The Humanist Community
A Membership Chapter of the American Humanist Association
Serving San Jose, Silicon Valley, Stanford, and the Peninsula since 1962

P.O. Box 60069, Palo Alto CA 94306-0069
Office: 650-964-7576
Executive Director: Paul Gilbert, 650-906-6704
Activities, Events Visitor Info
  • Calendar -- updated Jun 27
  • Activities, Events (including special events) -- updated Jun 27
        ( ↑ Volunteers needed!)
  • Sunday Forums -- updated Jun 27
     → map & directions to our Forums
    • Guest Speakers: please contact our Program Committee with a one-paragraph description of your proposed talk and dates available.
    • Ideas for future Forums: send to same Program Committee.
  • Darwin Day originated in our community! (latest: Feb. 10, 2008)
    		• BLOG

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  • The Humanist Community: -- What is it? Where is it?

  • What is Humanism? -- definitions, commentaries

  • Humanism and Its Aspirations: Humanist Manifesto III

  • FAQ
    • Family Program Humanist Community Views

    (We're calling it "Family Program", not "Children’s Program",
      to underscore our emphasis on families, not just children.)

    Sunday, 11:00 - 12:00, simultaneous with Forums: Family Program (dogma-free).
    We have two divisions, one for older children, and one for younger children.

    ---- ---- July 13: field trip to Ardenwood Farm

  • Our Family Program was featured on Nightline (ABC) on March 28, 2008. Read the Nightline story! You may also like to watch Nightline's introductory video. Their video of the broadcast report is promised "soon."
  • Time magazine has an article about our Family Program (dateline Nov 21, 2007). Although they refer to it as an "atheist Sunday school", they don't claim that we are indoctrinating our kids in atheism. Our Family Program is dogma-free, concentrating on life issues and ethical behavior.

    • The Humanist Community does not back political candidates, but can and does take a stand on social and ethical issues.
    Links to the views that we are certain that a majority of us take:
    religious liberty
    church/state separation
    torture
    		 a woman's right to choose
    stem cell researchAR
    same-sex marriage (new)
     streams of Santa Clara CountyAR

    Note: these positions are adopted by the Humanist Community, and are not necessarily those of the AHA or any other group. There are dissenters even within our Community, and their dissent does not make then any less humanist.
    Other Services Branches, Affiliates
  • The Bill Jacobsen Memorial Library
  • Members' Lending Library (many more books added Mar 9)
  • PDF copies of our recent newslettersAR
  • ... a donation? to us? Why, thank you!
      — if this topic interests you, visit donation page
  • Arthur Jackson’s book Science of Ethics
  • Humanist Weddings: Sena Havasy, (408) 739-5638 or vsena@aol.com

    • More closely related to us than the "related" entities described below,
    there are groups in:
    Related Efforts We Support Related Websites
    Camp Quest West local announcement: ♣
    Camp Quest (in general), Carry the Vision, disaster relief: ■
    Naming an element (from David Seaborg)

    page of links to web sites more or less related to Humanism.
    Page contains subcategories: California organizations; other regional organizations; national / international organizations; (printed) magazines; special focus sites including "famous Humanists".
    This website made possible by funds from the
    James Hervey Johnson Educational Trust,
    .to which we are very grateful.     		Website queries, bug reports: webmaster@humanists.org
    Activity updates & info, other queries: hcinfo@humanists.org

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