Join us Sunday, May 5th, at 1 pm to discuss For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World. We’ll meet at the Solvay Public Library in the Community Room, on the lower floor.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday!
Join us for a Humanist Crafternoon where we will be decorating terracotta plant pots! All supplies will be provided for you to paint your plant pots, as well as soil and plants to put inside. We’ll have a variety of plants to choose from, whether you want an easy-care houseplant or maybe some herbs for your kitchen.
This event is free and open to everyone!
Events like this are made possible by our generous members and donors. If you like these events, please consider donating and/or becoming a paid member so we can continue to host events like this in the future!
Join us the afternoon of Sunday, June 2, at Clark Reservation State Park, for a potluck picnic, games, and a General Meeting—including voting for board members!
Join us to participate in OCRRA’s Earth Day Clean Up 2024 on Saturday, April 13th.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday!
Join us the afternoon of Sunday, March 3rd, to share ideas, information, and excitement for getting the most out of the upcoming solar eclipse.
Check back for time and location details!
Join us for our 10th(!!) Annual Darwin Day Celebration!
Join us for our first Humanist "Crafternoon"!
We'll be decorating candles with representations of scientists, philosophers, or activists who promote critical thinking, separation of church and state, etc. The candles will be in the style of "Saint Candles" that are currently popular.
Candles, along with supplies to decorate them, will be provided. If you'd like to request a specific figure to put on your candle, let us know and we'll be sure to include them!
SANDWICH SATURDAY OUTING 1/27 NEW LOCATION
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday on the 27th of January!
Join us in January to discuss Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell.
Join us for a relaxed potluck and some warm winter cheer!
Please bring a dish to pass. We’ll have a chance to look back over the past year, visit and catch up, and, of course, we’ll have our annual trivia (or similar) game—complete with prizes!
Anyone interested in cooking for/donating to/or volunteering at a Thanksgiving Dinner the Saturday before TG? If so, please contact us at cnyhumanists@gmail.com so we can coordinate! Let's do some good for goodness' sake!
We are excited to host a talk by Kenny Biddle, Chief Investigator for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Kenny will discuss the secrets of investigating -- and solving -- metaphysical mysteries.
Join us Sunday, October 8th to discuss It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders. It should be an interesting read, and a lively discussion!
Join us as we head out to Tully to the Darling Hill Observatory to spend a few hours looking at the night sky with the Syracuse Astronomical Society using their 16 inch observatory scope. All are welcome!
Sign up to table, or just come by and visit. We’ll have some fun giveaways, and t-shirts for sale, too!
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday on the 16th of September! All are welcome!
Come meet up with us at Salt City Market on the afternoon of Sunday, September 10 for a relaxed social hour. All are welcome!
Join us as we head out to Tully to the Darling Hill Observatory to spend a few hours looking at the night sky with the Syracuse Astronomical Society using their 16 inch observatory scope. All are welcome!
Join us on August 12th for an outing to Dresden, NY! The Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum will be celebrating the 30th Anniversary of being open under the auspices of the Center For Inquiry. We will be organizing carpooling to this event for anyone from the Syracuse area who wants to go.
Join us for a naturalist-led outdoor tour at Beaver Lake Nature Center.
Join us the afternoon of Sunday, June 4, at Clark Reservation State Park, for a potluck picnic, possibly some games, and a General Meeting—including electing new board members!
Let's do some good for goodness' sake, making sack lunches and handing out food, toiletries, and clothing at Sandwich Saturday!
Join us for the promised Part 2 of Tony’s talk and discussion, The Early Astronomers: Humanism's Roots in Astronomy—whether or not you were with us for Part 1!
Join us to participate in OCRRA’s Earth Day Clean Up 2023 on Saturday, April 22nd.
Join us Saturday, April 15th to discuss White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday on the 18th of March!
Humanist Celebrant, CNYHA board member, and history teacher Jessica Dapson will give a talk on the history of morality, followed by a discussion of where humans' (and Humanists’!) sense of right and wrong comes from.
Join us for our annual Darwin’s Birthday celebration! This year, Bryce Hand, Professor Emeritus of Geology at SU, will speak to us about FOSSILS! And this year, to increase the birthday excitement, we invite you to bring along your favorite science-themed snack or dessert.
Where to meet:We'll meet between 9:30 and 9:45 in the parking lot of Lincoln Middle School--if you arrive later than that and don't see us in the parking lot with our CNYHA t-shirts on, just come in and find us.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday on the 21st of January!
We'll meet at Lincoln Middle School at 9:45 to make sandwiches with other volunteers. Then, around 10 we'll go to Billings Park in Syracuse to hand out sack lunches, toiletries, clothing, and other necessities to community members who could use a hand, whether they are unhoused or just having a hard time making ends meet.
If you have a CNYHA t-shirt, wear it! If you don't, we'll give you one!
Join us Saturday, January 7, at 1 pm to discuss Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant.
Join us for a relaxed potluck and some warm winter cheer!
Please bring a dish to pass. We’ll have a trivia game or similar—complete with prizes!—and a chance to visit and catch up.
RSVP to cnyhumanists@gmail.com for location information!
As election day approaches once again, have you ever wondered what the National Organization for Women is? What the Central NY Chapter does? Or how to get involved? Join us at our November meeting (a week early!) to learn all this and more!
