American Humanist Association is holding their annual conference this weekend ( June 7-9).

Unlike past conferences, this one will be Web cast LIVE from several locations.  YOU can pick it up at the web addressees shown below (note different web address for each day). There is no cost or complications.  Just get a few friends together in front of a computer  screen and bring the  program up.  The schedule shown below is based on Eastern Daylight Time.  Do your usual conversion based on your home time zone, and ENJOY.  You won't have to pay for an airplane ticket or days in a hotel room.  Links to more details on AHA web site are included below. Please note that keynote speaker Salman  Rushdie will be present twice. Once on Friday and again on Sunday.

I trust you will lots here to inspire you.  Call, email or text me if you have any questions..  And let me know if this email leads you to watch some of the show.

Gary  719-659-5075  Gary@BrightHorizon.net


Friday June 7  https://platform.cinchcast.com/ses/Oc9K02MRLZwVKVJIGD50kQ~~

Beginning at 9 am Eastern Daylight Time

9:00 am- 9:30 am
Andy Norman: Taming the Crazy:  How the Principles of Humanism Protect Minds From Dangerous Ideologies

9:30 am-10:00 am
Dr. Madhvi Potluri:   Caste System in India and DNA Testing to prove its irrelevance

10:00 am-10:30 am
Dr. Jacob S. Sawyer:   The Psychology of Death and Loss for Nonbelievers

10:30 am-10:45 am    Break

10:45 am-11:45 am
Panel:   Humanism, Whiteness, and its Racialized Others
Featuring Christopher Driscoll, Jason
Jeffries, and Sharon Welch

12:00 pm-1:00 pm    Award Ceremony
Dr. Pamela Gay, Isaac Asimov Science Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year  Award (prerecorded video)

2:00 pm-2:30 pm
Anthony Magnabosco:   Is Street Epistemology Compatible with Humanism?

2:30 pm-3:00 pm
Dr. Hector Garcia:   How Stone Age Mating Gave Us Political Tribes

3:00 pm-3:30 pm
Janet Heimlich:    Only humanists can stop religious child abuse and neglect

3:30 pm-3:45 pm    Break

3:45 pm-4:15 pm    Heart of Humanism Awards   Presented by Foundation Beyond Belief

4:15 pm-4:45 pm
Wendy Webber:  Decolonizing Service

5:00 pm-6:00 pm   Award Ceremony
Richard Wiseman, Humanist Media Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year Award (prerecorded video)


Satuday, June 8   9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
https://platform.cinchcast.com/ses/JeClu9upCbmD_qJy0aAqOA~~

9:00 am-9:30 am
Sheldon Krimsky:  Genetic Editing of Embryos: Ethical Considerations

9:30 am-10:00 am
Paul Golin:  Why Are There So Many Jewish Atheists and Agnostics? And Why Do So Few Call Themselves Humanists (Yet)?

10:00 am-10:30 am
Kim Newton:  Growing the Next Generation of Humanist Changemakers

10:30 am-10:45 am  Break

10:45 am-11:15 am

Jay Wexler: Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Wiccans and Others are Demanding Their Place in Public Life

11:15 am-11:45 am
Donna Forsythe: Humanist Celebrants and Secular Life-Cycle Celebrations

12:00 pm-1:00 pm  Award Ceremony 
Leighann Lord, Humanist Arts Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year Award   (prerecorded video)

1:00 pm- 2:00 pm

State of Humanism Report ( a re-cap pf AHA activities)

3:00 pm- 3:30 pm
Dr. Ali Winters: Prolonged Solitary Confinement and the Secular Humanist

3:30 pm- 4:00 pm

Sharon Thompson: You Think You Know What Love Is?

4:00 pm- 4:30 pm

Jeffrey Caldwell: A Faith for the Faithless

4:30 pm- 4:45 pm Break

4:45 pm- 5:15 pm Vic Schachter: Enhancing Human Rights and Rule of Law Around the Globe Through Peaceful   Dispute Resolution

5:15 PM- 5:45 pm Kevin Bolling: Next Generation of the Secular Movement: Are You Ready?

6:00 pm- 7:00 pm Award Ceremony:

Mara Wilson, LGBTQ Humanist Award
             Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year Award (prerecorded video)

Sunday, June 9  9:00 am EDT
https://platform.cinchcast.com/ses/kx4LDAUo_znYE4-Oz_a8Ug~~

9:00 am-9:30 am

Bertha Vazquez: Promoting Evolution Education in the United States

9:30 am-10:00 am Bill Schoolman: The Right To Die With Dignity, Compassion and Peace

10:00 am-10:30 am
 Kalai Mugilan: How to develop our goodness as humans: A Humanist Sociological Approach

10:30 am-10:45 am    Break

10:45 am-11:15 am

Jennifer Hancock: The Necessity of Humanism in the Workplace

11:15 am-11:45 am
Anita Peters: Let’s Celebrate Humanism! Building Community by Assigning Significance within a  Secular Life

12:00 pm-1:00 pm  Award Ceremony
Barry Kosmin, Lifetime Achievement Award
Salman Rushdie, Humanist of the Year  Award (prerecorded video)