About us
The Humanist Community in Silicon Valley was established in 1962 and is a chartered chapter of the American Humanist Association. We have a long tradition of promoting humanist values while providing interesting educational programs and fun, friendly social events for our members.
Check out our WEBSITE, like us on FACEBOOK, and follow us on TWITTER (@HumanistCommSV).
Our main event is the Sunday Forum which features a different speaker each Sunday discussing a topic of interest. A wide variety of topics are covered from week to week. Forums are held in various locations from 11am until 12:15pm. Look at each individual Forum listing to see where it is being held.
A buffet lunch follows the Forum at 12:30pm. Lunch is free for first time visitors and students. Otherwise we ask for a donation of $10. If you can't afford that, please give what you can, and join us for good food and even better conversation.
NOTE: Approximately 30 to 40 people attend the Forum each Sunday. Because Forums happen every Sunday, most of our members do not RSVP on Meetup, so don't let our RSVP count fool you.
Other weekly programs include the Free Thought Discussion Group (http://www.humanists.org/blog/free-thought-...) every Wednesday night at 7:30pm, and the Academic Video Group (http://www.humanists.org/blog/academic-vide...) every Thursday night at 8pm.
Monthly events include a Potluck, workshops (see the calendar for classes and schedules), and our Fun Group (www.humanists.org/blog/fun-group), which organizes a "fun" activity around the first of each month.
We hope to welcome you soon to the Sunday Forum or one of our other events. If you would like to suggest a topic for our Forum series, please send a message to the organizers (Brian and/or Matt Courtney). We would love to help you share your enthusiasm for a topic, a speaker, a social action project, a fun outing, etc., with other community members.
Humanists have more fun... together!
See you soon!
Brian
Upcoming events
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Free Thought Discussion Group
·OnlineOnlineWe are meeting online via Zoom and in person at the Sunnyvale, Mountain View, or Palo Alto Public Library as a Hybrid Zoom meeting. If you wish to join us, please sign up for the meeting, and the Zoom link will be available on the right panel. If you wish to attend in person, you can find out about the meeting place by sending an email to webmaster@humanists.org requesting the library meeting place.
New Book
We are currently reading "How the South Won the Civil War" by Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2020,From Amazon: Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction
While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system that had sustained the defeated South moved westward and established a foothold there. It was a natural fit. Settlers from the East had for decades been pushing into the West, where the seizure of Mexican lands at the end of the Mexican-American War and the treatment of Native Americans cemented racial hierarchies. More..Current reading, Pages 115 - 164, 64 pages over 1 week
7/15 - We are reading: Chapt.6 (The West and South Join Forces) through Chapt. 7 (The Rise of the New West), Pages 170 to 231, 54 pages over two weeks
8/5 - Freethought Discussion Group - Bring a topic to discuss and talk aboutFor further information, see:
Website: http://www.humanists.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humanistcommsv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HumanistCommSV4 attendees
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