Special Topics

COVID-19 and the Black Santa Barbara Community A talk and Q&A with Dr. Robert Wright, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician and Head of Cottage Hospital’s ICU Sunday, January 17th from [...]

Santa Barbara 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observance Virtual Program  Live Streamed from www.mlksb.org and MLKCommitteeSB Facebook page  Monday, January 18, 2021, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm  [...]

Through the Thicket: Distance Learning by Shannon McCabe   At the start of the 2019-2020, I was an ordinary English Language Arts teacher having the best year since early in my teaching [...]

A Poem and Q&A with Diane Coffey   Heart to Heart   I believe in people People with dreams and without dreams People offering everything and offering nothing   I believe in [...]

Diversity Symposium III – This Saturday, 19 December 2020 Join us this Saturday, December 19th,  1:00-4:00 p.m. for our third Diversity Symposium.  Our conversations continue:  Microagressions [...]

A Mythic Crossroads: Which Way Will We Choose? by Dennis Patrick Slattery [Published in New Braunfels’ Herald-Zeitung’s Opinion page, 4A, December 12-13, 2020.]    So many of us are trying [...]

PGIAA SUPPORTS 34th ANNUAL UNITY TELETHON “Neighbors Helping Neighbors. A CommUnity effort with far-reaching impact” Due to Covid-19, the broadcast looked a little different; however, our hearts, [...]

The Mythology & Depth Psychology of Octavia Butler a discussion with Ayana Jamieson, Ph.D. Thursday, December 17th 6-7:30 pm PST While award-winning speculative and science fiction author, [...]

Commentary: How We Can Harness and Share Compassion For the San Antonio Express-News, November 25, 2020 By Dennis Patrick Slattery The word “compassion” entered the fringes of social discourse [...]

James Joyce III – Next Mayor of Santa Barbara? A recent Q&A article in the Montecito Journal looks at the beginnings of his possible run for office.