Lake Superior Freethinkers happyhour

LSF Happy Hour

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JOIN US FOR Happy Hour
4:00-6:00 pm Thursday,
November 6th at Mexico Lindo, Fitger’s Brewery Complex

Meet your fellow Freethinkers at our old haunt: Mexico Lindo within the Fitger’s complex. We’ll be there from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm to share stories, questions, and TexMex food choices or just some half-priced drinks. Park in the public garage and bring your ticket. The server will validate your parking and we will validate (some of) your unusual ideas. Why not bring a friend?

Lake Superior Freethinkers firstsunday

Democracy in November

November 2nd’s First Sunday meeting brings Dr. Joel Sipress from UWS to LSF.

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Join us Sunday November 2nd at 10am at the Hillside Community Center, 12 East 4th Street (at the side door), in person and via Zoom for a presentation by Joel Sipress

THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES
Doors open for coffee and chat at 9:30 am
Americans often think of the United States as the first modern democracy. In many ways, though, democracy in the United States has been hampered by antiquated political institutions that were designed for a very different historical era. This talk will place the current crisis in American democracy in historical context by examining the strengths and weaknesses of this country’s democratic institutions over time.

JOEL SIPRESS has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Superior since 1994, with a focus on U.S. and Latin American History. He is a passionate believer in the transformative power of learning and encourages his students to think in deep and meaningful ways about the big questions in the field of History. His ultimate goal is for students to become empowered to make their own sense of the complex and oftentimes troubling world that we live in. He received his Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he studied the relationship between race and class in the construction of the modern political system of the American South.

Joel is a guitarist whose proudest moments include the live outdoor performance of the Who’s Tommy LP that he participated in on the UW-Superior campus. He previously served on the Duluth, Minnesota City Council.

Lake Superior Freethinkers firstsunday

The State of Democracy in the United States

Head shot of Dr. Joel Sipress, a white male. Joel is wearing glasses and a sweater and smiling. The background is blurred.

November 2nd is LSF’s next First Sunday Meeting.

Joel Sipress – Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Americans often think of the United States as the first modern democracy. In many ways, though, democracy in the United States has been hampered by antiquated political institutions that were designed for a very different historical era. This talk will place the current crisis in American democracy in historical context by examining the strengths and weaknesses of this country’s democratic institutions over time.
More about Joel.