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2015 WORLD HUMANIST DAY (WHD) Web Page Master Resource List
From the presentation of Stephen Brown, board member of the Suncoast Humanist ScocietyThe pages and websites here are chosen to serve two purposes: to suggest the breadth and depth of humanist activities and to show the various ways humanist groups use their online presence to market themselves to potential members and fortify their relationship with ongoing members.
Groups outside the United States were selected from web addresses of IHEU member organizations. No effort was made to seek out possible unaffiliated foreign groups with a web presence.
The extent of the reach of humanism into social media was left largely unexplored as well: blogs, Facebook and meet-up presence is included only as part of AHA, FHA, or IHEU member websites.
Thanks to Steve Brown for compiling this list.
Comic "Invocation"
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91DSNL1BEeY
SAMPLE WHD CELEBRATIONS2. http://welthumanistentag.de/
TAMPA BAY HUMANIST ORGANIZATIONS3.. http://suncoasthumanist.com/ (you are here!)
4. http://www.tampahumanist.com/
5. https://uutampa.org/unitarian-universalist-humanist-of-tampa/
7. http://www.chj-sarasota.org//2015-0506_Connection.pdf
8. http://www.chj-sarasota.org/Interest-Groups.html
9. http://www.meetup.com/Humanist-Families-of-Gr6eater-Tampa-Bay/
10. https://humanistlearning.com/programsoffered/
INTERNATIONAL HUMANIST AND ETHICAL UNION (IHEU)11. http://iheu.org/our-work/campaigns/
12. http://freethoughtreport.com/map
HUMANISM AROUND THE GLOBETHE COLONIES AND UK
13. http://humanist.org.au/2014/03/australian-humanist-no-113-autumn-2014/#more-116 [links to 5 state assns,!)
14. http://humanist.org.nz/ New Zealand with Nepal connection
15. https://www.humanistcanada.ca/ Canada
18. http://www.secularism.org.uk/campaigns.html United Kingdom
19. https://humanism.org.uk/news/ [U.K. very thorough: about 80 internal links; policitcally active]
20. http://ahsstudents.org.uk/ U.K.
EUROPE
21. http://humanistfederation.eu/membres.php
NORWAY
The Norwegian Humanist Association (Norwegian: Human-Etisk Forbund, HEF) is one of the largest secular humanist associations in the world, with 84,300 members (AHA in a population exceeding 300 million has a membership of 35,000). Those HEF members constitute 1.7% of the Norwegian population of 5,038,100, making the HEF by far the largest such association in the world in proportion to population
22. http://human.no/Servicemeny/English/?index=2
23. http://fritanke.no/filarkiv/pdf/ft_02_15.pdf [68-page monthly magazine]
NETHERLANDS
The Dutch have been prominent in the IHEU [the "Amsterdam Declarations" of 1953 and 1973 maybe the least of it]. They seem particularly taken with the element of humanist (or Humanist) education. Aside from that special Dutch concern, I was stunned to realize the scope of HIVOS, little known but probably unique in its strength and scope in ongoing rather than emergency international humanitarian interventions.
24. http://www.uvh.nl/over-de-uvh/over-onze-universiteit
26. http://hvo.nl
27. http://hivos.nl
AFRICA (Uganda, where American fundamentalist evangelicals have had pernicious influence, may also have the most vivid and grass roots Humanist activity in Africa).
29. http://haleauganda.org/magazine/NOVEMBER.pdf [OUTSTANDING]
30. http://ugandahumanistschoolstrust.org/ [3 secondary schools; fundraising for first primary school]
ASIA
31. http://awaregirls.org [link to "Meet the Founders"] -- Courageous Pakistani Teens
32. http://sochnepal.org
33. http://hapihumanist.org [links: TERRIFIC MARKET-SAVVY WEBSITE]
34. http://patas.co/articles/patas-videos/
LATIN AMERICA
35. http://www.humanistaspr.org/
"VENERATION" (Kurt Vonnegut late AHA long-time President)35a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ
FLORIDA HUMANIST ASSN. AFFILIATESJACKSONVILLE +
38. http://firstcoastfreethoughtsociety.org/cms/videos IMPRESSIVE MEETING VIDEOS
39. http://firstcoastfreethoughtsociety.org/cms/activities (Dual locations/Varied activities)
N. CENTRAL (Ocala & Gainesville) ++ [NEAT, EFFECTIVE PACKAGE]40. http://humanistsncfl.org/Home.html
41. http://humanistsncfl.org/Events.html
42. http://humanistsncfl.org/FAQs.html [Takes "Toe-Dipper" Qualms Head-On]
TREASURE COAST (STUART, JENSEN, JUPITER, VERO BEACH +43. http://www.humtc.com/ [Stresses alternative meeting locations, community service)
PENSACOLA (TRI-STATE FL-AL-MS)
45. http://humanistsofwestflorida.org/ (CALM, ORDERLY, STRESS ON 7 COMMUNITY SVC. TEAMS)
(Also has lesson on where NOT to put your Newsletter: 5 non-intuitive steps including backing away from a dead end.)
46. http://www.ssaatucf.com/involved ONLY FHA SSA AFFILIATE LISTED
FLORIDA HUMANIST ASSOCIATION (FHA)47. http://www.floridahumanist.org/about/board/
48. http://www.floridahumanist.org/freeflo/ Annual Conference
U.S. AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION (AHA)
50. https://secularpolicyinstitute.org
51. http://americanhumanist.org
52. http://americanhumanist.org/What_We_Do/programs
53. http://americanhumanist.org/What_We_Do/adjuncts
54. http://americanhumanist.org/What_We_Do/Coalitions
AMERICAN ETHICAL UNION (AEU)
56. http://aeu.org/ "ORIGINAL ATHEIST CHURCH FROM 1876" -- [Many Links: 22 Member Societies; 3 in South
UU HUMANIST ASSN.
[Organized groups in FL really only in Clearwater, Tampa and Summerfield (Ocala and The Villages. Sarasota listed but doesn't seem to qualify)]
58. http://huumanists.org/ [I recommend the "about" link and its sub-links and its local groups (40+) list]
59. http://uuhumanistsymposium.com/ (Its 5 "Fellows" include Mel Lipman former AHA President)
SOCIETY FOR HUMANISTIC JUDAISM60. http://www.shj.org/ [26 Congregations (?) in US; est. % Jewish church enrolment?]
61. http://www.shj.org/youth-programs/
HUMANIST "CHURCHES"62. https://sundayassembly.com
KIDS
64. https://secularstudents.org
UNITED COALITION OF REASON66. http://unitedcor.org/our-groups/ [Can link to Florida]
OPENLY SECULAR67. http://www.openlysecular.org/about
SERVICE68. https://foundationbeyondbelief.org/ [Some other organizations have service arms -- Reminder of Dutch HIVOS]
HUMANIST/FREETHOUGHT PUBLISHING HOUSESBEACON PRESS [UU Assn. Owns/Historical -- OLDEST]
PROMETHEUS BOOKS [Run by son and heir of Paul Kurtz -- Probably strongest, most productive]
HUMANIST PRESS [AHA]
INDEPENDENT HUMANISM69. http://www.ihumanism.org/about
[For people not wanting to "group,'" (but many links are to standard humanist materials and organization, but also to "Atheists Plus," "Secular Woman" and "NNFR" (No Need for Religion)]RIGHTS AND PROGRESS
70. www.eycb.coe.int/compasito/chapter_6/pdf/1.pdf
71. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx
SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX
71. http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/
72. http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi
TRANSNATIONALCENTER FOR INQUIRY/COUNCIL FOR SECULAR HUMANISM
73. http://www.centerforinquiry.net/outreach/
74. https://www.secularhumanism.org/ [SMALL BUT LIVELY -- BEST CFI PAGE]
75. http://www.sossobriety.org/home.html [1st natl. program to sidestep 12 steps]
76. http://womeninsecularism.org/
77. http://thehumanist.com/commentary/women-in-secularism-explained-by-david-brooks
CFI/CSH ALSO SPONSORS THE FREETHOUGHT TRAIL INCLUDING INGERSOLL HOUSE
INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND HUMAN VALUES [Kurtzian Think Tank/Scholarly Advocacy Group]78. http://instituteforscienceandhumanvalues.com/
79. http://instituteforscienceandhumanvalues.com/global%20affiliates.htm
80. http://instituteforscienceandhumanvalues.com/cyber%20think%20tank.htm
HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY [PERSONAL EXPERIENCE]83. http://www.westga.edu/psydept/
84. http://www.apa.org/about/division/div32.aspx (Society for Humanistic Psychology)