How to discuss race and religion in Singapore
Patrons
Our Patrons sponsor groundbreaking projects within the Humanist Society. These projects can include, but not limited to, establishing a permanent venue for the Society, establishing a national repository of non-religious stories, or new IT solutions that scale up the Society’s ability to build supporting communities.
Below are current projects open to patrons’ sponsorship:
1. A Place in the Singapore Story
Over the years, hundreds or even thousands of non-religious people have attended Humanist Society events. At our community gatherings, many stories have been shared, some of them heart-wrenching, several inspiring.
The Humanist Society is now hiring freelance journalists to document stories of non-religious individuals across Singapore.
We are looking for Patrons who can sponsor $200 per story. In turn, the Humanist Society will match the Patron’s donation, making it $400 per story.
By documenting more stories, we can better dispel harmful misconceptions faced by humanists, atheists, agnostics and other freethinkers. By bringing out the rich diverse voices of this demographic, we can secure for the non-religious a respected place in the Singapore Story.
If you wish to contribute as a Patron, write in to infoAThumanist.org.sg to find out more.
2. Home for Humanism
The Humanist Society has long-term plans to rent a permanent office that will serve as a venue for meetings, public lectures, social events and even a permanent exhibit on the non-religious. More plans will be revealed after the Covid-19 pandemic ends.
Make interfaith dialogues more mainstream to counter extremism
The Humanist Society (Singapore) is shocked to read that a 16-year-old Singaporean was detained under ISA after plotting to commit acts of terrorism against Muslims in Singapore.
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HSS Study Trip Scheme is a scheme where you attend a paid workshop, conducted by a professional external party, on behalf of the HSS for the purpose of picking up new skills in the industry.
Humanism Workshop – Applying Humanism to our Daily Lives
The Humanism Workshop held on 24 Jan 2021 has the following theme: “Applying Humanism to our Daily Lives”.
At this virtual workshop (due Covid), we looked at the problem of ‘toxic algorithms’ that often flood individuals with similar content after just one click, sucking people rapidly into echo chambers like a whirlpool, facilitating the spread of misinformation. We shared methods to combat this problem, such as cleaning up and re-diversifying social media accounts, learning to find good sources, confining addictive apps to PCs-only.
This virtual workshop also:
- Introduced the main principles of secular humanism, recapping a brief history of humanism
- demonstrated actionable steps that can apply to the everyday lives of non-religious individuals, facilitating their search for meaning and happiness.
Combating ‘toxic algorithms’
Why is combating toxic algorithms important?
A 16-year-old boy was detained in Dec 2020 under Singapore’s Internal Security Act after making detailed plans and preparations to conduct terrorist attacks against two mosques in the northern part of Singapore.
[Read more…]Farewell 2020
It has been a difficult year for the world, with many nations still struggling to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. In the fight against the virus, prolonged lockdowns have affected livelihoods, separated families, grounded air travel, and brought a chill to festive seasons not seen in many decades. Healthcare personnel have also sacrificed their time, and sometimes their lives, in the frontline effort against the pandemic. Overall, the pandemic has put humanity as a whole to a severe test.
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