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AHA Adjunct Organizations

 

The Black Humanist Alliance The Black Humanist Alliance

Latinx Humanist Alliance

The Latinx Humanist Alliance’s mission is to facilitate social justice activism among, expand the visibility of, and foster safe spaces for Latinx Humanists. We work toward this mission through education, legislative advocacy, and activism.

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Black Humanist Alliance

The Black Humanist Alliance is a platform dedicated to a more inclusive humanism. We live in a country where Black lives—from that of Barack Obama to Eric Garner to Renisha McBride and Marissa Alexander—are actively devalued. While we concern ourselves with confronting expressions of religious hegemony in public policy, the BHA is also devoted to confronting social, economic, and political deprivations that disproportionately impact Black America due to centuries of culturally ingrained prejudices.

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The Feminist Humanist Alliance LGBTQ Humanist Alliance

Feminist Humanist Alliance

The Feminist Humanist Alliance is a national network of women, genderqueer and trans people committed to the principles of humanism and inclusive feminism. We strive for social progress through promoting critical consciousness and direct action.

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LGBTQ Humanist Alliance

The LGBTQ Humanist Alliance is a forum for LGBTQ humanists and allies to come together, build community, exchange ideas, promote the humanist philosophy and values, and work together to achieve full social and civil equality of LGBTQ persons.

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The AHA Center for Education The Humanist Society

The AHA Center for Education

The AHA Center for Education strives to provide educational opportunities that serve humanist and secular communities. The center offers a wide range of programs designed for humanists across the spectrum. Our programs take an innovative approach to teaching humanism and fostering ethical leadership for the humanist movement.

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The Humanist Society

The Humanist Society applies humanism to daily life through a unique celebrant program, education, and community involvement. The Society prepares Humanist Celebrants to lead ceremonial observances across the nation and worldwide, providing millions a meaningful alternative to traditional religious weddings, memorial services, and other life cycle events.

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The Center for Humanist Activism The International Darwin Day Foundation

The Center for Freethought Equality

The Center for Freethought Equality is dedicated to lobbying and political advocacy. We work to significantly increase humanist activity in key Washington coalitions, and have established a permanent lobbyist on the Hill that will fight for issues secular Americans care about — like the separation of church and state and protecting civil liberties.

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The International Darwin Day Foundation

Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born on in 1809. Specifically, it celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin — the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor. More generally, Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the advancement of humanity.

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FreeThought Action

FreeThought Action

FreeThoughtAction works to educate the general public about the personal, social and practical benefits of free and rational thought and action based on logic, reason and the scientific method as opposed to unquestioned acceptance of ancient tradition, religion and superstition. By raising awareness of these benefits, our hope is to encourage the continuing growth, open engagement, and public acceptance of a Freethought community in American society.

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AHA Programs

World Humanist Congress Humanist Disaster Recovery

Distant but Together: A Virtual Celebration of Humanism

Each year, the American Humanist Association brings together humanists from across the country to celebrate the values of humanism at our Annual Conference. This year, in continuing to keep our movement connected and inspired, we are pleased to invite you to join us for an exciting virtual conference, Distant but Together: A Virtual Celebration of Humanism.
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Humanist Disaster Recovery

Formed in 2014, Humanist Disaster Recovery exists to provide financial support to secular organizations working locally to meet the needs of recovering survivors. This program is sustained through a partnership between Foundation Beyond Belief and the American Humanist Association.

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The Appignani Humanist Legal Center Ask a Humanist

The Appignani Humanist Legal Center

Through amicus activity, litigation, and other legal advocacy, our team of lawyers provide legal assistance to defend the constitutional rights of religious and secular minorities by directly challenging clear violations of the Establishment Clause and seeking equal rights for humanists, atheists and other freethinkers.

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Ask A Humanist

AskAHumanist.com is a new community-driven website where individuals can ask questions about humanism, and humanists themselves can respond. AskAHumanist.com aims to serve as a resource for humanists and non-humanists interested or curious about humanism. The site was created by Bo Bennett, host of The Humanist Hour Podcast.

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Boycott the Pledge Humanist Chaplaincies

Boycott the Pledge

On September 8, 2014, the American Humanist Association launched a national campaign to encourage people to sit out the Pledge of Allegiance until the phrase “under God” is removed from it. As students have begun exercising their constitutional right to sit out the Pledge, the Appignani Humanist Legal Center has been defending students who have been unfairly and unjustly punished.

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Humanist Chaplaincies

Humanist Chaplaincies serve much the same roles as their religious counterparts, but focus on being good without a belief in a god. They provide consultation, preside over ceremonies, and offer opportunities for educational outreaches and community service projects to nonreligious students and members of the armed forces.

This is a network aims to connect Humanist chaplaincies across the United States with each other and those who seek their services.

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Kids Without God AHA Local Chapters & Affiliates

Kids Without God

This engaging resource offers a welcoming home for humanist, atheist and other non-traditionally religious kids where they can find information untainted by supernaturalism on a wide range of topics, including religion in public schools, science, discrimination, sexuality, and reading suggestions.

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AHA Local Chapters & Affiliates

Local Affiliates and Chapters give the AHA a strong grassroots presence and they are essential to the success of humanism in the United States. They engage in social activism, philosophical discussion and community-building events.

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The National Day of Reason

The National Day of Reason

The National Day of Reason is held in parallel with the National Day of Prayer, on the first Thursday in May each year. The goal of this effort is to celebrate reason—a concept all Americans can support—and to raise public awareness about the persistent threat to religious liberty posed by government intrusion into the private sphere of worship.

The Day of Reason exists to inspire the secular community to be visible and active on this day to set the right example for how to effect positive change.

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