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Announcing the Beyond Belief Network Food Security Project!
FBB is thrilled to announce the launch of the pilot program for our brand-new Beyond Belief Network Food Security Project. We’re inviting five powerhouse Beyond Belief Network (BBN) volunteer teams involved in food distribution and giveaway operations to receive monthly grants supporting their work: Austin Atheists Helping the Homeless Atheists United Atheist Community of Polk…
Read MorePeople Without Housing Targeted by City Ordinance in Austin
Early voting on a city ordinance to sweep people without housing out of view is underway in Austin. A ban on public sleeping was lifted in 2019, but now Austin’s homelessness problem has become too visible for some. A May 1 vote will determine whether or not to criminalize being homeless again. Hundreds of jurisdictions…
Read MoreDecember Beyond Belief Network Roundup (Plus Team and Photo of the Month)!
We just finished compiling December’s reports from volunteer teams in the Beyond Belief Network (BBN)! Holiday season provided a great opportunity to give back to the most vulnerable members of teams’ communities, especially people experiencing homelessness, disability, and domestic violence. Please join us celebrating their work!
Read MoreJune and July Winners! Beyond Belief Network Team of the Month & Photo of the Month
Beyond Belief Network is a collective of over 125 humanist, atheist, and other non-believing organizations putting compassionate humanism into action through community volunteering and charitable fundraising. COVID-19 and Secular Week of Action kept us pretty busy for a while, so now we’re playing a little catch-up. Let’s see what teams crushed it in the months…
Read MoreJune & July Beyond Belief Network Roundup
Volunteers in the Beyond Belief Network (BBN) have been staying busy this summer despite the pandemic, and so have we. So busy, in fact, we fell behind on publishing our monthly BBN roundups! We won’t let volunteers’ hard work go unrecognized, so this month we’ve put together a BBN Roundup looking at what secular volunteers…
Read MoreMay Beyond Belief Network Roundup
Let’s see what teams in the Beyond Belief Network got up to for Secular Week of Action and the rest of May!
Read MoreTop Ten Reasons Humanists Love December
We know what you’re thinking: “But isn't this month just about religious holidays?” Never fear! Your friends at Foundation Beyond Belief have put together a list of the Top Ten Secular Things to Love about December in the hopes that you, too, will soon share our joy during this most wonderful time of the year.
Read MoreAugust Winners! Beyond Belief Network Team of the Month & Photo of the Month
August’s Beyond Belief Network Team of the Month, BE.Orlando joined other volunteer teams at Second Harvest Food Bank to sort 9,744 pounds of produce and an additional 2,000 pounds of sweet potatoes. Volunteers sorted through fruits and vegetables and removed items that were unable to be re-purposed, packaging the usable produce for delivery to pantry…
Read MoreWinter round up: Beyond Belief Network teams bring the heat
The winter weather may have been cold, but our hearts are warmed when we hear about the awesome work our Beyond Belief Network teams have been doing! The Beyond Belief Network program is sustained through a partnership between Foundation Beyond Belief and the Atheist Community of Austin (ACA). We thank ACA for their generous support…
Read MoreBeyond Belief Network October round up
In October we welcome three new Beyond Belief Network teams: Project Shoehorn in Austin, TX, New Orleans Secular Humanist Association (NOSHA), and Jefferson Humanists in Golden, CO. Welcome! We can’t wait to hear about what you are doing to make a difference in your communities! Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation Community Service Committee, in Evanston, IL, collected books in October for Bernie's Book…
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