American Humanist Association
2003 Chapter of the Year
Welcome to Our Site!
Are you a Humanist?
Whether you know you're a Humanist, think you might be a Humanist, or you're just curious, welcome! Explore our site, and discover the home for New Mexico Humanists on the Web. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. We also encourage you to attend our meetings - they're free and open to the public. Check our Calendar for times and locations.
Important Update about the Saturday January 28 Speaker Meeting: Our guests will be Roy Speckhardt and Maggie Ardiente of the American Humanist Association!
Bill Kimbrough has graciously resceduled his presentation on "The Social Determinants of Health" to March so that we can hear from these two dynamic AHA leaders while they are visiting NM. The meeting, which is held from 10:00 a.m. to Noon at the UNM Law School, Room 2406, is free and open to the public. Please join HSNM in welcoming Roy and Maggie, and invite your friends and associates who are curious about Humanism and humanist organizations. map More about our speakers:
AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt actively promotes the humanist perspective on progressive political issues. He's appeared on CNN Headline News, Fox News, numerous national radio shows, and has spoken to dozens of local humanist groups
across the country. He also serves as a board member of the Humanist Institute and the United Coalition of Reason and as an advisory board member of the Secular Student Alliance. Maggie Ardiente, AHA's Director of Development and Communications is editor of the their weekly e-zine Humanist Network News. A graduate of James Madison University, she served as Vice President of the JMU Freethinkers, a student group for atheists, agnostics and humanists, and is a former board member of the Secular Student Alliance and a board member of The Humanist Institute. On January 28, 2012, at our first speaker meeting of the new year, Maggie will give a brief update on AHA's national programs and activities. This will be followed by Roy's talk, "2020 Humanism: Achieving a Vision that Matches Our Aspirations" in which he will explore how we can learn from the successes of other movements, and explain how we best serve our humanist demographic by learning from history and working toward greater unity, community and identity.
HSNM is proud to sponsor Children's Humanist Sunday School, a project of the HSNM Family Co-op
Humanism is being good without gods and being skeptical of religions and the paranormal. Classes are held the first and third Sundays at 3:00 p.m. Parents lead their children in music, science projects, and stories dealing with peer beliefs, religious holidays, bullying, self-image, and respect for others. Call 505-292-4375 for more information or go to www.Meetup.com.
What we're up to
Happy New Year!
The January 2012 HSNM Newsletter is online here.
New Features on This Site
We are building a list of speakers and topics we have had in past years. So far we have posted 2011 and 2010, watch for more. We also plan to post a complete calendar for 2012, rather than just from month to month.