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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Posted on April 18th, 2008 by armineh
By Arthur Jackson (4/18/08)
Some Humanists have difficulty thinking of Humanism as a religion. Part of this results from their concern that many individuals understand the term to require belief in a supreme being, or other supernatural concepts. However, this interpretation is outdated, and sometimes provides a self-serving value to those who do this.
The courts have […]
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Alex
A world government will have powers to prevent wars. In today’s world, although most nations may genuinely want peace, they also want to retain sovereignty. Ironically sovereignty includes the power to start wars. Bob Gauntt, Vice President of the Coalition for Democratic World Government, will make a short presentation and raise the following questions for […]
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by armineh
Humanists take their responsibility seriously when it comes to environmental preservation. Human welfare and happiness require a healthy environment. This is why we care about our natural world, which we depend on and which we need to sustain our future generations. Thus, the Humanist Community in Silicon Valley endorses the vision statement prepared by the […]
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