Greetings!
 We at the Humanist Community at Harvard are deeply saddened by the far too early death of Marina Keegan, a Yale student, Humanist, and correspondent for our The New Humanism magazine, on May 26. Marina's work with Luke Vargas to study Humanist communities in India was an early inspiration for the Humanist Community Project, and so in many ways, it is helping link Humanists all over the country, and all over the world. On our website, you can find the four-part series of dispatches from Marina and Luke, written in 2010, and reposted on the HCP blog now as a tribute to her life and her work connecting people worldwide through her writing.
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Welcoming Chelsea Link and Conrad Hudson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  This month, we say goodbye to Assistant Humanist Chaplain John Figdor and thank him for his service. At the same time, we are thrilled to welcome two new staff members -- Chelsea Link '12 and Conrad Hudson. Please head on over to our website for more information on these new hires and on John's departure, and then check out an exclusive interview with Greg Epstein and new Assistant Chaplain Chris Stedman about these changes on The Friendly Atheist.
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Harvard Volunteer Service Project at the AHA Conference (June 10)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Attention Humanists attending the AHA's 71st Annual Conference in New Orleans June 7-10!
The American Humanist Association and HCH's Values in Action are proud to partner with the Make It Right Foundation, which builds affordable, environmentally-friendly homes in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina, for a service project to close the conference. The Make It Right Foundation was founded by actor and atheist/agnostic Brad Pitt.
Click here for a video with more information on Make It Right. We hope you will join us in putting your humanist values into action by giving back to the city that is hosting us! For more information, contact Chris Stedman at cdstedman@gmail.com. |
Wednesday Discussion: "Humanism and Islam"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 7-9 pm, 12 Eliot Street (3rd floor), Harvard Square, Cambridge
RSVP: Not required, but welcome either by reply email or on Facebook
We will discuss the current state and the future prospects of Humanism in the Muslim world. We will try to look beyond the headlines to broader factors such as the Arab Spring, developments in Information technology, and educational reforms to assess what good steps have been taken and what else needs to be done. The discussion will be led by Arslan Tazeem, an MDiv student at Harvard Divinity School, studying Humanism in the Muslim world.
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Summer and Fall at HCH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Thank you so much to everyone who was part of the Humanist Community Project in 2011 and 2012! Thanks to your generosity and participation, we have completed another amazing Spring semester! Last week, we finished the year with a packed final event with Dr. Paul Zak, plus fun and successful alumni and graduate events during the week! (Are you an alum? More info on our growing alumni community here.) As we end the year, we are preparing to invest heavily in making the coming year our best ever for promoting positive Humanist values and community. We are a 501(c)3 organization, not funded by Harvard University, and we need the help of everyone who believes in and shares this mission. As always you can support us here. We'll be in touch over the summer about more Humanist Community activities, so keep an eye out for our emails! |
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phone: 617-495-5986
website: www.harvardhumanist.org
address: 12 Eliot Street (3rd Floor) Cambridge, MA 02138
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