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August 7, 2016
Longtime Humanist Community member and leader Arthur Jackson will discuss the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU, see www.iheu.org), which represents humanism globally. Five organizations hosted the founding congress in 1952 in Amsterdam: The American Humanist Association, the American Ethical Union, the British Humanist Association, Vienna Ethical Society, and the Dutch Humanist League. It has grown steadily since and now has 113 member organizations.
July 31, 2016
Kosovo is one of four republics that occupies land of the former Yugoslavia. It’s the most American friendly (Bill Clinton, who intervened positively in this country’s favor, is a national hero). So is Hillary for walking into a dress shop, of all things. With all the hullaballoo in the media about Muslims, not to mention Donald Trump’s comments, most of us don’t realize that normal Islamists–not the extremist freak show that really should be kept out of this country–behave and look exactly like our friends and neighbors. Come join HCSV member Jason Paul Kazarian for a photo tour of a predominantly Muslim Baltic state and see what Islam really looks like.
July 24, 2016
Sean Washington is Social Director of the Atheist Community of San Jose (ACSJ – see www.acsj.org), and a Member of the Board. He’ been involved with ACSJ since 2013. He started as a member but slowly become more involved as the community grew, and most recently joined the Board of Directors in 2016. He will talk about who ACSJ is, what they do, and some of the challenges they face in building a community for secularists, humanists and atheists.
Humanist Community Forum (2016-07-24): The Atheist Community of San Jose (Sean Washington) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.
July 17, 2016
Jonathan Karpf has been a Lecturer in biological anthropology at San José State University since 1987. His main interests are human genetics and evolution, alcoholism, the behavior, systematics, and ecology of primates, Mesoamerican prehistory, and social justice in Guatemala. In this Forum he will discuss cross-cultural constructions of gender, focusing on ways in which 3-gender and 4-gender societies differ from 2-gender societies such as our own.
Humanist Community Forum (2016-07-17): Cross-cultural Constructions of Gender (Jonathan Karpf) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.
July 10, 2016
Falkland Island and South Georgia Island are home to the big King Penguins, as well as to many seals and albatross. HCSV members Min and Ed Yates will show pictures from their trip there on a National Geographic Lindblad tour, in addition to a video made by the tour’s videographers. The Yates have traveled extensively, including to Antarctica (twice!) and the Arctic. They consider these visits among their most interesting, and want to share their experiences with us.
Humanist Community Forum (2016-07-10): A Trip to Falkland Island and South Georgia Island (Ed and Min Yates) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.