Posted on July 20th, 2008 by armineh
On Sunday, July 6, Paul Gilbert spoke to the Humanist Forum on the subject of racism. The forum was eloquently presented, challenging, and thought-provoking. One small anecdote that Paul told was particularly meaningful to me as I think about what we are accomplishing in Ghana, through the Ghana Assistance Project of the Humanist Community. Paul […]
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Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by armineh
We hear from our friends in northern Ghana (West Africa) that it is raining a lot. Last summer when Peter and Catherine Bishop visited there, draught was causing great distress. Now the Ghanians are happy for the rain, but it is creating new problems.
Our current project is to assist a computer school to be run […]
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Posted on June 15th, 2008 by armineh
Turning point for the humanist movement. To read more …
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by armineh
What a transformation! Remember the classroom around the tree with children sitting on the ground? Through the Ghana Assistance project, chairs and tables have been purchased for the Larabanga Kids Development Project School, located in the village of Larabanga in northern Ghana.
The L.K.D.P. is a small project run by the youth of Larabanga. As a […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by armineh
Access Northern Ghana is a registered non governmental organization based in the northern region of Ghana.
Tamale is the third largest city in Ghana. In several communities in Tamale adults and children have very little knowledge of computers. ACNOG has identified one such community and has obtained space for a computer school there. The […]
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Posted on May 14th, 2008 by Alex
Our President Arthur Jackson claims that most people of the world would answer the title question with their own question, “Why would you want to?” He further asserts that the beliefs underlying their question have trapped us in a blind alley where we see impossible problems in every direction we look rather than magnificent possibilities. […]
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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 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 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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