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NJHN May 18 Program – Seth Andrews: Dissent Is Our Duty (video of presentation via Zoom only)

For our program this month we’ll watch a video of a presentation given by Seth Andrews at the Western Canadian Reason 2025 Conference on May 3, 2025. His talk is titled Dissent Is Our …

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NJHN Press Release: 2025 Secular Student Scholarship applications now open until 7/31/25

NJHN Press Release CONTACT: Lisa Ridge, njhn.org@gmail.com, 732-425-5233 2025 Scholarship Opportunity for Secular Students (April 27, 2025) – New Jersey Humanist Network (NJHN) is pleased to announce our third $1,000 scholarship …

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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 …

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 …

Humanism / NJHN Community

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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NJHN 2024 HumanLight & 30th Anniversary Celebration on December 15

NJHN will host our 24th HumanLight and 30th Anniversary Celebration on December 15. Please visit our event page for full details and registration information. Visit the HumanLight.org website to learn …

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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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  • “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote; where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference; and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.”
    by John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential candidate, addressing the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on 9/12/60
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  • “How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor how it is that they have become, in all quarters of the world, so deeply impressed on the minds of men; but it is worthy of remark that a belief constantly inculcated during the early years of life, while the brain is impressionable, appears to acquire almost the nature of an instinct; and the very essence of an instinct is that it is followed independently of reason.”
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    The Descent of Man
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