GBHumanists Luncheon: AHA's Dir. Stark on Fighting Christian Nationalism

We invite you for an early summer lunch and talk by Fish Stark, Executive Director of the American Humanist Association, at the India Pavilion as he discusses how the AHA is fighting the unprecedented surge of religious extremism (bolstered by recent pro-Christian US government actions), along with our allies in the secular and religious communities.

His talk is titled "How Humanists are Fighting Religious Extremism and Christian Nationalism".

"The religious right is waging the most aggressive assault on secular values in a generation — defunding public schools, pushing religion into government, and attacking empathy itself as a weakness and a sin. But the picture isn't all bleak. Efforts to force the Bible into public school classrooms are being defeated in court. The AHA just won a major federal case in Florida.

The Congressional Freethought Caucus we helped start is now larger than the Freedom Caucus. And from Minneapolis to Biloxi, humanists are showing what is possible when we show up for our communities. AHA Executive Director Fish Stark will break down the threats the AHA's legal and policy teams are tracking right now, where the most serious attacks on the First Amendment are coming from, and what humanists can do to fight back — in the courts, in Congress, in the culture, and in our communities."

Fish Stark is Executive Director of the AHA. As organizer, educator, social entrepreneur, and lifelong humanist, he has spent his career turning big ideas into bold action in service of belonging, flourishing, and social justice for all people.

THE RESTAURANT
The India Pavillion in Central Square Cambridge (vegetarian options*). It is $17 per person for all you care to eat, not including drinks; bring cash or check made to GBHumanists, please).
Parking in Cambridge is free on Sundays in metered and some non-metered spots, and several garages and lots in Central Square including several just steps away on Green Street. MBTA red line Central Square station and associated bus stops are also within the block.
*(Unfortunately, the restaurant does not have any vegan options on the buffet, so check out the a-la-carte menu and plan accordingly to purchase from the menu and pay separately.)
Join us for a lively get together and meal!
PLEASE RSVP

THE SPEAKER
Fish Stark is an organizer, educator, social entrepreneur, and lifelong humanist who has spent his career turning big ideas into bold action in service of belonging, flourishing, and social justice for all people. A self-proclaimed developmental psychology nerd who is passionate about giving everyone the tools to live lives of meaning, service, and self-determination, Fish holds a Master’s in Education with a concentration in child development and psychology from Harvard University, and a Bachelor’s from Yale University with a certificate in Education Studies. While at Yale, Fish served as a student board member of the Yale Humanist Community and received a Dean’s Prize for his work to build a stronger relationship between Yale and New Haven. Fish is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, President of the Speaker Mike Busch District 30 Democratic Club, and serves on several nonprofit boards. He moonlights as an award-winning stand-up comedian and has performed in 13 states.

Fish will speak at around 1 pm.