Name: Serving Homeless People of San Diego
Start: 2025-11-04T02:00:00.000Z
Location: 720 15th St

On Saturday, **November 1**, **2025**, the traditional Secular Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos Secular International Online Event will take place at **Noon PDT**/**3:00 PM EDT**. Please register for this event at the following Zoom link:

[https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hGs5BhhVQEOm8Y2nLodUNg](https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hGs5BhhVQEOm8Y2nLodUNg)

This event is hosted by David Tamayo, Margaret Downey, and Memo Benumea.

Actor, producer, and director Jon Huertas will deliver an inspiring welcome.

Tamayo will present his recorded farewell visit with the late Hector Avalos, who was a professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University, a cultural anthropologist, and the author of several books on religion. Avalos was an atheist and advocate of secular humanist ethics.

Dan Barker, the co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, will honor the life and work of political cartoonist Steve Benson.

Actor, monologist, and author Julia Sweeney will deliver an appreciation of the life of singer, songwriter, and social activist Jill Sobule.

Podcaster, author, and public speaker Seth Andrews will honor the life of scientist and professor Abby Hafer.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

Best Female Hair Adornment
Best Male Hair Adornment
Best Female Face Makeup
Best Male Face Makeup
Best Zoom Box
Best Overall

Sponsors of the event include the Freethought Society, Hispanic American Freethinkers, American Humanist Association, the Center for Inquiry/Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, Black Nonbelievers, Secular Coalition for America, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Humanist Association of San Diego's Meetup Group

margaret downey

Claudia Kellersch

The 2025 International Secular Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos Secular

Online event

So much happens during the week that it can be difficult to keep track of or even make sense of it all. Every Saturday evening we get together (on Zoom) to discuss current events from a Secular and Ethical Humanist perspective.

Come for a well-curated and moderated discussion that varies from fluff to deeply engaging topics all harvested from the headlines of the day.

Humanists are known for our compulsion to talk and argue for social justice and human rights. This is your chance to do so, make friends, and have some great laughs.

We cover a lot of ground over the course of four hours so feel free to pop in (or take off at anytime).

LGBTQ Humanists

Jason Frye

Marianne

Coffee & Conversation

Fellow Humanists,

We talk about how thoughts and prayers aren’t enough, so it is important for us to show what actually makes a difference in the lives of people who need help. By demonstrating that we are invested in improving the world around us, we should be able to break down stigma and negative preconceptions about atheists.

Henceforth we've been looking for opportunities for showing our presence for community service, especially with Homeless Outreach for quite a time. We are looking forward to lending our support to an existing non-profit organization "Streets of Hope" and giving a lasting, positive impact on society at large.
This would be a weekly event every Monday night. Although we would love to see many of the Humanists reaching and helping the humans on the street, a lot of times the number of volunteers is way more than we could have anticipated. We would like to limit the number of volunteers to 10 for now.
Please RSVP and if the number of volunteers is reached the limit, and you still wanted to be part of this, please add your comments to this event, we could try to reach out to the NGO to add more volunteers from our group.

What to Bring?
There is no need to bring anything to help the team serve the homeless. Just show your presence.
However, if you would like, you could bring:

* Bottled water
* Toiletries and Hygiene items
* Clothing, especially socks
* Blankets
* Tent
* Sleeping Bags

Helping by cash to the homeless is not encouraged.
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Parking: Although we do meet at Smarts & Final parking, we do not recommend parking at Smarts & Final's parking. There are plenty of spaces available for street parking near the store.
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Responses on messages: Apologies to those who tried before and who are trying to reach us through Meetup Messages, we are not able to check the messages often. It is very rare, when Naresh or the Streets of Hope's Homeless Outreach Organizer, Dan is not present at the event. But to everyone's surprise, this event(Streets of Hope's Homeless Outreach) has NEVER missed any Mondays for the past 11 years(Including COVID times and riots). That would mean that no matter if we are not able to respond, feel free to reach there and mention our group. Everyone is invited.

Naresh Mote

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Serving Homeless People of San Diego

720 15th St

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