Regular HALVASON Meetings and Events

Membership Meetings

feature a speaker or moderator addressing a topic of interest to Humanists.  These are held the third  Sunday of each month at 2:00 p.m. in the Las Vegas Library Program Room at 833 N. Las Vegas Blvd., between Washington and Bonanza opposite Cashman Field.  For a map, click here.   Many members make this their primary humanist-related event. 


HALVASON Forums
Cancelled until further notice.
are held the second Sunday of each month,  at 2:00 p.m. in the Las Vegas Library East Meeting Room at 833 N. Las Vegas Blvd.  The forum is an informal gathering to exchange thoughts about different aspects of humanism and our relationships to our communities. There is some sentiment that this be a more social affair that encourages more identity and participation.


Local Affiliate of UCoR

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Other Regular Events of Interest
are held the first Sunday of each month  at  the Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas (UUCLV) at 11:30 a.m. at the Unitarian-Universalist facililties 3613 E. Lake Mead Blvd, a block east of Pecos.
 
 
 is held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Jason’s Deli, 3910 S. Maryland Parkway, just north of Flamingo.  Although not sponsored by HALVASON, the Atheist Meetups are fun, social events.


The United Coalition of Reason is a national organization that works to raise the visibility of local nontheistic groups all over America. Nationally, they do this by conducting campaigns which highlight the fact that nontheists live in every community across America. Locally, they do this by promoting informal cooperation among local groups, hosting local coalition websites, training group leaders, and funding publicity campaigns.

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Humanist Association
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HALVASON, 
a chapter of the
American Humanist Association,

is a nonprofit, educational organization whose main purpose is to promote humanism  as a viable alternative to supernatural and theistic belief systems. We serve as a forum for humanists, atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and other like-minded individuals in the Las Vegas area. We promote the Jeffersonian principle of separation of religion and government, the rights of nonreligious people in our society, free inquiry and thought, a naturalistic view of the universe and a reason-based, secular ethical system. Our membership is open to all like-minded people without regard to race, age, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability, or political or other affiliations.

 

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MAY 2012 CALENDAR


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 HALVASON SCHEDULED EVENTS

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HALVASON Forum

Changes in HALVASON Programming
In January new room reservation policies went into effect at all Las Vegas libraries. Now the public is charged $30 an hour for the use of their rooms, and there is a limit of two hours per meeting. HALVASON has reserved our same speaker meeting room at the Las Vegas Library through June while we look for alternative venues in Las Vegas that can be used free of charge. Unfortunately, we don't feel that we can afford to continue holding our second Sunday forums at the library so we are suspending these until we can find an alternative place to meet. However, we will still be inviting members and friends to join us for dinner and conversation following each of our speaker meetings.
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 In the past HALVASON has obtained most of its speakers from the online UNLV Speakers Bureau website. That website has been closed for revamping for over a year now. For that reason we are going to be using more DVD's for our programs for now. The upside to this is that we may be able to find DVD's that contain messages that more specifically address topics of interest to non-theists.


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HALVASON Membership Meeting

When  -  Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Where  -  833 N. Las Vegas Blvd.,  Las Vegas,  NV in the Library Program Room  (across from Cashman Field)
What  -  View and Discuss DVD "Robert Wright--The Evolution of God"

This DVD is part of the Skeptics Society Distinguished Lecture Series. Robert Wright, a self-identified agnostic secular humanist, is an American journalist, scholar and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion and game theory. Books he has written include The Evolution of God; Nonzero--The Logic of Human Destiny; The Moral Animal--Why We Are the Way We Are; and Three Scientists and Their Gods--Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information. Mr. Wright is also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the website Bloggingheads.tv, and he is a Senior fellow at the New America Foundation. Mr. Wright's presentation on this DVD is based on his book The Evolution of God. In this sweeping story that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Mr. Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. (For more information about Mr. Wright, please see the entry for his name on Wikipedia).


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Other Events of Interest to Members


HUUMANIST Forum
When  - Sunday, May 6,  2012 at 12:00 noon
Where  -  UUCLV Hall - 3616 E. Lake Mead Blvd.,  Las Vegas,  NV.
What  -  Mel Lipman, recent past president of the American Humanist Association and former president of this UUCLV congregation, will talk about the past close relationship between Humanists and UUs and how that relationship has steadily deteriorated in the past 25 years as a result of actions by the Unitarian Universalist Association. UUA has been negotiating with the United Church of Christ to embark upon joint projects.

If you have any questions, please contact Paul LaCombe at uuclvhumanists@gmail.com
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Summer Camp For Freethought Kids

 


If you have kids or know other freethought families who do, we recommend that you check out Camp Quest. Camp Quest hosts summer camp for freethought kids ages 8 - 17 years old. It offers a choice of 13 summer camps located throughout the United States and one in Canada. Two of these camps are located in nearby California. On their website they bill themselves as "Summer camp beyond belief--a place for fun, friends, and freethought". If this sounds interesting to you, you can read more on their website:

 




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