Humanist Community in Silicon Valley

We are holding our meeting online via Zoom and in person at either the Sunnyvale, Mountain View, or Palo Alto Public Library. If you wish to join us, please sign up at https://www.meetup.com/humanistcommunity/events/307349792/edit/?fromSeries=true, and the link to the meeting will be available to you. If you wish to join us in person, email webmaster@humanists.org to request the meeting place.

We 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.

We are reading now: Justice-Centered Humanism: How (and Why) to Engage in Public Policy For Good (Humanism in Practice) Paperback – April 27, 2021, 192 pages
Humanists are quick to defend threats to the separation of church and state, but they have not always been consistently unified in engaging with pressing issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality—namely, those linked to economic, environmental, and social justice. Drawing on his tenure as executive director of the American Humanist Association, Roy Speckhardt calls for humanists everywhere to center justice in their humanism by promoting public policy based on ethical humanist principles. Acknowledging the challenges inherent to this type of advocacy and activism—such as balancing short-term needs with long-term goals and espousing a common humanity without erasing differences—he makes a compelling case for championing justice-centered humanism. He also provides guidance for doing so, whether on the local, state, or federal level. Precisely because there is no such thing as cosmic justice in an afterlife, he reminds, it’s especially important that humanists everywhere combat injustice in this life.

For next time, we are reading:
22 Apr - We are reading Chapter 8 ”LGBTQ Equality" thru Chapter 10 "Why Secular Government?", Pages 124 to 169, 45 pages over one week
4 May - Freethought Discussion. Bring a topic to share and discuss

For Further information see:
Website: http://www.humanists.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humanistcommsv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HumanistCommSV

We are meeting online via Zoom. If you wish to join us, please sign up for the meeting, and the zoom link will be available on the right panel.

We are watching:

Video Group
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2 Apr - We are watching next episodes from:

Video Group
We are watching next episodes from:
Crash Course in Geography
How Rivers Shape the Landscape
https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/how-rivers-shape-the-landscape-crash-course-geography-23/
Film Criticism
Moonlight: Crash Course Film Criticism #13
https://www.classcentral.com/classroom/youtube-film-criticism-91876/6288ec39e2e2c
Beasts of No Nation: Crash Course Film Criticism #14
https://www.classcentral.com/classroom/youtube-film-criticism-91876/6288ec39e2e32

if we have time
TBD

Again, if you wish to join us, please sign up for the meeting, and the zoom link will be available on the right panel.

We are holding our meeting online via Zoom and in person at either the Sunnyvale, Mountain View, or Palo Alto Public Library. If you wish to join us, please sign up at https://www.meetup.com/humanistcommunity/events/307349792/edit/?fromSeries=true, and the link to the meeting will be available to you. If you wish to join us in person, email webmaster@humanists.org to request the meeting place.

We 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.

We are reading now: Justice-Centered Humanism: How (and Why) to Engage in Public Policy For Good (Humanism in Practice) Paperback – April 27, 2021, 192 pages
Humanists are quick to defend threats to the separation of church and state, but they have not always been consistently unified in engaging with pressing issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality—namely, those linked to economic, environmental, and social justice. Drawing on his tenure as executive director of the American Humanist Association, Roy Speckhardt calls for humanists everywhere to center justice in their humanism by promoting public policy based on ethical humanist principles. Acknowledging the challenges inherent to this type of advocacy and activism—such as balancing short-term needs with long-term goals and espousing a common humanity without erasing differences—he makes a compelling case for championing justice-centered humanism. He also provides guidance for doing so, whether on the local, state, or federal level. Precisely because there is no such thing as cosmic justice in an afterlife, he reminds, it’s especially important that humanists everywhere combat injustice in this life.

For next time, we are reading:
1 Apr - Freethought Discussion. Bring a topic to share and discuss
8 Apr - We are reading Chapter 2 ”Lobbying Congress..." thru Chapter 4 "Humanist Public Policy", Pages 39 to 87, 48 pages over two weeks

For Further information see:
Website: http://www.humanists.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humanistcommsv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HumanistCommSV