The Oceanside Public Library is excited to partner with MiraCosta LIFE (Learning is For Everyone) to promote a free series of online lectures for older adults in North County San Diego, on Fridays at 1 p.m.
MiraCosta LIFE lectures highlight topics of interest with guest lecturers from experts in their respective fields. In this current series, learn about our changing community from a news journalist, get an update on the decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station from the SONGS organization, learn about meanings of flowers in paintings throughout history from an art historian, and more
LIFE at MiraCosta College is a nonprofit sponsored by The MiraCosta College Foundation. LIFE is open to all, age 18 and above, most members are retired seniors.
January 15, Introducing: Latinos in America
Ruben Navarrette, Syndicated Columnist
Ruben Navarrette is a master storyteller, he can condense complicated ideas into thunderbolts that capture the heart of the situation. Learn about the role Latinos play in current American communities.
January 22, SONGS Decommissioning Update
John Dobken, Public Information Officer, SONGS
Update on the decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Learn when the iconic containment domes will be demolished and about the safe storage of the spent nuclear fuel.
January 29, Policing the Police
Julia Yoo, President of National Police Accountability Project
Learn how the national organization of civil rights attorneys seeks to make a difference in police violence, the treatment of prisoners and the role of drug treatment, incarceration alternatives and reintegration services for people leaving prison.
February 5, Flowers in Art, the Art of Flowers
Robin Douglas, Oceanside Museum of Art
Flowers have always had a place in Art. Beautiful and symbolic, join us to explore flowers in artwork from the Egyptians to Monet, to Picasso to Murakami.
February 12, How Open-Ocean Fish Farming Helps Counter Global Warming
Don Kent, President and CEO Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute
About four miles offshore of San Diego, a new fish farm could generate some 5,000 metric tons of seafood each year—enough for 11 million servings! Learn more about this proposed aquaculture project to propagate yellowtail jack just off the coast of California.
February 19, Japanese Americans in San Diego County
Linda Canada, Japanese American Historical Society
Learn about Japanese Americans in San Diego County with a focus on North County families, their internment experience at the Poston Camp in Arizona, and their return home.
February 26, Count On Us
Michael Vu, Registrar of Voters, San Diego
Learn how the Registrar of Voters conducts voter registration and voting processes with the highest level of professional election standards. Director Vu says, with some understatement, “there are no two elections I’ve ever conducted in the past 24 years that have been the same.”
