Nearly 1,000 of AU's 10,000 students are on the Chaplaincy's email list. Join us! The Humanist Chaplaincy at AU is a chapter of Washington Area Secular Humanists (WASH.org) and its work involves:
1) offering educational programs, services, & materials to promote the wider understanding of Humanism, its meaning, history, forms, & pragmatic relevance to our lives, as well as its relationships to various traditions, philosophies, & fields – from religious to secular, from arts & sciences to the other disciplines & professions taught at the University;
2) supporting & fostering participants’ personal development & well-being with particular focus on the moral, emotional, psycho-social, & philosophical facets of life, including our human search for & creation of meaning & purpose in our lives;
3) facilitating the development of a healthy & vibrant Humanist community at AU that fulfills a measure of our common needs for connection & friendship, intimacy & love, participation in & belonging to a circle of like-minded others committed to the greater good;
4) actively engaging with & benefiting the larger community, society, & world in which AU operates through service & advocacy that applies the vision & values of Humanism such as affirming, defending, & advancing the equality, liberty, & humanity of all, as well as standing with & aiding the unfortunate & disadvantaged, the exploited & oppressed;
5) educating ourselves & others about the imperative of mutual respect, tolerance, & co-operation to achieve humanity’s shared goals in a free, fair, & pluralist democracy. The Chaplaincy works closely with the Secular Student Alliance at American University (SSA@AU), a chapter of the national SSA. Visit SSA@AU's Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/americanu_ssa/
and its older (now less used) fb page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/34367344446/
The Humanist Chaplain at AU is Rabbi Binyamin Biber:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/binyamin-biber-1918236/
https://www.facebook.com/binyamin.biber
