We The People is a free lecture and film series that invites you to engage and educate yourself on issues at the intersection of current events and religion.
We The People is sponsored by the Congregational, Episcopal, and Unitarian-Universalist churches of Exeter, in cooperation with Water Street Bookstore, and Phillips Exeter Academy.
Click here to see the 2013 schedule on our Facebook lecture series page!
The 2011- 2012 schedule included:
- Author Kate Towler, Wednesday: May 23, 2012
- Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: April 26, 2012
- Author Warren Farrell: March 29, 2012
- Author James Carroll: February, 20, 2012
- Physcist Dr. Amory Lovins: February 14, 2012
- Environmentalist Bill McKibben: Jan 26, 2012
- Rev. David McCallum: October 7, 2011
- Collective Bargaining Panel: September 27, 2011
Past events have included:
LECTURES
Prof. Wick Sloan on education
Chris Waddell on overcoming handicap
Carlos Eire on memory/history
Dr. George Valiant on spirituality in the brain
Sister Helen Prejean on the death penalty
Naomi Shehab Nye on Muslim-American women
David Mindich on youth and the media
Bishop Frank Griswold on prayer
Prof. Frawaz Georges on the Middle East
PANELS
Panel on the Exeter River Watershed
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Flow
King Corn
No Impact Man
Food Inc.
Constantine’s Sword
