Café Inquiry (Online) – The Year in Retrospect

This event is held online. (Click the button to join the Zoom meeting.)

As another year comes to a close, join us ONLINE as we look back on some of the topics we examined in 2025 – from personal liberty vs public health, to trust in science, nuclear power, free speech and other topics. We’ll explore what might have changed since we covered these subjects, and what changes 2026 might bring. Our last online meeting of the year is usually pretty low-key, with a lot of flexibility in what we discuss and that will probably be the case this year as well. Here’s a PDF link to a list and summary of online topics we’ve discussed this year. Hope you can join us!

Café Inquiry starts with a short introduction of the day’s topic, followed by casual discussion.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated, but not expected.

Attendees are able to future propose topics which would align with Michigan Humanist’s purpose: from atheism, agnosticism, humanism, secularism, and freethinking to broader subjects in science and humanities, such as religion, philosophy, social issues, politics, evolution, morality, ethics, and psychology.

Café Inquiry (Grand Rapids) meets each month IN PERSON on the second Sunday and ONLINE on the fourth Sunday.

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Michigan Humanists values the participation of all guests — requests for reasonable accommodation may be made by contacting the event host at least three days prior to the event.

Michigan Humanists expects all guests to engage in respectful discussion. Critiques on views and claims based on merit are allowed, but not attacks on individuals who hold other perspectives.

Any person engaging in disruptive behavior or harassment will be asked to leave, and may be banned from future events pending the severity of the action. Please speak to the event host or contact info@michiganhumanists.org if you feel these expectations are being violated.