LoveSingapore’s troubling Wear White message

24 May 2016 by

This statement was first published on 23 May 2016 as a note on our Facebook page. It was picked by Independent.sg and TODAY on the same day.

LoveSingapore’s Wear White message is troubling in a multi-cultural, diverse Singapore

On May 19, the LoveSingapore Christian network released a Facebook post launching the Wear White movement for 2016, calling on churches in its network to wear white. While the Wear White movement was founded two years ago by a Muslim religious teacher as a counter-movement to Pink Dot, LoveSingapore, as a Christian group, appears to be taking the lead this year. This year, the Wear White movement is scheduled on the same weekend (June 4-5) as Pink Dot, which will be held on June 4 at the Speakers’ Corner. [Read more…]

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A Glimpse into the Life of an MSF Field Worker

3 March 2016 by
Dr. Marlene Lee from MSF

Dr. Marlene Lee from MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (English: Doctors Without Borders), is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. MSF provides much needed medical care and humanitarian assistance in war-torn areas and developing countries.

In the past few years, MSF has been one of HSS’ charities of choice. We donated the proceeds of book sales to MSF’s offices in Hong Kong. HSS would like to share more about MSF and their fantastic work in the following article, featuring MSF field worker Dr Marlene Lee.

 

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Nominate for Annual General Meeting 2015 now!

28 January 2015 by

Dear members,

In preparation for the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Humanist Society (Singapore), we would like to invite fellow members to run as members of the coming year’s Executive Committee. The following posts will be available this year for a 2-year term: [Read more…]

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