Can you identify a major, vexing, obvious, easy to solve problem in your society or community? Do you view its resolution as straightforward and highly beneficial? Are you ever amazed at the roadblocks you face as you defend your position? Your arguments simple and plain, aren’t they? Your opponents don’t get it and you often wonder why, don’t you? Your opponents come up with arguments so poor that you can immediately dismiss them, right? Also, you would be willing to change your mind if you en …

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Welcome Citizens! The Centrist Political Action Citizens of Orange County, CA is a group of U.S. citizens in the Orange County area who meet to: 1) create an effective solution to the lingering economic crisis, 2) explore creating an empowering centrist political party, 3) promote the centrist political perspective, and 4) enjoy fellowship with other centrists. The Great Recession’s lingering effects continue to cause tremendous suffering for scores of millions of Americans without any real sign …

The Aliso Viejo Republican Women Federated was founded in 2001 by Mary Young and her husband Ron. Dues are $31/year payable at one of our meetings but you do not have to be a member to attend.  Public welcome! Our meetings include dinner, informative speakers and programs to educate our members. We also sponsor an annual Youth Advocacy program where outstanding high school students are flown to Sacramento to learn hands-on about our legislative system from members of both the Assembly and State …

The Greater Orange County Animal Rights Roundtable (GOCART) is dedicated to fostering awareness and discussion of issues concerning animal advocacy and veganism in Orange County and the rest of Southern California.  We meet every other month for a casual vegan dinner and an open-forum discussion.  Meetings are loosely-structured with a speaker, a basic agenda and a moderator.  Our meetings are guided by principles of non-judgment and non-confrontation. There is no charge to attend. Anyone is wel …

Animal Protection and Rescue League is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which works to document and expose animal cruelty occurring behind closed doors, educates the public on animals issues through innovative outreach campaigns, and works with policymakers and politicians to implement humane change. Since forming in 2003, APRL has garnered the attention of national and international media, influenced animal protection legislation, conducted numerous rescues of abused factory farmed …

Help us promote and defend human rights issues worldwide, especially the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Once a month we meet to discuss the latest human rights news, plan actions to increase awareness of these issues in the community, and for friendship and discussion. At each meeting you will be asking government officials worldwide to help stop human rights abuses in their own country, including right here in the USA. You will also learn of related events in the …

This is a Dinner Club, what do we do? We eat dinner together! We meet at local restaurants, we sit and chat for the first half hour while people who are late are still arriving, then we order. As the event host i would like to talk about current events, shows, outings etc. so if you have anything you would like to share with the group, anything.. anything at all (even a coupon for the spaghetti factory) please inform me so i can share it.

Meet Libertarians near you! Come to a local Libertarian Meetup to share your opinions on today's political climate and issues and learn how you can contribute to America's political future. Everyone interested in Libertarianism is welcome!

Please see the OC Global Warming Committee website Also see Facebook Page We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting Recent show on: Ending the Silence on Climate Change Latest Technology on Monitoring Environmental Changes at a Macro Level: New Landsat Earth-monitoring satellite launched from California _________________________________________________________________________________ Sunrun Solar Lease Sunrun Helps You Save on Utilities. America's Leading Solar Company. www.SunRunHome …

PEOPLE OF ENLIGHTENED THOUGHTS ORANGE COUNTY ~ HEART-QUARTERS The Dream of Separation . . . is Over! POETs ~ People Of Enlightened Thoughts - ORANGE COUNTY Metaphysics, Applied Spirituality and Human Potential provide our HEART centered community, POETs - People Of Enlightened Thoughts (an affiliate of LIGHT Bearers of the World) a basis to expand the consciousness of humanity. " Enlightened collectives will fulfill an important function in the arising of the new consciousness. Just as egoic co …

Meet other local atheists and freethinkers for conversation and friendship! Come to an Atheists Meetup to discuss atheism-related philosophies and consider religious influence in America. We'll discuss atheist movies and books, and topics such as the religious influence on American (and world) politics, education, and freedom.

This Group is the most UNIQUE Business Networking Meetup in Southern California because it actually COMPLIMENTS (and doesn’t compete with) all the other Business Networking Meetups. WHY WE STARTED THIS GROUP: All the other business-oriented Meetups are excellent at what they do…provide a “platform” as well as a scheduled date, time, and place for people to network.  However, WITHOUT the right tools, tactics, techniques, & strategies (on Business Networking/Word-of-Mouth Marketing)…most people m …

THIS GROUP IS PRIVATE. Membership is by invitation only. We are a No Drama, ladies social group. We may get together for lunch at a nice quiet cemetery, have afternoon tea at a museum, or dinner at a local haunted house. We are individuals with a unique style each our own. We don't follow trends, but sometimes we may start them. We know what we like and are open to finding more of interest. Many of us have interests in several topics such as literature, history, tea, science, theater, beading, a …

Revision 825 -2010.09.11pst1251: Short group URL http://Meetup.com/u/v7x (for twitter, etc): L6CBY8: * = While the founders & leaders of this group are Unitarian Universalists(UU) and this group is done in the spirit of UU (minus the politics), the names “Unitarian Universalist” and “Unitarian Universalism” and “UU” are not owned by this group and while this group would like to be endorsed by the name owners, in the meantime this group runs independently and by its own funding and no offi …

We are the United Nations Association located in Orange County. We are non-profit and support the actions of the United Nations. We are looking for members to get involved with the Young Professionals group. We will have social events and outings.