Religious Coalition For Reproductive Choice (Abstract)

October 12th, 2008: Our Darfur Radio Project
   Jess Engebretson and fellow Swarthmore College Students (Abstract)

October 5th, 2008: The Resonance of Being
   Brock Holmes (Abstract)

September 28th, 2008: Making Peace with Islam
   Dr. Abdul Aziz Said (Abstract)

September 21st, 2008: News from Our Transylvania Partner Church
   Bob and Carol Waser (Abstract)

September 14th, 2008: The Implications of Nuclear Power
   Thomas Cochran, Ph.D., Natural Resources Defense Council (Abstract)

May 18th, 2008: Perversion of Justice
   Eric E.Sterling, Director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation (Abstract)

May 11th, 2008: Medical Dilemmas & Decisions: Hormone Therapy as a Paradigm
   Jay Schulkin, Ph.D (Abstract)

May 4th, 2008: Immigration Issues in Maryland - What's Next?
   Ana Sol Gutierrez, Maryland Delegate from District 18 (Abstract)

April 27th, 2008: Reflections Of A Lifetime: Shirley Patterson
   Shirley Patterson (Abstract)

April 20th, 2008: Protecting and Enhancing our Potomac River
   Hedrick Belin, President, Potomac Conservancy (Abstract)

April 13th, 2008: Social Justice Accomplishments at RRUUC and What Lies Ahead
   Rob Nooter, Chair of RRUUC Social Justice Council (Abstract)

April 6th, 2008: Nonviolence As An Operating Principle In Our Society
   Ted Nunn (Abstract)

March 30th, 2008: End-of-Life Issues: Personal and Political
   Matthew Nelson (Abstract)

March 16th, 2008: National Security Challenges for the Next President
   Peter Wilson, Rand (Abstract)

March 9th, 2008: E.Ethelbert Miller, African American Activist Poet
   E. Ethelbert Miller (Abstract)

March 2nd, 2008: RRUUC Youth Trip to El Salvador – Summer '07
   RRUUC Youth Group (Abstract)

February 24th, 2008: Reflections of a Lifetime: Penny Cassedy
   Penny Cassedy (Abstract)

February 22nd, 2008: Early sexualization of Girls
   Mary Bayless (Abstract)

February 17th, 2008: Outlawed: Extreme Rendition and other Practices
   Jean L. Athey, Ph.D. (Abstract)

February 10th, 2008: A Dialogue with Khlur Mukhim from India
   Khlur Mukhim, RRUUC liaison to our partner church in India (Abstract)

February 3rd, 2008: Art and Artifacts from the Smithsonian Museum of African Art
   Docent Judy Smith (Abstract)

January 27th, 2008: Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill Revisited
   Helen Winternitz and Tim Phelps (Abstract)

January 20th, 2008: Along the Anacostia: Youth Development through Environmental Service
   Glen O'Gilvie, President and CEO, Earth Conservation Corps (Abstract)

January 13th, 2008: What's on Center Stage for the Maryland Legislature in 2008?
   Sen. Rich Madelano (Abstract)

January 6th, 2008: Torture is a Moral Issue
   Dr. Steven Xenakis (Abstract)

December 9th, 2007: With God As My Running Mate: The Role of Religion in the 2008 Election
   Maureen Fiedler (Abstract)

December 2nd, 2007: Reflections On A Lifetime
   Robert Elkin (Abstract)

November 18th, 2007: Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States
   Dr. Trita Parsi (Abstract)

November 11th, 2007: Parker v DC: A Threat to U.S. Gun Laws
   Daniel R. Vice (Abstract)

November 4th, 2007: The Human Face of Palestine
   Nora Buch (Abstract)

October 28th, 2007: Islam and International Conflict: Fact and Fiction
   Shaikh Mahmoud Abdelhady, imam Dar al-Taqwa Mosque - Columbia, MD (Abstract)

October 21st, 2007: The U.S. Social Experiment in Massive Incarceration
   Stefan LoBuglio, Ph.D. (Abstract)

October 14th, 2007: Old Age in A New Age
   Beth Baker, journalist and author (Abstract)

October 7th, 2007: Reflections on a Lifetime
   Thora Frank (Abstract)

September 30th, 2007: Music for a while shall all your cares beguile" (Henry Purcell 1634)
   Tom Gallagher, Tenor and Gillian Cookson, Piano (Abstract)

September 23rd, 2007: Immigrants in Our Midst: Focus on Our Common Humanity
   Gustavo Torres, Director of CASA de Maryland (Abstract)

September 16th, 2007: Species Extinction: What it means for them and what it means for us
   Timothy Male, Environmental Defense (Abstract)

May 20th, 2007: Our Name
   The Church Naming Committee (Abstract)

May 13th, 2007: Confronting Mass Atrocities in Darfur
   Colin Thomas-Jensen, International Crisis Troup (Abstract)

May 6th, 2007: The Elephant in the Living Room
   Ricardo Flores, Public Policy Director of the Public Justice Center (Abstract)

April 29th, 2007: Real Green: Moving the Sustainable Design Agenda With Pragmatism
   Brian Uher, Amicus Green Building Center (Abstract)

April 22nd, 2007: Protecting our Region's Natural Heritage
   Neal Fitzpatrick, Audubon Naturalist Society (Abstract)

April 15th, 2007: ACTION Week Sunday: Jubilee House
   Stacey Erd, Exec. Dir. Beacon House (Abstract)

April 1st, 2007: Cancer: Nature, Nurture or Both
   Bob Hoover, NIH (Abstract)

March 25th, 2007: Reflections on a Lifetime
   Bill and Alma Rhodes (Abstract)

March 18th, 2007: Human Cognition and the Challenges of Crafting a Desirable Future
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March 11th, 2007: The Climate Crisis: What Are The Key Concerns?
   Helen Seidler (Abstract)

March 4th, 2007: The Evolution of Head Start and East Coast Migrant Head Start Project
   John Menditto (Abstract)