About us
Join us in celebrating Humanism!
The Jefferson Humanists is a chapter of the American Humanist Association.
Our Vision : Free thinkers building a better community
Our Mission: to expand an ethical and life affirming humanist community devoted to science, reason, inclusion and social responsibility. Through community building, lectures, social activism, and discussion we expand our member’s awareness gain an understanding of the issues facing the world and provide learning opportunities through guest speakers on a variety of topics.
In addition to a wide variety of activities (including book discussions, hiking, happy hours and more), join us for our regular monthly meetings, which are held on fourth Sunday evenings at 4pm.
A typical meeting consists of a Keynote Speaker or Special Program followed by an opportunity for questions and answers.
Before the presentation, take some time to browse our free Humanist library, become a member of our Chapter, sign up for our newsletter, explore volunteer opportunities to help us build a stronger chapter, meet new friends, ask questions about Humanism and have some appetizer and wine.
For more information about the Jefferson Humanists, see our website, www.jeffersonhumanists.org. You can also keep current on what we are doing and humanist issues in your community and the world on our Facebook page.
Upcoming events
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Humanist Book Group
Common Flame (formerly Jefferson Unitarian Church), 14350 W. 32 Ave, Golden, CO, USJoin the Humanist Book Group from 2-3:30 PM for our Saturday October 10 meeting.
In October we'll be discussing Orbital by Samantha Harvey.
Adapted from Goodreads:
Winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of two women and four men traveling through space. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts — from the U.S., Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan—have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through brief communications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep, and exercise in regimented routines to prevent atrophying muscles; we witness them form bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude.
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This book group is sponsored by the Jefferson Humanists (Find Friends. Share Ideas. Do Good.) It is free and open to the public. To learn more about us, see jeffersonhumanists.org. You can also find our reading list for the entire year there.The Humanists provide snacks, bring your own beverage of choice. Please RSVP to this Meetup, or email books@jeffersonhumanists, so I know how many chairs to set out!
Upcoming Book Group Meetings:
November 14 - Topic - Best books You Read in the Past Year - attendees share good books they have read in the past year
December 12 - Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb7 attendees
Sci-Fi Discussion: The Greenway &
·OnlineOnlineDo you like science fiction? Join the Jefferson Humanists Sci Fi Discussion Group where we discuss sci-fi short stories, novellas and movies. We typically meet by Zoom on the 4th Thursday of each month and occasionally meet in-person to watch sci-fi movies.
If you would like to be added to our email list to find out about the next sci fi stories we plan to discuss, email SciFi@jeffersonhumanists.org
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In October, we invite you to read two short stories: The Greenway by Susan Palwick and The Imaginative Youngster's Handbook to UFOs by Will Ludwigsen.The Greenway (32 pages)
A mother and her two small children are the last survivors in their small settlement, located in a harsh, frozen landscape where humanity has a strange, biological relationship with nature. They wait for the arrival of the caravan that will both collect the last of their dead and bring a new spring.The Imaginative Youngster's Handbook to UFOs (8 pages)
Written in the second person, Ludwigsen's story is framed as a retro, late-1970s style guidebook pulled off a library shelf by a misfit, lonely child. It begins as a charming, slightly humorous set of instructions on how to spot UFOs and ends as something more.Please read these stories on your own and come
to the meeting on October 22nd to share your thoughts.You can find an audio copy of The Greenway at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2026-04-17T09_35_05-07_00. If you need a print copy, email scifi@jeffersonhumanists.org.
You can find a copy of The Imaginative Youngster's Handbook to UFOs at https://will-ludwigsen.com/category/writing/
RSVP to this Meetup or email SciFi@jeffersonhumanists.org. Only those who RSVP will receive the Zoom link for the discussion.
To get on the JH Sci Fi Discussion Group mail list, email SciFi@jeffersonhumanists.org
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"You may have noticed by now that adults find it difficult to hold a mystery in their heads without explaining it. When they don't know enough to make a theory, they build an answer from their own fears." - From The Imaginative Youngster's Handbook to UFOs1 attendee
Past events
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