Our next selection is Creating Change Through Humanism by Roy Speckhardt.
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, January 6th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
Our next selection is The Good News Club: The Religious Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children by Katherine Stewart.
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, April 7th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
Join the CNY Humanists for a Holiday Potluck, with plenty of time for conversation, as well as a trivia game—with prizes!
Please bring a dish to share. We will also be collecting toiletries for We Rise Above the Streets Recovery Outreach, an organization that hands out sack lunches, clothing, and hygiene products to the homeless and others affected by poverty in Syracuse. If you are able to donate, they are in particular need of the following: deodorant, toothpaste, lotion, and feminine hygiene products—or see the list below.
See you there!
Join us for a discussion about the intersection of Humanism & Politics.
Our next selection is Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker.
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, October 7th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
We'll be back at the Westcott Street Cultural Festival this year! Please join us to walk in the parade and/or table with us! Both are really fun.
Please join the CNY Humanist Association for an afternoon of inspiration and learning at the Women's Rights National Historical Park.
We will meet at 1:00 at the Visitor Center at 136 Fall Street in Seneca, New York for a guided tour.
Our next selection is The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan.
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, July 1st from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
Please join the CNY Humanist Association at Clark Reservation for a family picnic with fun, food, and great conversation!
In this talk, Noah Lugeons discusses some of the more egregious abuses going unnoticed by the national media, as well as some of the things we can do about it
It's Spring!! Join us for an Earth Day park cleanup in conjunction with the OCRRA county-wide event. This is our 4th year cleaning up Lewis Park in Syracuse. It's a fun and satisfying event for all ages: picking up sticks, raking, trimming, and using giant tweezers to pick up litter. There's a playground and convenient bathroom onsite, and we'll have donuts, juice, and coffee to wake you up and keep you going.
Our next selection is Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari.
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, April 1st from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
Join us for some religious satire! This Sunday we are hosting a showing of Monty Python's The Life of Brian.
Please join the CNY Humanists to celebrate the life and influence of Charles Darwin!
Our next selection is Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Anderson.
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, January 7th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
Join the CNY Humanists, the Syracuse Atheists, and the rest of the CNY Coalition of Reason for a holiday potluck!
The 2016 Presidential election was influenced by social media and propaganda sites more than any in our nation’s history. Those influencers did not cease after the election was over. Instead, the flow of misinformation continues and their impact strengthens as the nation divides. As members of the next generation of Americans navigate the online space and form their political opinions based on what they find, it’s up to us to prepare them for what they’ll encounter. Armed with the tools to separate truth from the improbable, the next wave of voters can be successful in making rational decisions that will impact the future of our communities and country.
Our next selection is The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes.
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, September 24th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
We'll be back at the Westcott Street Cultural Festival this year, [edit: not far from our usual spot--this year it looks like we'll be closer to Dorian's]. Please join us to walk in the parade and/or table with us! Both were really fun last year.
Tabling is a great experience that gives us a chance to connect with other non-believers in the community. We will again have our "Ask an Atheist" chair, to invite folks to come chat with us and see that we are friendly, happy people who just happen to not believe in the supernatural.
The parade lines up at the Wescott Community Center, located on the corner of Wescott Street and Euclid Avenue at 11:30, and steps off at noon. The fair follows the parade, and lasts until 6:30.
Sign up to table here.
Join us to view and discuss some of our favorite TED Talks!
And if you have favorite TED talks that you think might be of interest to the group for a future discussion, email us at cnyhumanists@gmail.com.
Please join the CNY Humanist Association for a wonderful afternoon of conversation and learning at the Oneida Community Mansion House!
Our next selection is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, July 30th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
Please join the CNY Humanist Association at Clark Reservation for a family picnic with fun, food, and great conversation!
The CNY Humanists will be walking in the CNY Pride Parade again this year, and for the first time, we will be tabling at the festival, as well. Walking in the parade is always fun, and tabling is a great chance to connect with other atheists and humanists in the community.
Parade: Meet at 10:30 am at the Destiny USA parking lot. As you are facing the Inner Harbor it is the 3rd parking lot on your right hand side. We step off at 11 AM and walk to the Festival at Syracuse’s Inner Harbor. Note: There is usually a protester at the march; the organizers have asked that no one engage with any protesters, and just ignore them.
Tabling: sign up for a shift here! www.SignUpGenius.com/go/508084BA4AB29A57-tabling1
Our next selection is Why There is no God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God by Armin Navabi
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Sunday, May 28th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
How do you discuss humanism with people of faith?
Please join us as we welcome Gwen Bradshaw to talk about practical ways to discuss nonbelief and humanism with those who are religious.
Join the Secular & Social CNY Families and the CNY Humanists for our 3rd annual cleanup of Lewis Park! It's a great spot for all ages and abilities, with lots of space, a playground, and bathrooms on site.
The City Parks folks drop off tools for us to use, then pick up the trash and leaves when we're done. We show up, work for a couple of hours, have some donuts, coffee, and juice, and voila! The park looks great, and we've gotten fresh air and exercise.
This is a great event for kids. They usually start strong with the giant wooden tweezers that the city gives us to pick up litter, then eventually get bored and start playing on the playground. And every year they seem to find some cool insect, frog, or bird's nest while they're working.
**Please note that this event starts an hour earlier than it has in the past; we wanted to make sure that anyone planning to go to the Climate March downtown at 11 would be able to do both.**
March for Science - Syracuse is a Satellite March in solidarity with the March for Science in Washington DC and those around the country.
On April 22, stand in solidarity with the Secular Coalition for America, American Atheists, the American Humanist Association, and the Center for Inquiry to March for Science. Together, we’ll send a powerful message in defense of science-based public policy!
Please join us as we welcome Anthony Krishock to speak about magical thinking and how to identify pseudoscientific claims when you encounter them!
Our next selection is Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye.
Please join us for refreshments and friendly conversation - even if you haven't read the book! We'll meet in the Community Room at Cafe at 407 at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool on Saturday, March 26th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!
Many Christians believe the Bible to be inspired, inerrant and infallible. Jim Brady, a former seminarian, brings the Greek and Hebrew versions of the Bible for examination. Does the history and transmission of these texts support such claims?
Come to look, learn, and discuss.
How do we apply Humanism to social issues in our community?
Please join us as we welcome Serah Blain & Evan Clark of The Humanist Experience Podcast to talk about taking Humanistic principles out of the realm of pure intellectualism and into action.
