Aston Humanist Society is for Aston University students and staff plus anyone in the Birmingham area who considers themselves humanist/atheist/agnostic/skeptic/rationalist - i.e. a lover of reason and humanity, and who wishes to promote values such as freedom of expression and the importance of scientific and personal inquiry. The aim of this blog and the group is to provide a forum for those who wish to discuss philosophy, politics, science and religion and learn more about the world.
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
5k a day for Amnesty International
As part of the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies' Non-prophet week the Aston Humanists will be holding a series of charity fund-raising events. Tulpesh Patel will be running 5km a day every day for the duration of the week to raise money for Amnesty International. Please donate generously!
A full list of all the stuff we'll be organising will be up soon!
Monday, 17 January 2011
Sunday, 9 January 2011
Aston Humanist raising money for Indian orphanage
Late this year, Aston Humanist Society member, Emma Moseley will be volunteering for four months in an orphanage in Andhra Pradesh (Southern India), running English activity lessons within 3 local schools during the school day and running after-school clubs as well as generally helping to care for the orphans as many will be disabled or HIV positive.
She will be doing a week long sponsored silence from 4th to the 11th of February to raise the money needed to fund the project. All the money donated will go directed to Volunteers for Educational Support and Learning, which is charity she will be working with.
Please donate generously on Emma's Just Giving page.
She will be doing a week long sponsored silence from 4th to the 11th of February to raise the money needed to fund the project. All the money donated will go directed to Volunteers for Educational Support and Learning, which is charity she will be working with.
Please donate generously on Emma's Just Giving page.
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