Heyup, there’s a new conference on the horizon. Here are details via Ed Brayton:
Foundation Beyond Belief, the nation’s largest humanist charitable organization, is holding its first national conference, “Humanism at Work,” July 18-20, 2014 at the Hilton Rosemont in Chicago, Illinois.
This conference, the first of its kind in the freethought community, centers on how nontheists can put their compassionate humanism to work for a better world. It will include TED-style presentations on philanthropy, volunteering, and community building, as well as practical workshops, panels, and hands-on volunteer opportunities.
Speakers include:
- Evidence-based giving expert CAROLINE FIENNES
- Nigerian humanist and human rights activist LEO IGWE
- Atheist homelessness activist SERAH BLAIN
- HEMLEY GONZALEZ, a humanist at work with the poor in Calcutta
- Atheist authors HEMANT MEHTA and GRETA CHRISTINA
- Social psychologist DR. BRITTANY SHOOTS-REINHARD
- THE PATHFINDERS, three humanists just returned from a year of global service
To register, go to the Humanism at Work website. We’ve worked hard to keep the conference affordable at $129 before April 15 and $149 after that date. Included in that price is a formal dinner at which we will give away the Heart of Humanism awards to those who have put humanism into action in their local communities and around the world.
Damn… I’m in the wrong country. Would have loved to have been able to go to this.
A shame we didn’t get word until AFTER the cheaper early bird rate had expired >:(
Um. I’m sorry. Ed told us about it in time but I didn’t catch up to it in time.