Roy Speckhardt
Roy Speckhardt has served as executive director of the American Humanist Association since 2005. He also serves on the boards of The Institute for Humanist Studies, the United Coalition of Reason, The Humanist Institute, and the Secular Coalition for America Education Fund. He served as deputy director of The Interfaith Alliance from 1995 to 2001.
Speckhardt holds an M.B.A. from George Mason University and B.A. in sociology from Mary Washington College. He is the author of Creating Change Through Humanism, available here through Humanist Press. He currently lives in Washington, DC.
Posts by Roy Speckhardt
Achieving Democracy
Americans today are thwarted on many fronts from achieving true democracy for all. Paramount are questions about the behavior of the commander in chief,... Read More
Trump Ignores Climate, Gets into Hot Water at UN General Assembly
During the UN General Assembly in September, at an event dubbed a “Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom,” US President Donald Trump announced the... Read More
On Earth Day, A Humanist Call to Action
Since humanists believe we have just one life to live, we’re especially motivated to make the most positive impact we can in our single... Read More
Humanists Going All the Way: AHA to Defend Church-State Separation at the Supreme Court
On Friday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would hear arguments from the American Humanist Association regarding the unconstitutionality of a forty-foot-tall Christian... Read More
For All Life As We Know It: The Case for Humanist Environmentalism
The following excerpt is from a speech given by AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt to the American Ethical Union on June 9, 2018. He... Read More
Simultaneously Fighting for Secular Government and LGBTQ Rights
Today, LGBTQ rights have become the battleground in the US culture war between those clinging to discriminatory religious beliefs and a growing coalition of... Read More
Ignorance Won. Can We Return to Reason?
The time is past due for progressive America to rethink its strategies. As the number of secular freethinkers has risen, they, along with people... Read More