Call for Speeches: Bay Area Winter Solstice

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Types of things I am particularly interested in: - personal stories relevant to Solstice themes - concrete historical stories relevant to Solstice themes - stories of using truthseeking & rationalist virtue to achieve good outcomes in the world - humor

A few likely themes (non-exhaustive): - mortality, scarcity of time, frailty of humans, x-risk - humans as just little animals that desperately want to be okay but aren’t very good at it (yet?) - being okay in a world that isn’t - beauty and meaning and worth among the darkness - humans do cool shit (more and more so over time) - “and all we do may be undone, but love stays loved and songs stay sung”

…but you are welcome to suggest other types of things on other themes too!

Details and caveats:

- fill out this form to express interest, ideally before the middle of August - if you want to pitch me on an existing text, link me the text (can be yours or someone else’s) - if you want to write a new text, probably just describe what it would be about, optionally also include a writing sample - note that I don’t promise to include everything anyone pitches me on (even at later stages, if I think your idea is interesting but then I find that the actual thing you write doesn’t actually fit well into the program, I may decide it won’t work; if I like the text but I find that your delivery of it isn’t compelling, I may ask if you’re okay with someone else reading it)

Feel free to contact me with any questions - anya.tche@gmail.com, or Facebook or Discord if you have those.

Name
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Email Address *

Other contact info if preferred (e.g. Facebook, Discord)

Speech title (optional)

Speech author (can be you or someone else) *

Is this a new or existing speech? *

I'd need to write it from scratch

I'd need to rewrite some existing text

The text is ready to go

Other:

Link to text, if you have it already

What's your speech about? *

What makes this speech a good fit for Solstice? What Solstice themes does it hit? *

Would you like to perform this speech yourself or have someone else do it? *

I want to give the speech; if I can't give the speech myself, it should not be in Solstice

I would prefer to give the speech myself, but am also happy to have someone else give it

I would prefer to have someone else give the speech

I am indifferent

Other:

Link to a writing sample (optional, but helpful if you don't already have a speech text to share)

If you'd like to give the speech yourself, you could provide a link to a video of yourself doing public speaking (optional at this stage, I'll ask for it later if I'm interested in your speech)

How long do you expect your speech will be?

Is there anything else you would like us to know about your proposed speech or about you as a speaker?

Any other notes?

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