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Upcoming Events
Sunday, February 22, 2015 - 1:30 PM: Darwin Day Program - The History of Anti-Evolution Movements in the United States
Guest Speaker: Donald Lovett, Ph.D., Professor of Biology at The College of New Jersey
A Q&A session will follow the talk.
The program will start at 1:30 pm. After the meeting, everyone is welcome to join us for an early dinner at Ruby Tuesday.
**NOTE: We collect nonperishable, unexpired food items for donation to the Franklin Twp Food Bank at every meeting. There are collection bins at the library where we can add our items.
Franklin Township Library
485 DeMott Lane
Somerset, NJ 08873
(map and directions)
Ruby Tuesday
250 Davidson Avenue
Somerset, NJ
(map and directions)
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 7:00 PM: HCRU Event - What Can Science Say About the Soul?
A Talk & Book Signing by Julien Musolino, Ph.D., author of the newly released book The Soul Fallacy: What Science Shows We Gain from Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs, published by Prometheus Books
Dr. Julien Musolino says that the existence of the soul, as commonly understood, is open to scientific investigation. He concludes that modern science has a better way of explaining human identity, a way that adds to our appreciation of the wonders of being alive.
Dr. Musolino is a Franco-American cognitive scientist and an Associate Professor at Rutgers University where he directs the Psycholinguistics Laboratory and holds a dual appointment in the Department of Psychology and the internationally renowned Center for Cognitive Science. He is the author of over 30 scientific articles and his research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
Rutgers University
College Ave Student Center
Room 411ABC
126 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ
(map and directions)
FREE PARKING for Visitors in Lots 26, 30 and Deck
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 7:00 PM: Monthly DinnerCome out for dinner and camaraderie with fellow humanists and atheists in your area! Always an interesting conversation and new participants are always welcome. If you're new, just tell the staff you're with the meetup group.
If you know you're coming in advance, please RSVP for the event on Meetup or Facebook. Use one of the links to the right.
Monthly dinners are now the first Tuesday of each month.
Omega Diner
1337 Route 1 South
North Brunswick, NJ
(map and directions)
Sunday, April 17, 2015 - 7:00 PM: Bowlers Beyond Belief Fundraiser for NJAAF
Our bowling team, NJHN Bowlers Beyond Belief, will participate in the New Jersey Abortion Access Fund (NJAAF) 2015 Bowl-a-Thon. To join our bowling team, or to make a donation to our team, visit our team page.
NJAAF is part of the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF). You can find NJAAF on Facebook.
ALL DONATIONS TO NJAAF ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE (AS ARE DONATIONS DIRECTLY TO NJHN TO BE ALLOCATED TO THIS FUNDRAISER).
Please share our page with your family and friends and ask for their support of this important effort to help women pay for abortion care, emergency contraception, options counseling, child care during abortion procedures, and transportation costs to clinics.
Brunswick Zone Carolier
Carolier Lane
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
(map and directions)
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NJHN is now a partner of the Foundation Beyond Belief. FBB Mission: To demonstrate humanism at its best by supporting efforts to improve this world and this life, and to challenge humanists to embody the highest principles of humanism, including mutual care and responsibility.
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Foundation Beyond Belief is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation created to focus, encourage and demonstrate the generosity and compassion of atheists and humanists. Ten charitable organizations are selected per quarter, one in each of the following cause areas:
As a Partner, NJHN will help raise funds for designated causes through donations, hosting fundraisers, and by encouraging our members to join FBB as individual members. If you are currently a member of FBB, your monthly donation can accrue to the total for NJHN as well. Just log in to your FBB account, select Manage Donation in the right sidebar, and scroll to the bottom of the page. A dropdown menu allows you to link to NJHN. If not you can join FBB, then select NJHN from the dropdown menu. One hundred percent of the funds we raise will go to the causes we designate. The slate of beneficiaries changes each quarter and Foundation Partners are an important voice in helping choose future charities. |
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NJCoR's billboard in Kearny, October 26 - November 22, 2009
NJ Turnpike western spur SB, just past 15W
Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.
- Carl Sagan
The lifestance of Humanism—guided by reason, inspired by compassion, and informed by experience—encourages us to live life well and fully. It evolved through the ages and continues to develop through the efforts of thoughtful people who recognize that values and ideals, however carefully wrought, are subject to change as our knowledge and understandings advance.
- from Humanist Manifesto III
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