July 10 - UNITY
Come together with us for an inspiring Assembly. The amazing Kimberly Dark is a writer, storyteller and speaker who helps audiences discover that we are creating the world, even as it creates us.
June 12 - Your Brain On Art
Making art isn’t just about color theory and drawing skills. How do artists develop their ideas and a personal point of view? Guest speaker Ruby Ming will help you discover how artist habits of mind can help us tap into our creativity and benefit our everyday life.
May 8 - Mimosas for Mom
Don't Miss Our Mother's Day Mimosa Fundraiser
We will be setting up a mimosa station in the assembly with complimentary mimosas for moms and donations/tips requested from everyone else with all funds going directly to Sunday Assembly SV after expenses are covered. Please bring cash and tip generously. (Non-alcoholic drinks will also be available at the mimosa station.)
April 10 - Out of the Lab, and Into Our Lives (new location in Mountain View)
For the first assembly in our new location, Andra Kaey, robot-evangelist and managing director of Silicon Valley Robotics, will be introducing the latest projects to come "Out of the Lab, and Into Our Lives." Our awesome house band will be leading us in some pop classics, singing some guilty pleasures.
Helping Often - March 13 Assembly
How can we harness technology to help often?
Our guest speakers are Tyler Pew and Kate Ganim from KidMob. a mobile, kid-integrated design firm that holds workshops where kids build customized solutions to meet local needs. One of their more recent endeavors is Superhero Cyborgs, a workshop where kids—both with and without disabilities—design and build wearable devices that can serve as what KIDmob calls “a potential alternative to their upper limb prosthetics.”
10:30am -12:00 noon 75 S 11th Street, San Jose 95112
Kids' Corner - Childcare and activity provided.
A Conference Called Wonder
Sunday Assembly are really excited to announce our Annual Jamboree, A Conference Called Wonder in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Oooh.
. The weekend of May 19-21 will be jam packed with wonderment and fun and the chance to start, build and solidify awesome Sunday Assembly friendships. The opportunity to meet like minded people, discuss very big questions, contemplate very small things, wonder a lot and party together.
Darwin 101: The Wonder of the Cosmos w/Dr Lynn Rothschild - Feb 14
Feel the love for Darwin and all things biological at Sunday Assembly on February 14. Plus we will be celebrating the life of David Bowie by singing some classic pop songs together with our live band.
We are so excited to have Dr Lynn Rothschild as our guest. She is an astrobiologist, evolutionary biologist, and world-renowned speaker.
Thank You Solstice Volunteers!
Thank you to all the volunteers who made this fabulous event happen, including Amy Baldwin, Stephanie Brown, Caroline Clark, Robert and Max Claus, Roberto and Sami Hernandez, Lisa Hettler-Smith, Nicole Hvala, Carol Jones, Kent Keltner, Jon Selover, Lynda Sereno, the San Jose Women's Club, and the board of SASV - Dominic Borg, Paul Escobar, Gordon Smith, Rick Thomas, and Hester Wagner.
Program Credits:
Secular Solstice Concept - Raymond Arnold
Sunday Assembly - January 10
Join us January 10 to celebrate life together. As ever, we've got foot-stomping pop songs played by a live band, great speakers, and a delicious potluck lunch. Childcare is provided.
Our guest is TED Talk veteran Robert Wright, the best-selling author of "Nonzero," "The Moral Animal" and "The Evolution of God."
Brighter Than Today - A Winter Solstice
A Secular Celebration
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Planet Earth is tilting and winter solstice is here! Join us to bid farewell to the longest night of the year and welcome back the sun at an enchanting solstice celebration in Silicon Valley.
As candles are lit and extinguished, the revels will follow the rhythm of moving from darkness to light.
The evening Includes a no-host bar and reception, buffet dinner, secular ceremony filled with plenty of storytelling, singing, a raffle and dancing to close out the evening. The band, Robonzo's Bolero, will perform. We'll sing familiar favorites like "Here Comes the Sun" and "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" and new solstice songs written just for the occasion.