What we’re about
The Humanist Community in Silicon Valley was established in 1962 and is a chartered chapter of the American Humanist Association. We have a long tradition of promoting humanist values while providing interesting educational programs and fun, friendly social events for our members.
Check out our WEBSITE, like us on FACEBOOK, and follow us on TWITTER (@HumanistCommSV).
Our main event is the Sunday Forum which features a different speaker each Sunday discussing a topic of interest. A wide variety of topics are covered from week to week. Forums are held in various locations from 11am until 12:15pm. Look at each individual Forum listing to see where it is being held.
A buffet lunch follows the Forum at 12:30pm. Lunch is free for first time visitors and students. Otherwise we ask for a donation of $10. If you can't afford that, please give what you can, and join us for good food and even better conversation.
NOTE: Approximately 30 to 40 people attend the Forum each Sunday. Because Forums happen every Sunday, most of our members do not RSVP on Meetup, so don't let our RSVP count fool you.
Other weekly programs include the Free Thought Discussion Group (http://www.humanists.org/blog/free-thought-...) every Wednesday night at 7:30pm, and the Academic Video Group (http://www.humanists.org/blog/academic-vide...) every Thursday night at 8pm.
Monthly events include a Potluck, workshops (see the calendar for classes and schedules), and our Fun Group (www.humanists.org/blog/fun-group), which organizes a "fun" activity around the first of each month.
We hope to welcome you soon to the Sunday Forum or one of our other events. If you would like to suggest a topic for our Forum series, please send a message to the organizers (Brian and/or Matt Courtney). We would love to help you share your enthusiasm for a topic, a speaker, a social action project, a fun outing, etc., with other community members.
Humanists have more fun... together!
See you soon!
Brian
Upcoming events
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•OnlineAcademic Video Group - Online Meeting
OnlineWe are meeting online via Zoom. If you wish to join us, please sign up for the meeting, and the zoom link will be available on the right panel.
We are watching:
Geography CrashCourse via Independent
What Are the Different Types of Cyclones? Crash Course Geography #12History Briefs: The Great Depression and the 1930s
A video series documenting the 1930s and the Great Depression.
History Brief: Shirley TempleStuart Russell about AI - 6:53
Stuart Russell says superintelligence is coming, and CEOs of AI companies are deciding our fate. They admit a 10-25% extinction risk—playing Russian roulette with humanity without our consent. Why are we letting them do this? Jan 14, 2025 - 1:24Stuart Russell says AIs will develop a self-preservation instinct by default, because if you ask a robot to fetch a coffee, it will need to survive to achieve its goal Jul 18, 2024 - 1:06
Again, if you wish to join us, please sign up for the meeting, and the zoom link will be available on the right panel.
1 attendee
•OnlineConfronting Population Denial Amid Unraveling Crises
OnlineJoin us this Sunday, either in person or online, as Nandita Bajaj also joins us over Zoom.
Human population has doubled in the last 50 years, growing from approximately four billion in 1970 to eight billion currently. There is rising public awareness that overpopulation and rampant overconsumption are driving climate change, resource scarcity, and biodiversity collapse, yet it is a challenging issue to discuss. In this talk, Ms. Bajaj will discuss the pervasive influence of growthism, pronatalism, and human supremacy as drivers of population growth, as well as reproductive and ecological injustice, and the implications of the silencing of this discourse on the most vulnerable - nature, people, and animals.
Nandita Bajaj is executive director of the nongovernmental organization Population Balance, senior lecturer at Antioch University, and producer and host of the podcasts OVERSHOOT and Beyond Pronatalism. Her research and advocacy work focuses on the combined impacts of pronatalism and human expansionism on reproductive, ecological and intergenerational justice.
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Attend in Person:Join fellow Humanists in the Old Mill Clubhouse, 49 Showers Dr, Mountain View, CA 94040. Lunch will be served after the forum. We request a $10 donation.
If you can join us in person, please email vp@humanists.org to help us make sure we have room for you. If you have symptoms that may be COVID, kindly attend on Zoom.
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Also, we will continue to present our forums on Zoom. To join and be able to ask questions and make comments, go to:
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Joining the meeting via the link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer (if it's not already installed), and then take you to the meeting.You can also install the Zoom app on your computer or smart phone, and then enter:
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If you would like to speak at a Humanist Forum, or know someone who would, or there is a topic you think we should discuss, please let us know by emailing vp@humanists.org or havasy@live.com.
9 attendees- •Online
Academic Video Group - Online Meeting
OnlineWe are meeting online via Zoom. If you wish to join us, please sign up for the meeting, and the zoom link will be available on the right panel.
We are watching:
Geography CrashCourse via Independent
What Are the Different Types of Cyclones? Crash Course Geography #12History Briefs: The Great Depression and the 1930s
A video series documenting the 1930s and the Great Depression.
History Brief: Shirley TempleStuart Russell about AI - 6:53
Stuart Russell says superintelligence is coming, and CEOs of AI companies are deciding our fate. They admit a 10-25% extinction risk—playing Russian roulette with humanity without our consent. Why are we letting them do this? Jan 14, 2025 - 1:24Stuart Russell says AIs will develop a self-preservation instinct by default, because if you ask a robot to fetch a coffee, it will need to survive to achieve its goal Jul 18, 2024 - 1:06
Again, if you wish to join us, please sign up for the meeting, and the zoom link will be available on the right panel.
1 attendee
Past events
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