Celebrating Black History Month: A Profile of Author and Humanist Zora Neale Hurston
In honor of Black History Month, Humanist Network News will be featuring a profile of a prominent black humanist or atheist in history. This week we feature the famed author Zora Neale Hurston. This profile... Read More
Chapter Profile: WNC Humanists in Asheville, North Carolina
AHA Field Coordinator Sadie Rothman interviews Jennifer Lovejoy, founder and president of the WNC Humanists in Asheville, North Carolina. HNN: Where is your group located? Lovejoy: WNC Humanists represent the area west of Gastonia and... Read More
AHA Chapter Profile: The Humanist Community at Stanford
AHA Field Coordinator Sadie Rothman interviews John Figdor, Humanist Chaplain of the Humanist Community at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. HNN: Why did you decide to start the group? We launched the Humanist Community... Read More
Meet the AHA Staff: Emma Bates, Director of Outreach
Meet Emma Bates, the American Humanist Association’s new Director of Outreach! Emma is a Los Angeles-based actress, having appeared in Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace, CSI:NY, and more. She will appear in an upcoming modern... Read More
From the Field: A Profile of the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association
This year, the host chapter of the Annual American Humanist Association Conference is the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association (NOSHA), an affiliate of the AHA. Founded in 1999, the group has since then grown and... Read More
Celebrating the Celebrants: A Profile of Janis Levin-Gorelick
Janis Levin-Gorelick became certified as a Humanist Minister with the Humanist Society in 1995. Since then, she has been successful in her field and in 2011, joined the Humanist Society Board of Directors. The Humanist... Read More
Humanists in Mississippi: Profile of the AHA
Started in late 2011, the American Humanist Association-Gulfport/Biloxi Chapter developed in an unlikely place. Like many Southern states, Mississippi has a large religious population, and being a nonbeliever could have consequences, including isolation. That’s why... Read More