Merlin Receives $500 Grant from Helena Exchange Club

We are thrilled to announce that our organization has received our SECOND GRANT! Thank you so much to HELENA EXCHANGE CLUB for believing in our vision and awarding us $500 for our Philosophy in the Community Program(s) for youth, teens, and children.

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2018 Community Night at The Windbag

Please join us for a night of drinks, eats, live acoustic music with Dan Henry, a silent auction & raffle for Windbag Cares Night!   20% of sales + raffle/silent auction support our non-profit and provide services & programs for adults, children & elders that: Promote critical, creative thinking Cultivate leadership…

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Thank You Dead Dino Productions for Our 2nd Annual Brew-Wine-Chu Community Fundraiser Event Video

Thank you to Lenny Eckhardt of Dead Dino Films for capturing our 2nd Annual Brew-Wine-Chu Fundraiser event & the Helena community so beautifully!

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Biannual 2017 Merlin Mailer Newsletter

Last year we were pleased to release our inaugural newsletter, highlighting the various philosophy services and activities that we hosted & participated in 2016. This year, we have decided to do an bi-annual newsletter — not because we want to clutter up your in-boxes but, rather, because we were excited to share with you what has been going with our org this year and give you a preview of what’s on the radar for the rest of summer and fall.

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Can Philosophy Help Us Get Beyond Anger?

Anger is an emotion that has (sadly) seemed to imbue our politics and culture.  Thankfully, claims Martha Nussbaum —  Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago — philosophy can help guide us out of this “dark vortex.” In this timely article, Nussbaum considers…

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Community Night at The Windbag

Our Community Night at The Windbag on Tuesday, August 22nd was a fabulous!  Thank you to all of our friends who came out to support Merlin and to the community members who were not familiar with our organization who stopped to chat with us about who we are and what…

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Philosophy Symposium: “Vulnerable Humanity, Predictable Machines” (Part 3)

Co-Directed/Hosted by Marisa Diaz-Waian, M.A. (Founder & Executive Director, Merlin CCC),  Tim Holmes, M.F.A. (Local & Internationally-Renowned Artist), Pastor Russ Danaher (Pastor & ADA Coordinator, Montana Department of Corrections), and Ross Peter Nelson, M.F.A. (Playwright & Software Engineer) this interactive Q & A-style symposium is part 3 (of a 3-part…

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