Spring Events
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 7:30 PM: HCRU Program Meeting
Secular End-of-Year Party
Rutgers Student Center
Room 407
College Avenue Campus
126 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1166
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 1:30 PM: Program Meeting
(NJHN - Gloucester County)Special meeting of New Jersey Humanist Network - Gloucester County with Fairton Federal Prison Warden John Shartle who has requested our involvement in a Humanist inmate program.
Topics vary monthly but this month we are fortunate to have a guest who is concerned with a group of Humanist and Freethought prisoners who have requested our visits. Come and be part of this important discussion.
Gloucester County Library
Room C
389 Wolvert Station Road
Mullica Hill, NJ 08062
(map and directions)
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 7:00 PM: Dinner and Drinking Rationally
(NJHN-Mercer County)
Come meet other area secular humanists, atheists and freethinkers for witty and intelligent conversation. If you don't drink, you won't be the only one! Join the fun!
Home of Lisa and Tim Ridge
29 Wardman Ave
Ewing, NJ 08638
(map and directions)
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 7:00 PM: Monthly Dinner
Come out for dinner and camaraderie with fellow humanists and atheists in your area! Always an interesting conversation and new participants are always welcome. And celebrate the Vernal Equinox - the first day of Spring!
We're returning to the Omega Diner to take advantage of their private back room, where we can hear each other and enjoy their delicious lentil soup and bread pudding!
Omega Diner
1337 Route 1 South
North Brunswick, NJ
(map and directions)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 7:00 PM: Special Event
(NJHN-Gloucester County)
Guest Speaker Roy Speckhardt, Executive Director of the American Humanist Association, will talk about Humanism and community activism. He will explain what Humanism is, what the AHA does to educate people about Humanism and to unite Humanists, and the importance of building Humanist communities at the local level.
Gloucester County Library
Room A
389 Wolvert Station Road
Mullica Hill, NJ 08062
(map and directions)
NJHN is now a partner of the Foundation Beyond Belief.
FBB Mission: To demonstrate humanism at its best by supporting efforts to improve this world and this life, and to challenge humanists to embody the highest principles of humanism, including mutual care and responsibility.
Foundation Beyond Belief is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation created to focus, encourage and demonstrate the generosity and compassion of atheists and humanists. Ten charitable organizations are selected per quarter, one in each of the following cause areas:
- Health
- Education
- Poverty
- Environment
- Child Welfare
- Human Rights
- Animal Protection
- Peace
- Challenge the Gap (charities based in other worldviews)
- Foundation Beyond Belief itself
As a Partner, NJHN will help raise funds for designated causes through donations, hosting fundraisers, and by encouraging our members to join FBB as individual members. If you are currently a member of FBB, your monthly donation can accrue to the total for NJHN as well. Just log in to your FBB account, select Manage Donation in the right sidebar, and scroll to the bottom of the page. A dropdown menu allows you to link to NJHN. If not you can join FBB, then select NJHN from the dropdown menu.
One hundred percent of the funds we raise will go to the causes we designate. The slate of beneficiaries changes each quarter and Foundation Partners are an important voice in helping choose future charities.
Consider Humanism - Richard Dawkins from American Humanist Association on Vimeo.
NJCoR's billboard in Kearny, October 26 - November 22, 2009
NJ Turnpike western spur SB, just past 15W
PLEASE SUPPORT NJHN'S FUND FOR CAMP QUEST
We are currently seeking donations to our Harley A. Brown Fund for Camp Quest for the 2012 camping season, as well as applications for campership assistance for any family sending a child to Camp Quest. The Camp Quest experience is one our children will never forget -- one in which they are exposed to "rational inquiry, critical and creative thinking, scientific method, self-respect, ethics, competency, democracy, free speech, and the separation of religion and government guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States." If we hope to make progress toward a more secular American society, we must begin to instill these values in our children. Please pledge your support by making a donation today on our donations page. Any amount is appreciated and helps one or more children afford an experience that they might otherwise miss. Thank you for your continued generosity and support!
Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.
- Carl Sagan
NJHN is a Chartered Chapter of the American Humanist Association. NJHN is also affiliated with American Atheists and the Council for Secular Humanism, and supports the efforts of the Secular Coalition for America, Freedom From Religion Foundation and Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
The lifestance of Humanism—guided by reason, inspired by compassion, and informed by experience—encourages us to live life well and fully. It evolved through the ages and continues to develop through the efforts of thoughtful people who recognize that values and ideals, however carefully wrought, are subject to change as our knowledge and understandings advance.
- from Humanist Manifesto III
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Trying to raise children and looking for secular resources? NJHN sponsors the New Jersey Humanist Families Network. Visit their page for more information.
NJHN is a co-sponsor of the Humanist Chaplaincy at Rutgers University, now in its second year. Barry Klassel, Humanist Celebrant and NJHN member is the chaplain. Visit the Chaplaincy website for more detailed information.
We have established a lending library service for NJHN members. An extensive collection of books is now available for 30 day loans. Please visit our Lending Library page for details. If you'd like to donate books, contact library at njhn.org.
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