The Great Decisions Extension Series is an informal discussion group focused on current events, moderated by Niles Medders and Judy Potter.

Participants are suggested to read the monthly materials before the meeting, then come to the Library to discuss each topic.

For more information and/or to receive an email prior to the scheduled meeting with possible additional resources, please contact Judy Potter at: judy.potter@gmail.com

Meetings are one Monday a month, starting June 16 and ending October 13, from 7-8:30PM, in the Doña Benicia Room.

You may also attend via Zoom:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/whPDXQ0tTGGIvylnXuYgTQ

Meeting ID: 833 6206 2795           Passcode: 608684

TOPICS:

June 16:  Fascism A Warning.  We will discuss fascism using, as a focus, Madeline Albright's 2018 book by this title.  Additional suggested material on this topic will be sent out via email soon.

July 21: Rundown on Robotics. We will be reading about advancements in robotics using The Rundown Robotics website: https://robotnews.therundown.ai

August 18: Dark Enlightenment Rising:  The Billionaire Experiment to Kill Democracy.  We will discuss the topic of the Dark Enlightenment using the article by Thom Hartman https://hartmannreport.com/p/dark-enlightenment-rising-the-billionaire-071?

September 15: Poverty by America by Mathew Desmond.  We will discuss issues of poverty presented in Desmond's much acclaimed, provocative and compelling 2023 book. Desmond is a professor of Sociology at Princeton University and his previous book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/ John Kenneth Galbraith award.

October 13:  Songs Can Motivate Change.  How songs have motivated people to make important decisions that have changed and improved our world.  We have a singer, songwriter, musician in our group who has offered to lead this topic.