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Update: Family Separations at U.S. Border

By Administrator | October 20, 2018 |

There are currently 13,200 children in custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which is more than ever before, and the average stay has doubled from that of two years ago. (The official Health and Human Services number is 54 days, but officials have anonymously reported that the number is closer to 74.) The…

Volunteers arrive in Ghana for Humanist Action: Ghana

By Administrator | June 23, 2017 |

The new volunteers for our third Humanist Action: Ghana team have arrived in Yendi, and orientation has begun. After introductions, Baako Alhassan began their training with Dagbanli language lessons. Lukeman Domba then facilitated a session detailing the history of the Northern Region of Ghana, land demarcation of Ghana, and cross cultural differences. In this photo…

Political activism from FBB staff

By Administrator | June 8, 2017 |

Some of the actions of the U.S. government in the last several months have inspired a wave of political and social activism unlike any seen in recent years. This season of protests and service kicked off with the Women’s Marches around the world in January. Many members of our staff participated in the marches, and…

Actions that speak: deepening and expressing humanist values through service

By Administrator | May 4, 2017 |

It’s time for nonbelievers to worry less about the perception that we don’t volunteer and more about the fact that most volunteerism is self-serving. Nonbelievers are keenly aware of the history of oppression in the name of service and, indeed, of continued oppression masquerading as service. We know that volunteering is not a yes/no binary.…

LightHawk’s mission is flying to save the earth

By Administrator | March 9, 2017 |

LightHawk, our current Natural World beneficiary, utilizes the unique perspective of flight to advance the conservation efforts of their many partner organizations. LightHawk "mobilizes volunteer pilots, photographers, environmental experts, and storytellers to make images, collect data, inform the public and share their experiences about some of our environment's most critical issues, landscapes, and wildlife." The goal…

Let us know what you want to hear from us

By Administrator | February 27, 2017 |

We want to know what matters to you, whether it's the environment, human rights, politics, education, or all of these and more! Please take a few moments to let us know what issues are important to you, and how you would like to hear from us about them by taking the survey here. We appreciate…

Realizing gender (in)equality

By Administrator | December 20, 2016 |

I grew up surrounded by strong women. Ironically, this, at least in part, is the reason I was so anti-feminist into my 20s. I came to adulthood with the idea that feminism was a thing of the past. It had been of world-changing importance, but: mission accomplished. I believed that the feminist banner had morphed…

American Privilege in Ghana

By Administrator | February 19, 2016 |

I’ve never really liked the United States. Growing up in a Native household gave me a weird relationship with the United States, as I think it does for many Natives. I grew up hearing about my mother being told we were all “dirty, drunken, Indians”, fighting assumptions we all live in teepees, and the effects…

Hurricane Sandy: Three Years Later

By Administrator | October 23, 2015 |

Three years ago this week Hurricane Sandy tore across the Atlantic. New York and New Jersey faced the most extreme impacts with 60 deaths in the two states alone. Sandy caused an estimated $65 billion in damage, second only to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Given the widespread impacts and extent of need Foundation Beyond Belief…

Interview: Sikivu Hutchinson, Humanism at Work Speaker

By Administrator | June 17, 2015 |

In anticipation of this year's Humanism at Work conference, to be held in Boston on July 25, we are interviewing some of the people who will be speaking there. Up now is our Keynote Speaker, Sikivu Hutchinson. Her speech is entitled “Colorblind Lies and Meritocracy Myths: Moving Secular Social Justice” Sikivu Hutchinson is the author of Moral…