We need a completely new understanding of the reality in which we exist. We have a small window of opportunity to make this shift in thinking, compared to the huge obstacles in our current belief systems — political, economic, social, and religious — that must be dissolved. Yet this must happen if all the life forms that share this planet are to survive.

Joe Simonetta earned a BS in Business Logistics from Penn State, an MS from Harvard Divinity School, and an MS of Architecture from the U of Colorado.   He has lived in many places around the world, and done many kinds of work. He serves on the board of directors of The Secular Community. He is committed to doing something to alleviate the unrelenting suffering in the world.

This program will take place both in-person (at 12:30 PM) and online (at 1 PM), via Zoom; the speaker will be on Zoom.  The in-person event will be held at Pinnacle Living, 45 Forts Ferry Road in Latham, NY; it is free and open to the public.  Light refreshments will be available at the in-person meeting before the speaker’s presentation. 

For the online venue, current paid CDHS members will automatically receive an email invitation. ANYONE WHO IS NOT A CURRENT PAID MEMBER of CDHS CAN Attend Online.  Send an email request to: [email protected].   Please send the request several days prior.  Or log onto our Meetup page:  https://www.meetup.com/Capital-District-Humanist-Society/ click on JOIN, then ATTEND, and use the RSVP function, and the link will be available.

The Capital District Humanist Society provides a supportive community for exchanging ideas, heightening our knowledge of the world and ourselves, fostering moral and ethical growth, and promoting the principles of non-theistic humanism.  CDHS is a member organization for people with humanist values.  Our values include commitment to free inquiry, rational thought, life-long education, democracy, social concern, and fellowship.

To learn more about us, please go to www.humanistsociety.net