#LoveIsLove began trending on Twitter in June 2015 after Obergefell v. Hodges established same-sex marriage throughout the United States. To celebrate the motto and their love for each other, artists Fleur Pierets and Julian P. Boom decided…
Openly Agnostic and Running for Local Office in an Area Targeted by Religious Extremists for Decades
What is it like to run for local office as an agnostic in an area frequently targeted by religious extremists? What does it take to win? Karl Frisch explored these and other issues connected to…
Thoughtful Humanist Books for Young Children
A UK-based humanist charity has just published the first in a new series of books which seeks to help young children to develop moral compasses for our secular age. Though initially written for children in…
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
Award-winning historian and professor Andrew S. Curran, author of Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely, will discuss the life and work of the Enlightenment philosopher and consummate atheist Denis Diderot on the occasion of his…
2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year Award
The American Humanist Association is delighted to partner with the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard (HCH) to present their 2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year Award to three inspiring humanists: Ijeoma Oluo, Sikivu Hutchinson, and Mandisa…
Humanism in Healthcare
Humanists provide care with empathy and compassion while promoting science and reason, the struggles of working in religious institutions like hospitals and prisons, and the importance for humanists in the healthcare field to meet together…
Relax, Studying Theology Doesn’t Make You Religious
Fall welcomes a new semester at Meadville Lombard Theological School (MLTS), where the American Humanist Association (AHA) Center for Education will be offering two of its four graduate-level courses in humanism. Earlier this month, criticism…
Meet the New AHA Intern: Caroline Peters
Welcome our new HERE for Climate intern, Caroline Peters! What is your educational and work background? I’m a rising senior at Colorado College, majoring in environmental science with a minor in Classics. I have previous experience in…
Human Brain Evolution
How did a weak and fragile ape come to dominate the world today? One ingredient in that complex process was the evolution of our brains, especially toward learning from other people. This webinar will engage…
Youth Activism in Science and Humanism
Youth authors/activists Bailey and Elle Harris will discuss their experiences of growing up in a secular family in a highly religious area of the country. They will also talk about how they came to be…