National Events Calendar

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Annual Business Meeting (ABM)

Committee Meeting

The ABM will be held on July 4 at the Hilton Chicago starting at 9:00 a.m., Central time, and concluding no later than 12:30 p.m. The order of business will include reports from the Chair, Treasurer, Foundation President, and Executive Director, followed by motions and comments to officers.

Starts
 July 4, 2025
 9:00 AM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 July 4, 2025
 12:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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Spy School

Webinar

San Francisco Regional Mensa

Starts
 July 20, 2025
 2:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)

Ends
 July 20, 2025
 1:00 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)

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Inquiring Minds: Neurodiversity Around the World: Respect, Responsibility and Resilience

Virtual meeting

No group assigned

Starts
 July 20, 2025
 2:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

Ends
 July 20, 2025
 3:30 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

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Irish Mensa Lecture and Discussion: Bach's Invention: The Divine Trickery of J .S. Bach

Virtual meeting

No group assigned

Starts
 July 21, 2025
 1:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 July 21, 2025
 3:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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Nonfiction Book Discussion

Virtual meeting

Mensa of Western Washington

Please join us in discussing Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, by Robert D. Putnam.

Starts
 July 23, 2025
 6:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)

Ends
 July 23, 2025
 7:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)

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Theodore Talk - Free Speech Opportunist: Elon Musk's Degradation of the Town Square

Virtual meeting

No group assigned

Professor Stephen Wolgast, Knight Chair in Audience and Community Engagement for News and professor of the practice of journalism at the University of Kansas, will demonstrate how the man who calls himself a free-speech absolutist places a higher value on the dollar than others' ideas, and show how the notion that X is a town square fails on a number of counts.

Starts
 July 27, 2025
 2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 July 27, 2025
 4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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PANDEMIC 2025.... SPACE: The Final Fun-tier!

Regional Gathering

Metropolitan Washington Mensa

Welcome to Space! The Final Fun-tier, where we embark on an intergalactic journey filled with innovation, creativity, and, of course, fun! As we gather in this cosmic arena, prepare to launch into a universe of ideas that will challenge your imagination and expand your horizons.

Starts
 August 8, 2025
 3:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

Ends
 August 10, 2025
 2:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

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Technology of Space

Webinar

San Francisco Regional Mensa

Starts
 August 17, 2025
 2:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)

Ends
 August 17, 2025
 5:00 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)

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Irish Mensa Lecture & Discussion: The Future of Immunity

Virtual meeting

No group assigned

Starts
 August 18, 2025
 1:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 August 18, 2025
 3:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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Theodore Talk - Spotting the Signs & Preventing Child Sex Trafficking

Virtual meeting

No group assigned

This Theodore Talk will focus on how children are lured into the dark world of sex trafficking and exploitation. Attendees will identify the dangers of technology, including strategies used by child predators, discover how to identify a child in trouble and learn some best practices on how to be a child's trusted adult or a trusted child advocate.

Starts
 August 24, 2025
 2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 August 24, 2025
 4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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RechaRGe 2025

Community Event

Mensa of Northeastern New York

Come join us at the Northeast's only 4-day RG! For the cost of a regular 3-day RG, you get an extra day to hang out with friends and party!

Starts
 August 29, 2025
 3:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

Ends
 September 1, 2025
 11:00 AM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

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American Mensa Committee Meeting

Committee Meeting

A meeting of the American Mensa Committee will be held at the National Office in Hurst, TX, Sept. 13, starting at 10 a.m., Central time.

Starts
 September 13, 2025
 10:00 AM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 September 13, 2025
 5:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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Why the Scopes Trial (1925) is Still Relevant

Webinar

San Francisco Regional Mensa

Starts
 September 21, 2025
 2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 September 21, 2025
 5:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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Peachtreat

Regional Gathering

Mensa In Georgia

Join us for the Atlanta Regional Gathering! This Year's Theme is History, AI and the Future.

Starts
 September 26, 2025
 4:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

Ends
 September 28, 2025
 1:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

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Theodore Talk - Antisemitism: Evolution and Escalation

Virtual meeting

No group assigned

Dr. Shelly Cline, Historian and Director of Education at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, will examine the evolution of antisemitism from religiously motivated antipathy in early modern times to the economic and pseudo-scientific antisemitism of the 19th and 20th centuries, and finally to the politically driven antisemitism of today.

Starts
 September 28, 2025
 2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 September 28, 2025
 4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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A Trip to the Center of our Galaxy

Webinar

San Francisco Regional Mensa

Starts
 October 19, 2025
 2:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)

Ends
 October 19, 2025
 5:00 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)

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Theodore Talk - U.S. First Ladies: More Than the Women Behind the Men

Virtual meeting

No group assigned

Dr. Diana B. Carlin, Professor Emerita of Communication at Saint Louis University and co-author of Remember the FIRST Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women, will take you behind the scenes in the Washingtons' President's House and the White House and inform you how these women helped make history.

Starts
 October 26, 2025
 2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 October 26, 2025
 4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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HalloweeM 49 - It's Hip To Be (7) Squared!

Regional Gathering

Chicago Area Mensa

Join us for the largest RG! Flashback to the awesome 80s with four days of RG fun featuring multiple speaker tracts, lavish hospitality, a pun-tastic costume contest, Pretentious Drinking, Epicurean Experience, 24-hour game room, tournaments, kid's programs, babysitting, and much more!

Starts
 October 30, 2025
 4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 November 2, 2025
 2:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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Boston Mensa's Pilgrimage RG

Regional Gathering

Boston Mensa

Mark your calendars for Pilgrimage! 2025 – November 14-16 at the Andover Massachusetts Doubletree Hotel.

Starts
 November 14, 2025
 4:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

Ends
 November 16, 2025
 12:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)

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American Mensa Committee Meeting

Committee Meeting

A virtual meeting of the American Mensa Committee will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6, starting at 10 a.m., Central time.

Starts
 December 6, 2025
 10:00 AM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

Ends
 December 6, 2025
 5:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)

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Party at Sea in Southeast Asia

Multi-Day Meeting

HELL's M's, the Party SIG of American Mensa, is planning a Party at Sea! Join us on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Sun for an exotic trip to Southeast Asia.

Starts
 February 24, 2026
 12:00 PM Asia/Hong Kong (GMT+08:00)

Ends
 March 10, 2026
 1:00 AM Asia/Hong Kong (GMT+08:00)

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