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  <body>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;About the Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; cultivates rational inquiry, ethical values, and human development through the advancement of secular humanism.  To carry out its mission the &lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; sponsors publications, programs, and organizes meetings and other group activities.  The Council's specific objectives are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To promote secular humanist principles&lt;/strong&gt; to the public, media, and policy-makers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To provide secular humanist activities&lt;/strong&gt; and communities to serve the needs of nonreligious people and foster human enrichment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To demonstrate the viability&lt;/strong&gt; of the secular humanist eupraxophy as an alternative naturalistic life-stance&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To engage in research&lt;/strong&gt; relating to the critical examination of religious and supernatural claims and the humanist outlook&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To conduct educational programs&lt;/strong&gt; for all age levels&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;activities.html&quot;&gt;Activities, Publications, &amp; Projects &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;employment.htm&quot;&gt;Employment Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../family/index.htm&quot;&gt;The Secular Family Network&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Founder and Chairman &lt;a href=&quot;../home/kurtz/index.htm&quot;&gt;Paul Kurtz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; Affiliated Organizations&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=aah&amp;page=index&quot;&gt;African Americans For Humanism (AAH)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../academy/index.htm&quot;&gt;The International Academy Of Humanism &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=main&amp;page=ashs&quot;&gt;CSH Independent Local Groups&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.campusfreethought.org&quot;&gt;Campus Freethought Alliance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.centerforinquiry.net&quot;&gt;The Center for Inquiry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=main&amp;page=CSER&quot;&gt;Committee For The Scientific Examination Of Religion (CSER)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.philoonline.org&quot;&gt;Society Of Humanist Philosophers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../sos/index.htm&quot;&gt;Secular Organizations For Sobriety (SOS)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../ingersoll/index.htm&quot;&gt;The Robert Green Ingersoll Memorial Committee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Humanism Around the World&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=columns&amp;page=links&quot;&gt;Worldwide Index of Humanist Groups&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../support/index.htm&quot;&gt;Supporting the &lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../support/membership.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; Associate Membership Information &amp; Application Form &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contact Information:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ronald Lindsay&lt;/strong&gt;, Executive Director &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;P.O. Box 664&lt;br /&gt;Amherst, New York 14226-0664&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Phone: (716) 636-7571&lt;br /&gt;Fax: (716) 636-1733 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E-mail: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@SecularHumanism.org&quot;&gt;info@SecularHumanism.org &lt;/a&gt;

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  <body-html>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;About the Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; cultivates rational inquiry, ethical values, and human development through the advancement of secular humanism.  To carry out its mission the &lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; sponsors publications, programs, and organizes meetings and other group activities.  The Council&amp;#8217;s specific objectives are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To promote secular humanist principles&lt;/strong&gt; to the public, media, and policy-makers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To provide secular humanist activities&lt;/strong&gt; and communities to serve the needs of nonreligious people and foster human enrichment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To demonstrate the viability&lt;/strong&gt; of the secular humanist eupraxophy as an alternative naturalistic life-stance&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To engage in research&lt;/strong&gt; relating to the critical examination of religious and supernatural claims and the humanist outlook&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To conduct educational programs&lt;/strong&gt; for all age levels&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;activities.html&quot;&gt;Activities, Publications, &amp;amp; Projects &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;employment.htm&quot;&gt;Employment Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../family/index.htm&quot;&gt;The Secular Family Network&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Founder and Chairman &lt;a href=&quot;../home/kurtz/index.htm&quot;&gt;Paul Kurtz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; Affiliated Organizations&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=aah&amp;page=index&quot;&gt;African Americans For Humanism (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AAH&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../academy/index.htm&quot;&gt;The International Academy Of Humanism &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=main&amp;page=ashs&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CSH&lt;/span&gt; Independent Local Groups&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.campusfreethought.org&quot;&gt;Campus Freethought Alliance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.centerforinquiry.net&quot;&gt;The Center for Inquiry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=main&amp;page=CSER&quot;&gt;Committee For The Scientific Examination Of Religion (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CSER&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.philoonline.org&quot;&gt;Society Of Humanist Philosophers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../sos/index.htm&quot;&gt;Secular Organizations For Sobriety (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;SOS&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../ingersoll/index.htm&quot;&gt;The Robert Green Ingersoll Memorial Committee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Humanism Around the World&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=columns&amp;page=links&quot;&gt;Worldwide Index of Humanist Groups&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../support/index.htm&quot;&gt;Supporting the &lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../support/membership.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;/strong&gt; Associate Membership Information &amp;amp; Application Form &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contact Information:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council for Secular Humanism&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ronald Lindsay&lt;/strong&gt;, Executive Director &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;P.O. Box 664&lt;br /&gt;Amherst, New York 14226-0664&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Phone: (716) 636-7571&lt;br /&gt;Fax: (716) 636-1733 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;E-mail: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@SecularHumanism.org&quot;&gt;info@SecularHumanism.org &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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