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SUMMARY:Brownstone Chattanooga Supper Club\, June 2\, 2026: Melissa McDonald
DESCRIPTION:SHARE | PRINT | EMAILChattanooga Supper Club\, June 2\, 2026; 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm \nMelissa McDonald \nState of Confusion (Pumphouse)\, 301 E Main St.\, Chattanooga\, TN 37408 (423) 760-3473 \n$45 includes dinner including tax and gratuity. Cash bar available.  \nPlease join us for an evening with Melissa McDonald. In this talk\, Melissa introduces five of her favorite herbs and the ways they support the body—from immune health to stress and overall vitality. Drawing from her experience as a Master Herbalist and Naturopath\, she offers a simple\, approachable introduction to herbal medicine\, designed to build understanding and awareness. \nAbout the Speaker: \nMelissa is a natural health expert with a passion for empowering individuals to make meaningful changes that can dramatically improve their health and overall well-being. As a Master Herbalist and Naturopath\, she takes a comprehensive\, integrative approach to wellness. \nShe weaves her knowledge\, faith\, and experience together to educate and inspire others through classes and personal consultations\, helping individuals care for the whole person—body\, mind\, and spirit—through practical\, natural solutions. \nMelissa and her family relocated to Chattanooga\, Tennessee three years ago after selling their successful medicinal herb and elderberry farm outside of Kansas City. Today\, she focuses on teaching\, mentoring\, and investing in real estate. \nOutside of her work\, Melissa enjoys gardening\, hiking\, pickleball\, cooking\, and spending time with family and friends. \nAbout the Venue: \nThe Chattanooga Supper Club will be hosted at State of Confusion Restaurant\, which is known for its wood-fired dishes\, ceviche and beer. Some free parking is available for State of Confusion patrons in a nearby parking lot (You’ll see a parking attendant at the lot entrance and State of Confusion signage).  \nFor any questions\, please contact Janet Gorbitz (our local host) at operations@brownstone.org. \n 
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SUMMARY:Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club\, June 2\, 2026: Jan Jekielek
DESCRIPTION:SHARE | PRINT | EMAILBrownstone Greater Boston Supper Club\, Tuesday\, June 2nd\, with Jan Jekielek  \nTuesday\, June 2nd\, 5:30pm – 9:00pm \nWilmington\, MA \nPlease join us for an evening of lively conversation\, intriguing speakers\, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome Jan Jekielek. \nAbout the Speaker \nJan Jekielek is a NYT bestselling author and award winning journalist and filmmaker. He has worked with The Epoch Times for over 20 years\, most recently as senior editor and host of the show American Thought Leaders. \nYears ago Jan was studying the evolutionary biology of lemurs in Madagascar\, when his life took an unexpected turn. Exposed to the realities of human rights violations in China\, he started working with an underground railroad helping Chinese dissidents escape through the Golden Triangle to Thailand and ultimately to Western countries. It was then that he realized that telling unknown heroes’ stories was transformative\, both for him and his readers. \nDetermined to tell true stories\, Jan started working with The Epoch Times at a time when popular narratives in the West hid the dark underbelly of communist China. He did some of the earliest reporting on the Chinese regime’s continuing practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. \nOver the last seven years\, Jan has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera\, including heads of state\, U.S. cabinet secretaries and agency heads\, and congressional members.  \nJan specializes in long-form content that tackles the grand narratives of our time. As a filmmaker\, he has produced DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns\, The Unseen Crisis: Vaccine Stories You Were Never Told\, and the ‘optimistic’ Holocaust documentary Finding Manny. \nHe is the author of the NYT bestselling book\, Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary. \nAbout the Talk \nIn China\, wait times for life-saving organ transplants aren’t measured in years or months—but in weeks\, sometimes even days.  Evidence shows that many of these organs are not from voluntary donors at all\, but instead imprisoned prisoners of conscience\, mostly practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual discipline and increasingly\, Uyghur Muslims. This is the story of how a totalitarian\, communist system can turn medicine into murder—where consent is absent\, human beings are treated as inventory\, and surgery is scheduled around execution.  \nEven more disquieting is the way this underlying logic of utilitarian bioethics—taken to an extreme in China—is spreading to the West.  In Canada\, for example\, the rapid expansion of euthanasia under the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) regime has been accompanied by a steady rise in organ procurement from MAiD patients\, prompting serious concern that vulnerable individuals may be subtly pressured toward euthanasia and subsequent organ donation.  \nVenue\, Location & Parking \nRocco’s\, 193 Main Street\, Wilmington. Free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts next door\, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams. \nRegistration \n$55 per person.  Space is limited so be sure to buy your ticket early!   \nFor more information contact Brianne at briannekrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “June Supper Club” in the subject line.
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