In 2012, the Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice and Healing introduced the human justice theory of change framework for exploring what it means and takes to achieve justice, safety, accountability, and well-being. This talk…
J.R. Becker will discuss how to cultivate curiosity and healthy skepticism in children, why it is important, and how he implements these tactics in his children’s books on “big questions for little thinkers” in science…
Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric intensifying in recent…
This term the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review or is considering reviewing more cases about religion than in prior years. The topics before the Court include: abortion, public funding of religious schools, LGBTQ…
Whether it's running for office, engaging with candidates and elected officials, or getting active in party politics, you can support the mission of the newly established Association of Secular Elected Officials and help grow the…
How might the flourishing life and human sciences change humanism? Looking back a century, the humanism of 1900 was an optimistic vision informed by the steady march of physical science and inspired vaguely by the…
The argument of Capitalism versus Socialism fails to recognize that both are rooted in domination systems that devalue the work of care in both the formal and informal economic sectors. Instead we need an economic system…
Sidewalk Science, a twice-monthly YouTube broadcast by the Prairie State Humanists Chicago Chapter of the AHA, will join Critical Minds to discuss the plausible earth-bound explanation for UFOs and space aliens visiting us. They will look…
Primed to address how educational inequities along race and class lines have compounded during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bailey is an imperative voice to heed around the future of educational policy reform. Timed to publish just…
How can local groups encourage their members to provide the time, talent, and treasure needed to strengthen our humanist communities? Emily Newman will discuss recommendations as well as hear your ideas. https://youtu.be/G0-5ueQ7f2M
