Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Alex
Sunsara Taylor is a writer for Revolution newspaper, a co-host on the WBAI (Pacifica) radio program “Equal Time for Freethought,” and sits on the Advisory Board of World Can’t Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime! She has appeared frequently on/in the New York Times, “The O’Reilly Factor,” CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight,” “Hannity & Colmes,” “Fox & Friends,” and the Alan Colmes Radio Show. Her commentaries have appeared in Revolution (revcom.us), TruthDig.com, TruthOut.org, CounterPunch.org, OnlineJournal.com, OpEdNews.com, and SmirkingChimp.com . Sunsara has covered important national stories analyzing the development of the Christian Right, including the death of Terri Schiavo, and the teen mega-revival operation “Battlecry/Teen Mania.” Most recently, she is speaking on behalf of Bob Avakian’s new book, Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World, including later this month in New York with Chris Hedges in “An Exchange: Atheism, God and Morality in a Time of Imperialism and Rising Fundamentalism.” She believes humanity is capable of a morality flowing from principles which guide an ongoing struggle to uproot all vestiges of male supremacy, to promote and base ourselves on science and truth, to value people around the world as much as ourselves, to overcome the brutal history and present reality of racism, and to construct a better world in the process. Come join the conversation.
The Humanist Community Forum will meet at 11am at Mitchell Park Community Center. The Mitchell Park Community Center is located at 3800 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, Just north of Charleston Road.
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Posted on May 5th, 2008 by armineh
There is something deeply amiss when we send soldiers on a mission to engender peaceful coexistence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, yet our military doesn’t seem able to offer religious tolerance to its own.
See article by by Robyn Blumner published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Common Dreams.
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Posted on May 1st, 2008 by armineh
A message from Peter Drekmeier, the Bay Area Program Director of the Tuolumne River Trust.
Friends,
The Tuolumne River Trust is looking for volunteers to help out at two upcoming events — the Big Bend Bash and SalmonAid. These will be great opportunities to work with like-minded people who care about our rivers and wildlife. And you get in free! Please let me know if you’re available.
May 17 (Saturday), 4-8pm
Great food, music, games and canoe rides on the Tuolumne River
Located at 4507 Broyle Road, Modesto
Information: http://www.tuolumne.org/content/article.php/20080319105701914
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SalmonAid 2008: A Festival of Music, Food and Culture
May 31 & June 1, Noon - 7pm
Live music, food and drink, information booths and much more
Located at Jack London Square, Oakland
Information: http://www.salmonaid.org
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DATA ENTRY – We also could use some help entering names and contact info into an Excel spreadsheet ( you can do it from the comfort of your own home). Please let me know if you’re able to help.
As an added bonus, I’m attaching an excellent article about the Tuolumne from Monday’s San Francisco Daily: tuolumne-river-san-francisco-daily.pdf
Many thanks.
Peter Drekmeier
Bay Area Program Director
Tuolumne River Trust
Fort Mason Center, Building C
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 292-3531 x301
peter@tuolumne.org
http://www.tuolumne.org
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Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Alex
Skyler Porras will discuss her experiences as San José Director of the ACLU of Northern California, Southeastern Regional Organizer in the National ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office, and the Latino Outreach Director for Presidential candidate Howard Dean in Iowa. She has done the majority of her work in California, including Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Contra Costa Counties. She has worked with elected officials and labor unions, and was a City Year (Americorps) corps member at Horace Mann Elementary in downtown San José.
The Humanist Community Forum will meet at 11am at Mitchell Park Community Center. The Mitchell Park Community Center is located at 3800 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, Just north of Charleston Road.
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Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by armineh
Published on Sunday, March 30, 2008 by The Humanist
Carl Coon is the vice president of the American Humanist Association and a former ambassador to Nepal.
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Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Alex
In 1940, the philosopher Bertrand Russell was appointed to a position at City College of New York. That appointment generated a huge firestorm of criticism, and led to one of the most infamous legal cases of the era. Peter Stone, political theorist, member of the Humanist Community and of the Bertrand Russell Society, will discuss the case and the questions it still raises for us today.
The Humanist Community Forum will meet at 11am, Sunday, April 27. Instead of our usual location, we’ll meet in the Ballroom of the Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield in Palo Alto, this Sunday only.
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by armineh
By some estimates, over 1 billion people in the world are non-religious (humanist/secular/atheist) yet we base some of our parenting techniques and traditions on religion. There are many books available on parenting around each of the major religions, but few around parenting in a Humanist household. This book is an attempt to outline how non-religious parents can have rites, rituals, and practices needed for a healthy, spiritually fulfilled family.
To purchase the book go to: http://stores.lulu.com/seancurley
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by armineh
Please help celebrate Earth Day (April 22) by taking the following quick actions to help protect the Tuolumne River.
1) Sign our online petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/tuolumne
2) Forward this email to your friends.
3) Check out the following article that was published in today’s San Mateo County Times, Oakland Tribune and Palo Alto Daily News. If you’re inspired, write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper. For more information and newspaper contact info, please visit http://www.tuolumne.org/bayarea
Also read “opposition-mounting-to-tuolumen-plan.pdf” in the San Mateo County Times.
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 17 (Saturday), 4-8pm
2nd Annual Big Bend Bash
Great food, music, games and canoe rides on the Tuolumne River
Located at 4507 Broyle Road, Modesto
Information: http://www.tuolumne.org/content/article.php/20080319105701914
May 31 & June 1, Noon - 7pm
SalmonAid 2008: A Festival of Music, Food and Culture
Live music, food and drink, information booths and much more
Located at Jack London Square, Oakland
Information: http://www.salmonaid.org
Peter Drekmeier is the Bay Area Program Director of the Tuolumne River Trust (http://www.tuolumne.org). He can be reached at (415) 292-3531 x301, or peter@tuolumne.org
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by armineh
A series of three books to be read by, or to, children giving a Humanist perspective on three important occasions in our lives.
James and Rosie’s Big Day, A baby naming.
“Personal names are part of what makes us each an individual .…The name we are given will always be associated with who we are, what we look like, what we do …..” Price £3.50
‘Rosie Remembers’A funeral.
“…….dying is a natural end to our lives, yet it is still very hard to prepare our hearts for the death of someone we love.… the gap they leave in our lives cannot be filled by anyone else.” Price £3.50
Rosie on Camera, A wedding.
“I had no idea what a Humanist wedding was all about …. It was a really happy and relaxed ceremony that I think everyone felt part of.” Price £3.50
To order go to: http://www.humanists.org.uk/education/therosiestories.htm
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Posted on April 19th, 2008 by armineh
In March and April 2008, the Humanist Community met the challenge of raising money to provide desks (tables and chairs) for a school for street children in Larabanga, which is a village in northern Ghana, West Africa. Catherine and Peter Bishop were volunteer teachers in the school in July, 2007. At that time, classes were held under a big tree, with the children sitting on the ground.
We look forward to receiving pictures of the new furniture. To read letter of appreciation, sent via email from the director of school, Asani Issahaku (best known as Atiti), see ghana-assistance-project.pdf.
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