Hudson Valley Humanists

Hudson Valley Humanists Hudson Valley Humanists is a growing group of non-religious people of all ages who embrace a secular life stance in our community.

Hudson Valley Humanists hold meetings about educational and social activities that are supportive of secular values and scientific literacy. We support separation of state and church and promote collaboration with all groups that foster Equality of Human Rights. To signup for our newsletter go to http://eepurl.com/BKWiz

Let's keep ICE and DHS out of our state!!!The New York for All Act (S2235-Gounardes / A3506-Reyes) will prohibit state a...
01/26/2026

Let's keep ICE and DHS out of our state!!!
The New York for All Act (S2235-Gounardes / A3506-Reyes) will prohibit state and local resources from being used to carry out a cruel and inhumane federal deportation agenda. We must stop state and local law enforcement and government agencies from colluding with ICE, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and all federal agencies conducting civil immigration enforcement.

05/18/2025

Sunday, May 18, 6:00-8:00pm

Topic: Black Jazz, part 2

Presenter: Gary Patrik

Hybrid: NP Community Center & Zoom

Back in March 2024, Gary Presented a very well curated list of Black Jazz.

What with one thing and another, including tech troubles, we only got half way through his list. Time to finish up.

Time to tap your toes, and maybe dance a bit too.

ZOOM MEETING NOTE:
If you have trouble joining the meeting
Please CALL me at 732-615-7236 (even if the meeting has started)

04/27/2025

Sunday, April 27, 6:00-8:00pm

Topic: Stoicism for our times

Hybrid: NP Community Center & Zoom

Can the princilpes of stoicism help us handle these trying times?

There will be ample time for discussion after the presentation

03/16/2025

Sunday, March 16, 6:00-8:00pm

Topic: Tribalism, etc.

Speaker: William Glass

Hybrid: NP Community Center & Zoom

Bill will speak on the causes & effects of: tribalism, polarization and globalism on America.

There will be ample time for discussion after his presentation

I hope you are enjoying the longer days

Still looking for volunteer presenters and/or suggested topics.

If you haven't joined a zoom meeting yet, reply to this newsletter and I will put you on the invitations list.
If you joined a meeting before, You are on the list (book club list is separate).

You can call me with any questions you may have (just not before 10:30 am)
732-615-7236

02/09/2025

Hybrid: NP Community Center & Zoom

9th Annual Darwin Day Symposium

Speakers: Student led panel facilitated by Prof. Glenn Geher, Ph.D. of the Evolutionary Studies Dept at SUNY New Paltz.

Topic: Evolution Everywhere!

We greatly enjoy hearing the students present their work. They are a lively and enthusiastic group

The presentations are followed by cookies and cake for Darwins 216th birthday. (apologies to you folks on zoom)

Darwin Day is an international holiday celebrated by Humanists worldwide.

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If you haven't joined a zoom meeting yet, reply to this newsletter and I will put you on the invitations list.
If you joined a meeting before, You are on the list (book club list is separate).

You can call me with any questions you may have (just not before 10:30 am)
732-615-7236

01/19/2025

Sunday, January 19

Short Topics
Short topics

This meeting is ZOOM only ans will have a number of short subjects, hopefully submitted by our members. If you have something visual to share, please submit via email

Examples:
1. new years resolutions, (other than lose weight, eat right, exercise...)
2. misinformation that you would like to set straight or other thought you would like to get off your chest
3. what if you were kidnapped - how would you secretly let people know via social media,
4. Favorite joke/cartoon.
5. [Your idea goes here]


This meeting is ZOOM only. Email [email protected] for link or more detail

Longer days!
Still looking for volunteer presenters and/or suggested topics.

If you haven't joined a zoom meeting yet, reply to this newsletter and I will put you on the invitations list.
If you joined a meeting before, You are on the list (book club list is separate).

You can call me with any questions you may have (just not before 10:30 am)
732-615-7236

06/02/2024

Sunday, June 2
2:00-4:00 PM
At the Plaza Diner in New Paltz

Join other humanists for our monthly social get together

04/21/2024

HVH Monthly Meeting
Sunday, April 21,
6:00-8:00 PM hybrid

We'll meet in the NP Community Center and via Zoom

Topic: Do we have Free Will

Presenter: Richard Windecker


Robert Sapolsky's book Determined has triggered discussions by various humanist groups.

Richard has agreed to repeat his successful presentation to the Red Bank (NJ) Humanists for us. He has done research the field of "artificial neural networks" that has strong implications for how to think about free will.
His background is as a physicist and systems engineer.

If you haven't joined a zoom meeting yet, reply to this newsletter and I will put you on the invitations list.
If you joined a meeting before, You are on the list (book club list is separate).

You can call me with any questions you may have (just not before 10:30 am)
732-615-7236

03/02/2024

Brunch: Sunday, March 3
2:00-4:00 PM
At the Plaza Diner in New Paltz

Join other humanists for our monthly social get together

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Sunday, March 17,
6:00-8:00 PM hybrid

We'll meet in the NP Community Center and via Zoom

Topic: The Influence of Black Jazz on American Music

Presenter: Gary Patrik

Gary has curated a collection of some amazing jazz which he will present and discuss

If you haven't joined a zoom meeting yet, You can call me with any questions you may have (just not before 10:30 am)
732-615-7236

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Thursday, March 21�at 7:30 PM hybrid:�In person and via Zoom
See note above to get on Zoom list

Book Discussion Group:

Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott. �
--- An alternate view and update of Guns, Germs and Steel. which we recently
"“Scott offers an alternative to the conventional narrative that is altogether more fascinating, not least in the way it omits any self-congratulation about human achievement. His account of the deep past doesn’t purport to be definitive, but it is surely more accurate than the one we are used to.”—Steven Mithen, London Review of Books"
April 18: Fiction
The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut
Has been referred to as a non-fiction novel
"From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the impact of his singular legacy on the dreams and nightmares of the twentieth century and the nascent age of AI

01/22/2024

NO MEETING TODAY (Jan 21)
Gary just came down with his wife's cold. We don't want to spread it.
Will reschedule for Feb or March

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