Shabaka History Society speaks for history and historians. We proudly support lectures, events, book discussions, museums, intellectual conversations that cater to the preservation of historical truths. We have fun exploring history with a purpose to support the present and the future of our families, community and nation. This society serves the various dimensions in history based on the direction of its membership. Shabaka is named after an Eyptian pharaoh whose legacy was the preservation his …

(1 minute video) This group is for people who value and enjoy deeper discussions with amazing people and who are also willing to rise to the occasion by joining us to help make these discussion opportunities an ongoing reality. The events held in this group are all about having fun nights of great people and 'deeper' discussions over dinner in a charming restaurant. This Meetup group was created by Glen Brauer as part of a non-profit global initiative using practical philosophy to bring togeth …

Do you like to discuss a book that amazed you or a film that shifted your perspective? We do!! If you are an open minded, non-judgemental free-thinker... this group is for you! We will read and discuss some amazing books, watch films together and have open and invigorating sharing perspectives! Opportunities to make new friends and participate in other fun activities to be decided by the group! So if you would like to explore some exciting film and literature by visionaries and meet new, fun and …

A club to openly discuss, discover, and quantify ways to understand the world through the perspective of mathematics, computer science, (meta)physics and nature, and the function of consciousness in the mind, and pretty much anything else abstract that pertains to an understanding of the world. For people who want to work together to improve and stretch their thinking, and focus and clarify their understanding, and explore new, strange, abstract ideas. One central idea about this club is that YO …

The purpose of our group is to meet up with other people who are interested in Theology and the study of religious faith, practice, and experience. Gather to discuss and debate all theological issues! Believers (of any religious persuasion), skeptics and unbelievers are all welcome. Our group is the original Theology group on Meetup.com.  Therefore, it is the oldest and one of the largest Theology meetup groups in the world.

Are you N? Then you've come to the right place! Based on the personality theory by Carl Jung and others through the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), we're a meetup group with a common MBTI personality trait: iNtuition (xNxx). Intuitives (N's) tend to be big-picture people who are imaginative, future-oriented, and enjoy discussing theories and abstract concepts, and they make up 15% (or less) of the population. Our group brings together N's across the Dallas metroplex, allowing them to make ne …

A.D.E.P.T. = Atheist Debate Effectiveness, Proficiency Training ... Creating Confident Atheist, Increasing Introspective Skills, and more... New Persuasion methods aligned with defeating objections or challenges... A focal Point for Collecting Theist Challenges and Rebuttals, and Atheist Responses. This Groups goal, is to create confident and capable Atheist and skeptics, who no longer find themselves feeling reluctant to engage in mature verbal exchanges with theist at any level of intensity. M …

Want some Referrals, come and meet with us where we are constantly referring business with each other. Over $150,000 pass in referrals, just in one quarter of the year! This is set up for a Membership through the Northeast Tarrant Chamber. In order to be a member of the group you must become a member of our Chamber of Commerce.

NOTE: The founding date on this page shows 2008. This group was actually started in March 2013 using an old groups page. There is no way in Meetup.com to change the date if you change the original groups name. It has been said that, "Those who fail to learn from History are condemned to repeat it". That is so true. I have always had a love of History and after getting hooked on http://www.ancestry.com/ last summer, that love has turned into a bit of an obsession. My dream is to write a best se …

Christopher Hitchens was a leading thinker who believed in evidence and reason rather than myth and the improbable. Educated at Oxford he became an American citizen before he died from cancer in 2011 at the young age of 61. His passing was a tremendous loss to our culture and those who believe in rationality and not fantasy. Some of his important books are, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything and The Portable Atheist. Christopher may be seen on YouTube where there are numerous vide …

This is a group for anyone interested in bringing political change to stop the Congo's Tragedy. In a country one-quarter the size of the U.S, a war rages that has lasted 12 years and costs eight million lives. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the east of the country in particular, has been described as the "rape capital of the world" and the prevalence and intensity of all forms of sexual violence has been described as the worst in the world. This is the deadliest war since Adolf Hitler …

This is an Umbrella Group that will host Events and provide Venues for like-minded Liberty Loving groups/vendors/candidates/speakers to share their wealth of knowledge/ talents/goods. We also will promote others events and projects

This is a group for folks who long for old-fashioned supper parties and civilized conversation about more than just sports and politics. We are avid travelers, love food and drink, photography, art and music, books and dancing, and welcome into our group people of diverse interests who love sharing different opinions with respect and good humor. We will meet every other weekend on Saturday or Sunday evening, probably rotating cooking and hosting chores. Our home is in southwest Fort Worth, close …

Positive psychology is the science of happiness and well-being. Unlike traditional psychology which focuses on relieving human misery, positive psychology focuses on what makes life worth living and teaches us how to create lives full of meaning, purpose, fulfillment, satisfaction, achievement, and longevity. Positive Psychology seeks to create positive emotions, happiness, and well-being through the development of character strengths and virtues. It is a merger of philosophy, psychology, positi …

Fast-paced, fun, thought-provoking, social, local, global—Ignite is all of these and more. It’s a high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by people who have an idea—and the guts to get onstage and share it with their hometown crowd. Run by local volunteers who are connected through the global Ignite network, Ignite is a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections in each city. And, via streaming and archived videos of local talks, local Ignites share all that knowledge and passion …

Welcome technology enthusiast of the Dallas areas. Whether you are a technology professional or a person interested, you will enjoy these meetups centered around new technologies useful to daily living. Pretty much anyone can join that isn't a jerk. The group is broad by design, the only goals of this group are to be interactive and allow technology enthusiasts to learn from each other, have questions answered, discover new useful tech, and hear stories that inspire. If you have recommendations …

This group is for single foodies in the Denton and surrounding areas that love to cook, bake, host dinner parties, socialize, network, eat or learn to cook. The group is definitely open to those that live farther away.

Our philosophy is simple. We do business with people who do business with us. With that said, Networking is about building relationships, not selling services to each other. Sometimes we sell to each other. Sometimes we don't. It just depends on the situation. We believe it's true that people buy from people they know, like and trust and that's why we get together...to meet people we want to get to know, so we can develop business relationships with people we like and trust.

This group is designed for IP managers, small business owners, investors, and inventors who want to network and learn more about protecting the technology, ideas, inventions and trade secrets of their companies. This group will have presentations and discussions relating to all areas of the intellectual property ("IP") protection process.  Some of the topics discussed are: Patents Trademarks IP Ownership Problems Best Practices for IP Owners and Inventors Mistakes Made by Small Companies …

This is a group for women to meet and discuss best-selling fiction (with a little chick-lit from time to time) while socializing with new and old friends in the Uptown area. We'll be meeting one evening a month to drink wine, eat a nice dinner (if you wish) and enjoy some laughs while we discuss our latest book. So take a break from your jobs, leave the family at home, and come join a great group of women once a month for some (hopefully intellectual) conversation and fun!

Meet other local amateur Philosophers from the Dallas area to discuss the world and what we know about it. We seek inspiration from various intellectual and cultural events in the DFW area and have exciting discussions.