Institute For Humanist Studies - Goals

Goals

The Institute for Humanist Studies supports its mission through careful attention to and implementation of the following goals as a way to advance in the public arena the benefits of Humanist thought and praxis for the advancement of human life:

  1. Creative Partnership with other organizations having similar objectives through which HIS provides research necessary to advance Humanist approaches to pressing concerns;
  2. The production of working papers, pamphlets, and other materials by leading humanist scholars, scholars with humanist sympathizes, and community leaders;
  3. To provide expertise on humanism to the media, elected representatives, policy makers, opinion leaders, and community leaders;
  4. The production of books (written with a general readership in mind) addressing pressing issues and offering practical solutions;
  5. Sponsorships of conferences and working groups to reflect on and address issues connected to the commitments of the Institute;
  6. Development of community-based projects meant to: (a) increase public understanding of and sympathy toward humanism; (b) mark the Institutes’ commitment to community service and development.

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