American Humanist Association to Host Nationwide Day of Service on May 2

More than 100 community events across the country to put empathy into action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2026

Contact: Court Beyer, cbeyer@americanhumanist.org

WASHINGTON – This Saturday, May 2, the American Humanist Association (AHA) will mobilize communities across the country for the American Empathy Project (AEP), a simultaneous national day of service taking place at more than 100 locations nationwide. The effort represents one of the largest coordinated days of humanist community action in the organization’s history.

Through $100,000 in grants awarded to individuals and organizations nationwide, the AHA has supported local changemakers in organizing service projects across a range of communities and causes. Events on May 2 will include mutual aid drives for immigrant families in Maryland, menstrual supply packing parties in Kentucky, and social programming for senior citizens, among more than 100 others taking place simultaneously across the country.

“The American Empathy Project is built on a simple, humanist idea: the belief that people are good, and that when we show up for each other, we build the kind of communities we all want to live in.” said Fish Stark, Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. “This Saturday, more than 100 communities across the country are proving that. The AHA has spent over 80 years fighting for a more compassionate world, and we’re proud to meet the extreme religious right’s ‘war on empathy’ with a groundswell of Americans taking care of our neighbors together.”

WHEN: Saturday, May 2, 2026

WHERE: 100+ events nationwide

WHO: American Empathy Project, a project of the American Humanist Association

Members of the public can find an event near them or learn more about the American Empathy Project at AmericanEmpathyProject.org.

Media interested in attending or covering May 2’s events are encouraged to reach out to press@americanhumanist.org for more information. A full map of service projects can be viewed here.

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The American Humanist Association (AHA) works to protect the rights of humanists, atheists, and other nontheistic Americans. The AHA advances the ethical and life-affirming worldview of humanism, which—without beliefs in gods or other supernatural forces—encourages individuals to live informed and meaningful lives that aspire to the greater good of humanity.