About us
The Capital District Humanist Society provides a supportive community for exchanging ideas, heightening our knowledge of the world and ourselves, fostering moral and ethical growth, and promoting the principles of non-theistic humanism.
CDHS is a member organization for individuals who share humanist values and who reside in the Capital District region of New York State and neighboring areas. Our values include commitment to free inquiry, rational thought, life-long education, democracy, social concern, and fellowship.
The Society provides various activities including monthly speakers, socials, book discussions, and a newsletter.
For more information please see our website: humanistsociety.net
Upcoming events
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Girls' Education in Afghanistan: Charmaghz Works in the Most Hostile Place
Location not specified yetAfghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are barred from attending school beyond 6th grade. Since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, more than 2.2 million girls and young women have been shut out of education. Charmaghz is a US nonprofit founded in 2018 by Afghan education activist Freshta Karim. For seven years, we ran a Mobile Library program in Kabul that reached over one million child visitors. In 2025, the Taliban forcibly shut down our in-person programs, and we refocused our mission on providing online education to Afghan girls and young women banned from school. This program will discuss how Charmaghz responded to that setback, and what it takes to defend girls' education in the most challenging place on earth.
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Liz Robinson is the CEO of Charmaghz. She has worked with nonprofits in the international development and education sectors for over a decade, including across the Middle East, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. She first worked in Afghanistan in 2016, and is deeply committed to elevating and advancing education programs that transform children's futures, and the systems that shape them. Liz has a BA from Tufts University in International Relations and Economics, an MA from University College London in Education and International Development, and a Graduate Certificate in Early Grade Reading in Developing Countries from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
This program will be live, in person and begins at 1:00 PM. The in-person event will be held at Pinnacle Living, 45 Forts Ferry Road, Latham, NY. It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available starting at 12:30 PM. Please bring your own beverage.
If you wish to attend via Zoom and are not a current member of CDHS, email your request to CDHS.Albany@gmail.com no later than Friday, September 11th to receive the link. The link will not be posted here, and there is no other way to receive it. You must e mail a request for the link.
The Capital District Humanist Society provides a supportive community for exchanging ideas, heightening our knowledge of the world and ourselves, fostering moral and ethical growth, and promoting the principles of non-theistic humanism. CDHS is a member organization for people with humanist values. Our values include commitment to free inquiry, rational thought, life-long education, democracy, social concern, and fellowship.
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