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NJHN announces 2025 Secular Student Scholarship fundraising campaign

  We’re excited to announce our 2025 Secular Student Scholarship fundraising campaign! In cooperation with the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), NJHN will sponsor a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded to a …

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NJHN Joins Other Organizations in Signing Statement Affirming Commitment to Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights

On January 17, the NJHN Board of Directors voted to sign on to the following Statement Affirming Commitment to Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights which was also signed by 16 national organizations …

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NJHN January 26 Program [Hybrid]: Yuval Noah Harari video on AI and the Future of Humanity

This month we’ll watch a video of a keynote address given by Yuval Noah Harari on the topic of AI and the Future of Humanity that he presented at the Frontiers Forum in Montreaux, …

Humanism / NJHN Community

NJHN 30th Anniversary – Through the Years video

New Jersey Humanist Network was founded in 1994 and we’ve been celebrating our 30th Anniversary throughout 2024. This video marks some of the many gatherings and activities of our vibrant …

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NJHN President’s 2024 Year in Review and 2025 Year of Turmoil and Resolve

  This is NJHN President Lisa Ridge’s talk given at our 2024 HumanLight and 30th Anniversary Celebration on December 15, 2024 Let me start with a spoiler alert: There will …

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We can support incarcerated humanists during the holidays with AHA’s help

From the American Humanist Association: The end of the year can be especially difficult for incarcerated people away from family and friends and uncomfortable with their facility’s religious celebrations. Help …

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NJHN Collection Drive & Fundraiser for NJ Rise Pantry

As part of our HumanLight Celebration activities this year, we are hosting a collection drive/fundraiser for Rise Pantry, a center of social support in central New Jersey that offers a …

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We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Omega Diner in North Brunswick for dinner with fellow humanists and atheists. It’s pretty informal and newcomers are always ...
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NJHN’s Book Club is held on the 4th Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM on Zoom (holidays excluded). To join (no registration), click this recurring link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81619245436?pwd=T1NoOXNGMms3VXZBRWR2aklRenJOUT09 For information ...
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Freethought Quotes

  • “The freedom of religion cannot exist without a government that is free from religion (nor can the freedom of religion exist without the freedom to choose no religion at all). True religious freedom depends on a secular government.”
    by Andrew L. Seidel
    The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
  • “Religion is based . . . mainly on fear . . . fear of the mysterious, fear
    of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it
    is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. . . . My own
    view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of
    fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.”
    by H.L. Mencken
    Holy Horrors
  • “I believe in mystery. I believe that we shouldn't pretend to know what we don't and that we should ask a lot of questions. I believe that we're all connected, that every human action affects each of us, that living well means making the world a better place. I believe honesty is more important than tradition, that fostering the common good brings more happiness than self-aggrandizement does. Life is full of meaning and frustration, joy and fear, love and uncertainty – and I enjoy wading into the midst of it all”
    by Mary Johnson, Humanist celebrant, former Missionaries of Charity nun, author of An Unquenchable Thirst: A Memoir
    https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2012/08/13/an-interview-with-mary-johnson-a-nun-who-worked-under-mother-teresa-and-later-became-an-atheist/
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