About us
WELCOME!
HSGP is a warm and welcoming community of people with open minds and lots of questions. While we have a lot of diverse opinions and interests, we are accepting and tolerant of differing ideas and positions. While non-belief in the supernatural brought many of us together, our belief in the essential goodness of humanity and dedication to open discussion keeps us together and helps us grow. We have only one life and we strive to make it a good one for ourselves and for others. We are home to people with a wide range of beliefs and positions such as: humanists, atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, and Nones. That covers a lot of ground!
In addition to our Facebook group, we offer a variety of activities to support our Humanist goals and we are always looking for more ways to socialize, learn, and help others. We have a community center near downtown Mesa! Be sure to check us out at our Game nights, Sunday Speaker meetings, or other events.
To learn more, go to our website at [www.HSGP.org](http://www.hsgp.org/). There you will find more information about HSGP and our scheduled events. If you are not a member, please consider becoming a paid member. Your support keeps the building open and the activities running. If you’re not ready to commit to a membership, please join us at one of our free and open to the public events where we hope you will find like-minded individuals. Thank you and we look forward to meeting you!
About Humanism (from the American Humanist Association)
Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
Alex Zygmunt
President, HSGP
Visit our website at www.hsgp.org
See our Code of Conduct Policy Here.
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2026 Hike-A-Thon Week 1
Location not specified yetDo you want to enjoy the outdoors while helping support the Navigators at HSGP?
This is your chance!
Sign up to participate in our Hike-A-Thon with a $10 entry fee/donation and then get outdoors.
You can walk around your neighborhood, run on a track, explore a state park, or even visit the zoo. Just keep track of your miles from January 18 to April 26, 2026 here. Miles need to be entered for each individual, but can be combined into weekly totals.
Our Navigators will be designing stickers to award for various mileage amounts and final results will be shared in May. The Hike-A-Thon is open to all. Register here1 attendee
Sunday Speaker: Earth: A Planet of Resilience Facing Change (Brigitte Bavousett)
Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, 627 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Mesa, AZ, USSunday Speaker Topic: A Planet of Resilience Facing Change
A local-to-global look at (scary!) challenges and (inspiring solutions!) for our planet's populations (of both human and wildlife habitats!).
When you imagine this world twenty years from now, are you optimistic or are you worried? While this talk covers a lot of disconcerting situations (pollution, climate change, food insecurities, etc.), it also covers existing solutions and those in development to help ease some fears. Rapid population increases have stressed resources we have taken for granted, and our global future is connected. Each of us is empowered to make daily decisions for a collective difference towards a better future. With real-world local-to-global examples and stories, Brigitte takes us on a rollercoaster ride of the best and the worst of modern-day societies. Sea-level rise is affecting populations, and food crops all over the world. You’ll hear about current situations from Miami, Florida, to the coastline of Vietnam. It is eye-opening to see how marginalized social groups are forced to cope with the plastic and electronic waste sent to them from the ‘developed’ countries. We hear about climate change in the news every day, but this guest-speaker talk includes the personal and immediate effects of climate change that may be affecting you in ways you are not familiar with... Can you imagine living in a world without coffee and/or chocolate? Brigitte gives personal experiences of touring coffee and chocolate farms with her study-abroad students in Cuba, Costa Rica, and Belize. Solutions are being developed by people of all ages, all different walks of experience. Cities around the world, including Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, and Scottsdale, now have a Circular Economy commitment to reduce waste and environmental impacts. Biomimicry is an amazing field of practice wherein we can design products by copying nature, e.g., learning from humpback whales how to create more efficient wind energy, and designing bullet trains based upon the beak of kingfisher birds. These changes for the better accelerate when we demonstrate the benefits to the economy, the environment, and the populations of both people and wildlife!
Bio:
Brigitte Bavousett is the "First-Ever" graduate in the U.S. with an accredited degree in Sustainability. She enjoyed 1 minute and 45 seconds of fame when her graduation photo was featured on the main Times Square display for 7 intervals of 15 seconds each on December 12th, 2008. Since 2010, she has taught Sustainability courses at Arizona State University and Mesa Community College. Brigitte built and led seven study abroad courses at ASU, with a focus on Sustainable Development Goals, to Cuba (2017, 2018), Costa Rica (2019, 2022), Singapore (2022), Belize (March 2023) and Ecuador (May 2023). Brigitte loves to work with students, non-profit organizations, cities and corporations to move us towards a more-sustainable future.
Please Note:
Doors open at 9:00 am for optional buffet breakfast ($5 donation) and socializing. Speaker program begins at 10:00 am.
Important: $5 breakfast fee waived for awesome humans bringing in food to share!
If you can help with set-up, clean-up, and/or by bringing a breakfast casserole, please go to SignUpGenius HERE.
A Children's Program is available during the Speaker Meeting. Please go to the Meetup listing to RSVP for your kids HERE.
Prefer to join us remotely?
- Zoom Link: Zoom Here
- YOUTUBE: You can watch live (15 second delay), or you can watch later. LINK HERE
Need help? Email humanist@hsgp.org before the day of this meeting.
The Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix presents its Sunday Speaker meetings twice a month on Sunday mornings. Meetings are free and open to the public.
**Go to our YouTube channel to see past meetings, presentations, and interviews. Please become a subscriber--it's free! LINK HERE
**We invite you to become a dues-paying member of HSGP. To become a member or make a donation, go to www.hsgp.org24 attendees
Fourth Sunday Meetup
Spokes On Southern, 1470 East Southern Avenue, Tempe, AZ, USSpokes has the cutest, most scenic, & bucolic patio in Tempe - perhaps in all of AZ! The weather out there should be perfect, and we won't have to compete w/ the NFL fans for space inside.
Upon last check, the misters are fully functional! The pond has been renovated some birds are back no ducks or turtles
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The restaurant offers a special, Southwest-inspired brunch menu, along with its regular fare, a great list of brews, and attentive, personable service.. Brunch specials till 1 pm
https://spokesonsouthern.com/
This event is also posted on Phoenix Atheist Meetup Group7 attendees
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