IGE is a meeting place for community groups that share our concerns about human rights and education for multicultural and religious awareness. We promote peaceful conflict resolution through training, workshops with youth and adults, and ongoing community discussion.
Chris Hedges “The Algebra of Revolution”–a video showing/discussion
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Chris Hedges “The Algebra Revolution”
View this interesting talk by Chris Hedges about the times of revolution we are living in at this moment. There will be time for discussion before and after the video.
Hedges flyer
Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016
6:30pm at the IGE Office, 1118 Wealthy Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Freethought Cafe: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut: The History of Circumcision
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Freethought Cafe
Sunday, August 28,noon-2 p.m
1118 Wealthy St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Bigger, Longer, & Uncut: The History of Circumcision
“Intactivist” Glen Allen presents a history of circumcision: how it is entangled with religion, how it got started in America. Learn new things about a body part near you, and how it is viewed in other cultures as well.
We will potluck a marvelous lunch (12:00-12:30) and there will be coffee. Freethought Cafe will give you some things to think about.
Look Who’s Back (film) on Sunday, Aug. 21 at 12:15pm
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Free Thought Cafe:
Look Who’s Back is a subtitled German film, from the novel, 116 minutes long. Hitler returns and is universally mistaken for a brilliant comedian…at first.
Freethought Cafe is showing this movie at IGE, 1118 Wealthy St SE Sunday August 21. We also potluck food and drink! We will start the film at 12:15 p.m.so please plan accordingly.
See you!
Next Sunday, August 28, circumcision! No, not you–a guest speaker will talk about it.
Free Thought Cafe presents: A Destiny Drive Life
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Free Thought Cafe presents:
A Destiny Driven Life: How to make magic in the middle of despair and have the resiliency for follow through when all seems to fail.
At IGE, 1118 Wealthy St. S.E., Sunday, August 14, noon-2 p.m. https://www.igegr.org/
Wolfgang will present based on coaching lessons with youth and his career as anthropologist / therapist and now the dark side of the corporate world. Formal discussion 12:30-1:30. Potluck as usual. Coffee is free.
We have ways of making you talk!
Free Thought Cafe on Sunday, August 7, 12 noon
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Free Thought Cafe
“Systems Thinking, Aligned Incentives, Urban Design: common sense codified?”
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Institute for Global Education, 1118 Wealthy St., Grand Rapids, MI 49506