2020-2021 MEETING SCHEDULE & DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS PROGRAM
General meetings will be virtual this year. Attendees must register in advance. Sign up as a Parents’ Club member to receive details on meeting registrations: stanfordparentsclub.org/join.html
Tuesday, November 10, 2020: 10 am – 12 pm Virtual General Meeting & Distinguished Speaker Larry Diamond Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution and Professor Sociology and of Political Science "Reversing Democratic Decay at Home and Abroad"
Holiday Luncheon, December 8, 2020 Due to the pandemic, our traditional Holiday luncheon is canceled this year
Tuesday, February 9, 2021: 10 am – 12 pm Virtual General Meeting & Distinguished Speaker Jeff Hancock Professor of Communications and Founding Director of the Stanford Social Media Lab "Psychology of Social Media"
Tuesday, March 9, 2021: 10 am – 12 pm Virtual General Meeting & Distinguished Speaker Dr. Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell Elephant Whisperer and Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford's School of Medicine “Elephant Rituals: a Humble Reminder of the Importance of Ritual In Our Lives” Suggested Readings:From the Washington Post, a recent review of her new book, Wild Rituals Stanford Magazine article about Dr. O'Connell-Rodwell’s elephant research, "What Makes ElephantsTick?" (September/October 2009) Clips fromDr. O'Connell's awarded winning Smithsonian Channel documentary"ElephantKing" (2013)
Tuesday, April 13, 2021: 10 am – 12 pm Parents' Club Virtual Annual Meeting and Board Elections Distinguished Speaker Noah Diffenbaugh Professor of Earth Systems Science and Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment "Is this Climate Change?"
Tuesday, May 11, 2021: 10 am – 12 pm Virtual General Meeting & Distinguished Speaker Professor Alexander Nemerov Chair of Stanford's Art and Art History Department "Teaching, Is It Possible?: Thoughts from a Stanford Art History Professor on Velazquez’s Water Carrier of Seville"
June Luncheon, June 8, 2021 Due to the pandemic, our traditional June Luncheon is canceled this year