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• LSF at the Movies

  

  

  Come out for another Freethinker Night At The Cinema! This coming Wednesday, 7:00 PM at the Zeitgeist Zinema to see the film The Testament of Ann Lee. $5 admission and $6 tap beer. This film is about the founding of the Shaker movement in colonial America and is evidently respectful of and sympathetic to its subject matter so as to be a challenge to all free thinkers. And, it’s a musical! Let’s gather early in the lounge for conversation and maybe a little drinkie. See you there!

  Watchable trailer here: The Testament of Ann Lee.
  Zinema website.

• Pandemics

  Sunday Mar. 1. at 10:00 at One Roof’s Central Hillside Community Center at 12 East 4th Street in Duluth (coffee / chat at 9:30). Zoom link

  

  Dr. Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Heath, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota. He is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Council of Foreign Relations. In June 2005 Dr. Osterholm was appointed by Michael Leavitt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
  to the newly established National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity. In July 2008, he was named to the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Aos Academy of Excellence in Health Research. In October 2008, he was appointed to the World Economic Forum Working Group on Pandemics.
  
  Expertise

  An internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. Disease Surveillance, Epidemiology, Health Communications, Health Communications: Social Media, Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease: Foodborne, Infectious Disease: HIV / AIDS, Infectious Disease: Influenza, Infectious Disease: STDs, Policy / Politics, Public Health Preparedness, Vaccines.
  
  Awards and Recognition

  In addition to being awarded a university Regents Professorship in 2015, Dr. Osterholm is also a McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health. In addition, Dr. Osterholm has received numerous honors for his work, including an honorary doctorate from Luther College; the Pump Handle Award, CSTE; the Charles C, Shepard Science Award, CDC; the Harvey W. Wiley Medal, FDA; the Squibb Award, IDSA; Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health,
  UNI; and the Wade Hampton Frost Leadership Award, American Public Health Association. He also has been the recipient of six major research awards from the NIH and the CDC.

• Bill van Druten Memorial fund

  

  A call for donations to the Bill van Druten (1932-2025) Memorial fund.
  Please consider making a contribution to the Bill van Druten Fund to strengthen Lake Superior Freethinkers, the organization he founded in 1997.
  Please send your checks made out to “Lake Superior Freethinkers” to
  Charles Gessert, LSF Treasurer, P.O. Box 3219,
  Duluth, MN 55803-3219

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