HUUmanists GA Booth to Feature Art ‘n Justice (Location 523)

Achieving Social Justice through art and literature will be a focus of the HUU booth, June 19-23 at the Louisville General Assembly.

Documentary film-maker Janet Fitch will present her program "Changing the Conversation on Gun Violence" and will be present at our booth throughout the week.  Stop by to learn how your congregation can get involved, and the times and locations of Janet’s presentations.

The fabric arts panels crafted by two dozen UU and humanist artists from around the country, will make up the "Ribbon" for Immigrant Rights, on display at our booth, and shown outside several major GA events.  Panels depict themes from the Arizona Banned Books, and Immigration related projects carried out by UU congregations and Humanist groups.

Several dozen Hispanic authors had their books removed from Arizona in 2012, these will be on display all week. They will be presented to a partner group in the Louisville Hispanic community, continuing the work HUUmanists did last year with the Puente organization in Phoenix. The books and panels together make up "Ribbons Not Walls" (see separate article, or go to Ribbonsnotwalls.org).

The HUUmanists Booth, always one of the largest and liveliest in the Exhibit Hall, includes presentations of the leadership training work of The Humanist Institute, the outreach programs of the Secular Student Alliance and the Channing Murray Campus Ministry, and information on the online chat Seeding Humanist Groups.  As always, we will have the best selection of humanist wit and wisdom in our bookstore, with a wide range of buttons, bumper stickers and magnets, along with Bill Murry's new book for sale, and free distribution of the latest issue of the Journal of Religious Humanism to all who join, sponsor, purchase or donate in any amount.

Find us at booth 523 - hang out, get involved, pick up some merchandise, renew (or start) your membership, become a social justice project sponsor. 

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Humanist Events at General Assembly

Beyond Congregations: The Humanist Community Project at Harvard

Saturday, June 22, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.

Convention Center 109-112

Several recent studies have revealed that a rapidly changing percentage of young people are affiliating with no religious tradition. The Humanist chaplain at Harvard University, founder and leader of a vibrant secular community organization, will describe a unique response to “the rise of the nones” that is succeeding beyond expectations.  Our speaker is Gregory M. Epstein, Humanist chaplain at Harvard University, who will be joined by Dr. John B. Hooper, president of the HUUmanists.

  

 

HUUmanists Annual Meeting

Saturday, June 22, 6:50 – 8:20 p.m. – Convention Center 109-112

Join us for the annual meeting of the HUUmanists Association. We will hear reports on the past year’s activities, receive financial reports, and elect officers and board members.

The Religious Humanist of the Year Award will be presented to Rev. Dr. Roger A. Brewin and there will be a panel discussion on Reaching Out to the Nones. Refreshments and conversation will round out the evening.

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"Religious Humanism" Journal – Next Issue

Appling Science to Theology

...is the theme running through the upcoming Spring 2013 issue of the Journal of Religious Humanism.  Papers delivered by Mark Belletini on Carl Sagan’s “Cosmic Theology,” and by Dawn Cooley on “Astrobiology” were delivered at last fall's Ohio River Group, a study gathering for UU Ministers.  Responses by their colleagues Lisa Friedman and Lisa Doege are included.

Mark Edmiston-Lange explores the extent to which evolution forms and teaches us about modern belief and religious life, and we reprise Sarah Voss’ “Matheology” - and evocation of “Cantorian Religion,” from an issue of RH about a decade ago.  Finally, since there are only two kinds of poetry that I like - the kind that rhymes and the kind that doesn’t, I included Roger Rochester’s thoughtful piece of doggerel on placing the human story in a larger context.

Volume 43, #2 will be mailed to members in July, and will be available for distribution at the General Assembly in Louisville, KY, June 19-22.

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In Search of UU Humanist Local Groups

Do you belong to a Humanist local group or do you wish there was one in your area?

We are attempting to create a list of all local groups that are either affiliated in some way with a UU congregation or that wish to reach out to UUs and get them involved. You can read more about the Local Groups project and see the current list by visiting the Local Groups page of this website.

If you are a group organizer, please add your group to the list by following the instructions on the website.  Being listed doesn't make you part of HUUmanists in any way, but it does show you acknowledge and support our mission to strengthen Humanism in the UUA and help us be a bridge between the secular community and the UU community.

If there is no Humanist group at your UU congregation or in your area, why not start one? At the link above you will also find resources for local groups, including an email list for organizers to seek and share advice.  (See the Seeding Humanist Groups article.)

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Seeding Humanist Groups

From Pat Everett, admin of the "Seeding" Humanist Groups email list:

The "Seeding" Humanist Groups email list was launched at the 2011 UUA GA, and now has 70 members.  The aim is to share ideas and enthusiasm for seeding new Humanist groups across the country, generally out of existing UU congregations, perhaps also in other ways. Join at http://groups.google.com/group/seeding-humanist-groups.

The Concord Area Humanists (CAH), formed four years ago in Concord, Mass, is now successful enough to propose as a possible model, but not as a limitation.  Those in CAH will also be looking for new ideas to improve its performance and help it grow further. 

We will encourage such local Humanist groups to affiliate with both the American Humanist Association and with the UU HUUmanists.  The CAH group is already a Chapter of the AHA and affiliated with the HUUmanists.  We aim to also bring the voices of the other Secular and Humanist-oriented groups in the country, as is already happening with the Secular Coalition of America.  

Just think what could happen if even half the over 1,000 UU congregations were to seed a CAH equivalent in their areas!  We would be well on the way to making Humanism significant on the US landscape.  We could expect a significant portion of these to also become individual members of UU HUUmanists and of AHA.  What a goal!  We have enormous possibilities if we all work together in propagating the powerful common Humanist message.

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