“A community because we want to be”: Sharon Moss, Humanist Community of Central Ohio

 Sharon Moss remembers Ocean City, New Jersey as a wonderful place to grow up—with one possible exception. “Ocean City has one of the biggest retreat centers for Campus Crusade for Christ,” she says, which swings local politics to the conservative side. “I joke that I grew up in the tiny dot of red in a…

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Plan your team’s climate change service event

350.orgOur current Natural World beneficiary, 350.org, provides resources and information to facilitate the development of a worldwide climate change movement. You can read about all the great work they do on the FBB blog.

Beyond Belief Network staff were extremely impressed with all of the event ideas and resources they provide for local groups to join the climate change movement. We’ve compiled a guide to joining the local climate change movement through 350.org. Most of the event ideas involve educating your community about climate change or energy conservation; additional ideas include getting involved with local politics. Best of all, the ideas do not require asking your team for money, and you don’t need a lot of money for the events, either.

Make sure to tell us about your 350.org event, and if your team hasn’t already joined Beyond Belief Network, join today! We’ll help your local group find and plan service events and give you recognition and rewards for helping your community. If you can, plan an event for the last week in April, and register it on our Week of Action website so we can show the world the good that humanists do.

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Why the 350 in 350.org?

350.orgBy Ellen Andrews

350.org, an organization working to form a global movement to solve the climate crisis, is Foundation Beyond Belief’s Natural World beneficiary for this quarter. It uses online campaigning and grassroots organization to amass public action in a global network that is active in more than 188 countries.

You might be asking yourself what the significance of the number 350 is, and why this organization chose it as its name. If you are familiar with the rhetoric of climate change science, you will recognize 350 as the maximum level of carbon dioxide, in parts per million (ppm), in the atmosphere that is necessary to sustain a climate resembling the one in which humanity evolved on this planet, and we are currently at approximately 400 ppm.

 

 

Developed nations have the largest output of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that traps heat from the sun in Earth’s atmosphere. The economic growth of developing nations, coupled with the population boom that accompanies it, suggests that carbon dioxide levels will only continue to increase in the future unless every nation unites to begin taking the appropriate measures now.

The issue of anthropogenic climate change is not a new topic in science and politics, but discussion persists on how to best combat climate change, and 350.org believes that collective action through grassroots organizing is the best way to bring about a significant change. With hundreds of allies, 350.org is working to unite every nation from the bottom up by helping mobilize campaigns that battle use of fossil fuels, such as fighting against coal power plants in India and stopping the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States.

By supporting 350.org, you are helping preserve our planet’s climate by endorsing an international grassroots movement to prevent climate change. Visit their website and join their email list to receive information on ways to have your voice heard in the discussion on climate change.

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Millennium Development Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for ongoing development

Millennium Development GoalsBy Stephanie Jackson-Ali, LMSW

In a recent post, Foundation Beyond Belief notified members that we would be incorporating the Millennium Development Goals into our charity vetting process. In order to better help our members to get acquainted with these goals, we are rolling out a monthly explanation of the goals, the progress made thus far toward their achievement, and what we, as a global community, have left to achieve in the remaining three years of the plan. Read more about the background of the MDGs here. Unless otherwise noted, all information below comes directly from the United Nations.

Goal 8, the final Millennium Development Goal, is also the longest and most complex. This goal requires countries to work together to develop a global partnership for development. This goal encompasses:

8.A: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system
8.B: Address the special needs of least developed countries
8.C: Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing states
8.D: Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries
8.E: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries
8.F: In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

At the beginning of the Millennium Development Goal cycle, developed countries committed to giving 0.7 percent of gross national income to what was deemed Official Development Assistance, or $300.3 billion, to less developed countries. As of 2012, only $133.5 billion had been given in aid.1 Aid has also decreased to land-locked countries since 2010 and to sub-Saharan Africa since 2011.

Advances in open, equitable trade are also slow to develop. The Doha Round trade talks, which began in 2001, were meant to target this goal, but have so far not completed their discussions. Many tariffs still remain on developing countries that hinder their growth, and protectionist trade measures implemented after the global economic crisis have largely not been eliminated, which disproportionately affect developing nations.

More success has come in the process of debt forgiveness, as 36 of 40 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) are receiving debt relief, reducing their debt burden by 90 percent. Thirty-two of those 36 countries have reached what is called “completion point” and are receiving additional relief through the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative.

There is still much work to be done in expanding access to medicines and technology. While the number of Internet users and cellular subscribers has increased, there is still a large gap in technology users between developing nations and developed nations.

Much work is left to be done in the few years remaining for Goal 8. This work requires the cooperation of all nations around the world, especially leading nations such as those in the G20. Moving beyond the MDGs, future advancement will also require countries such as the United States to become leaders in establishing healthy aid and trade policies that advance success for all nations—or risk seeing the development gap recede further.

If you’d like to learn more about global partnership, we suggest the following reads. Globalization is probably the most controversial of the Millennium Development Goals, and FBB supports no particular viewpoint concerning which form globalization and partnerships should take. Check out these reads to get a start on the geopolitics of globalization, and let us know your thoughts on the subject.

  • The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade – Pietra Rivoli
  • The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change – Al Gore
  • The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization – Thomas Friedman
  • Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism – Muhammad Yunus
  • Globalization and Its Discontents – Joseph Stiglitz

1 https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2012_Gap_Report/Facts_Sheet.pdf

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Millennium Development Goal 6: Combat AIDS/HIV, malaria, and other diseases

UN Millennium Development GoalsBy Stephanie Jackson Ali

In a recent post, Foundation Beyond Belief notified members that we would be attempting to incorporate the Millennium Development Goals into our charity vetting process as we move forward. In order to better help our members get acquainted with these goals, we are rolling out a monthly explanation of the goals, the progress made thus far toward their achievement, and what we, as a global community, have left to achieve in the remaining three years of the plan. Read more about the background of the MDGs here. Unless otherwise noted, all information below comes directly from the United Nations.

Goal 6 of the Millennium Development Goals is to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases. Like many other goals, it consists of a number of tasks:

6.A: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
6.B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it
6.C: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

The numbers are shocking. Currently, more than 34 million people in the world are living with HIV/AIDS. Malaria kills once every minute, while tuberculosis infects around 8.8 million people annually.

Each of these diseases disproportionately affects sub-Saharan Africa, which is home to more than two-thirds of new HIV infections. All regions, except Africa, are on track to reduce tuberculosis deaths by 50% by 2015. However, TB remains the number two leading cause of death worldwide after HIV/AIDS. Close to 90% of malaria cases are in Africa, and worldwide a child dies of the disease every 45 seconds.
Reaching these goals has proved slow, but progress has been seen by focusing on promoting safer sexual behavior, increasing access to anti-malaria medications, expanding use of mosquito nets, and improving housing conditions to fight TB.

Newly infected rates are falling for each of the diseases.

  • HIV infections have fallen from a high of 3.5 million in 1996 to 2.7 million in 2008, and deaths dropped from 2.2 million in 2004 to 2 million in 2008.
  • Expanded use of insecticide-treated nets is preventing the spread of malaria, especially in Africa. But poverty still prevents some from having access to these nets. 3.3 billion people worldwide are at risk for malaria.
  • Tuberculosis infection is falling in most regions, but it is especially dangerous when paired with HIV. Of the 1.4 million TB deaths in 2011, more than 430,000 of those were people living with HIV/AIDS.

Again, change comes with the spread of education and medication. More people are surviving longer after diagnosis with HIV, most due to increased information on their disease, and due to the expansion of anti-retrovirals in developing countries.

New infections still grow faster than treatment spreads, however. For every two HIV-positive persons starting a drug regimen, five new infections start. The most critical need for treatment comes for young women of childbearing age, as HIV remains the biggest killer for this demographic. Furthermore, those women who have an active drug treatment are far less likely to pass the disease on to their children.

Also, education is not spreading quickly enough to slow the disease’s spread considerably. Less than one-third of young men and one-fifth of young women in developing countries know the basic facts about HIV, including routes of infection. Additionally, the United Nations has found disparities in condom use by both men and women between those from the poorest and richest communities.

Education and treatment are the way to fight the disease, but the rate of action must surpass the rate of infection in order to stem, and eventually turn back, the tide of the epidemic. While many in the developed world see the HIV crisis as a past event, we in the giving community must remember that, both at home and abroad, there are still large advancements to be made, and lives to be saved.

If you’d like to learn more about the history of HIV/AIDS, its spread, and how aid has worked on a global scale, we suggest the following reads. While they aren’t in order, the first book listed is generally considered to be the must-read writing on the topic.

And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic (20th Anniversary Edition), by Randy Shilts
The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS, by Elizabeth Pisani
The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS, by Jonathan Engel
AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Disease and Globalization, by Tony Barnett and Alan Whiteside
The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa, by Helen Epstein

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Introducing our fall interns

Meet our new team of interns for fall 2013! We’re excited to have Elizabeth, David, Ashlyn, Sarah, and Micah join the team.

Elizabeth DorssomElizabeth Dorssom is a first-year graduate student of public administration at California State University, Northridge. She previously earned her bachelor’s degree from Chatham College for Women in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth loves to take road trips and has a goal of visiting all the Presidential Libraries in the United States. (She has already visited four!) In her spare time, Elizabeth likes to watch Real Time with Bill Maher, write articles for Yahoo News, and read books on her Kindle. Elizabeth’s interests include feminism, women’s studies, politics, history, freethought, and atheism.

Elizabeth will be our Beyond Belief Network intern. You can reach her at volunteers@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

David VivianoDavid Viviano, a lifelong nonbeliever, grew up in upstate New York before later moving to Jacksonville, Florida, for work, where he currently resides. Living there inspired him to establish a secular community—he recently formed the North Florida Atheists, who work to normalize the word “atheist,” encourage social interaction with like-minded individuals, and also lend a helping hand to the community we live in. He is team captain for the North Florida Atheists Light The Night Walk team as well. David enjoys spending time with his two daughters, a good laugh, sports, movies, social media, and helping out others.

David will be serving as our Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light The Night International Team intern. You can reach him at partners@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

Ashlyn NobleCurrently living in Manitoba, Canada, with her two partners and four cats, Ashlyn Noble is a recent graduate of the University of Winnipeg with a degree in biology. She currently heads up the Winnipeg Skeptics and is involved with their podcast “Life, the Universe, and Everything Else.” She is passionate about improving the world through humanism, science, and reason. In her spare time, Ashlyn sings with The Rainbow Harmony Project, recreates the Middle Ages with the Society for Creative Anachronism, and learns any craft she can get supplies for.

Ashlyn will be our special projects intern, working to support the Pathfinders Project and our Humanist Crisis Response program. You can reach her at crisisresponse@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

Sarah HenrySarah Henry is a high school senior in Southern Indiana and is currently applying to colleges all over the nation. Sarah is very involved in the freethought community now, and is always looking to get more involved! She has been a camper at Camp Quest Ohio for six years, and this year became a counselor at Camp Quest Ohio and Chesapeake. She also co-founded the Secular Student Alliance at her high school and is a member of the Louisville Area Freethinkers. At her school, Sarah leads the National Art Honor Society and the Secular Student Alliance, and she sits on the Executive Board of Dance Marathon, a nonprofit that supports Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sarah is thrilled to start work at Foundation Beyond Belief and can’t wait to learn more about the mechanics of a national nonprofit organization.

Sarah will serve as our communications intern. You can reach her at communications@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

Micah WeissMicah Weiss is an aspiring teacher finishing graduate degrees in mathematics and teaching. Raised in Reform Judaism, his involvement in secular activism began with street comedy on the campus of Missouri State University. Now a Humanistic Jew, Micah has served as an organizer for Skepticon in 2012 and 2013.

Micah will be serving as our Humanist Giving program intern. You can reach him at humanistgiving@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

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Millennium Development Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Millennium Development goalsBy Cathleen O’Grady

Recently, Foundation Beyond Belief notified members that we would be incorporating the Millennium Development Goals into our charity vetting process. In order to better help our members get acquainted with these goals, we are rolling out a monthly explanation of the goals, the progress made thus far toward their achievement, and what we, as a global community, have left to achieve in the remaining three years of the plan. Read more about the background of the Millennium Development Goals here. Unless otherwise noted, all information below comes directly from the United Nations.

Millennium Development Goal 3 is closely related to Millennium Development Goal 2 in that it targets education, but its focus is weighted more on eliminating the gender disparity in both primary and secondary schooling, as well as in employment and politics.

The UN aimed to eliminate the gender disparity in primary and secondary schooling by 2005, and at all levels of education by 2015. The 2012 UN report highlights the complexities involved in achieving this goal, as well as its limited successes. Gender parity (expressed as the number of girls enrolled in school for every 100 boys) is accepted as the range between 97 and 103, and on average, this has been achieved in the developing world, which had a Gender Parity Index (GPI) score of 97 in 2010, up from 91 in 1999. However, there are certain regions that have not yet achieved parity, especially Western Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where the GPI was only 93.

In some of the countries that have not yet achieved gender parity, the gap exists right from the beginning, with more boys than girls enrolled on the first day of school. There are even greater barriers at the beginning of secondary education, due to societal gender discrimination, early marriage, fears for the safety of girls attending secondary schools further away from home, and the greater expense of secondary schooling forcing prioritization of household resources, which often favors boys. The GPI for all developing countries in 2010 was 96, and in Sub-Saharan Africa, only 82. Tertiary education has, internationally, achieved parity at a GPI of 98, but again, certain areas lag: Sub-Saharan Africa at 63, Southern Asia at 76, and Western Asia at 89.

Millennium Development Goal 3Poverty remains a significant barrier to gender parity, with lower-income countries enrolling significantly more men in tertiary education, and higher-income countries enrolling more women. Children from the richest households are more than twice as likely to attend secondary school than those from the poorest households. Violence against women is a further factor affecting achievement of parity at all levels.

Equal access to job opportunities is another problem facing significant barriers in certain regions. While this has increased slowly, from a 35% share in paid jobs in 1990 to 40% in 2010, parity in non-agricultural jobs has generally been achieved in the developed world, as well as the Caucuses and Central Asia. Meanwhile, 20% or less of the non-agricultural workforce in Western and Southern Asia and Northern Africa consisted of women. Women still represent only 25% of senior management positions, and still occupy jobs with lower remuneration and in a more limited range of activities than men. Because of this, many women turn to the informal economy, with more than 80% of women working outside agriculture in Mali, Zambia, India, and Madagascar holding informal jobs, and similarly high figures in other developing countries.

Finally, women still lack parliamentary power, accounting for only 19.7% of parliamentary seats worldwide at the end of January 2012. While there is an upward trend—this is a 75% increase from the 11.3% of 1995—progress is slow and uneven, with Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa leading the way in the developing world, and Oceania lagging behind.
A succinct progress report for Millennium Development Goal 3 can be found here.

Foundation Beyond Belief considers Millennium Development Goal 3 in its assessment of all beneficiary categories. Learn more about how our Q2 Poverty and Health beneficiary, One Acre Fund, is playing a role in empowering women to earn an income, reducing poverty and providing for the next generation.

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Volunteers Beyond Belief grows by two more teams and 200 new volunteers

Volunteers Beyond BeliefLast week, Volunteers Beyond Belief proudly introduced three of our new teams. This week we are proud to introduce the final two making up the next expansion of this national volunteer initiative. These two teams continue to strengthen locations where we currently have teams and add 200 additional volunteers contributing to the greater good.

These two teams push VBB to more than 2,200 volunteers across the country, spanning 23 states. The enthusiasm of our new teams and the experience of our current teams will continue to push this program to new heights as humanists come together to make their communities a better place.

VBB looks forward to working with each one of our new teams and all of the other groups to continue to highlight and promote volunteerism efforts. Welcome the final two new teams!

Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Non-Theist Group from Augusta, GA, stands strong at 110 members and quickly growing, doubling in size within one year. The group formed to provide a network of non-theists in the Central Savannah River area. Their goals are

CSRA Non-Theist Group•    To eliminate negative stereotypes of nonbelievers
•    To meet like-minded forward-thinkers in the CSRA
•    To give support to fellow non-theists
•    To have intelligent, open discussions about any topic, including but not limited to philosophy and politics

They are joining VBB to look for additional ways to give back to the community. Many of their members are already involved in CampQuest and other community projects, and they are looking to take on more projects to first showcase the group as being responsible citizens and for members to have some projects to take on and accomplish as a group.

Campus Atheists, Skeptics, and HumanistsCampus Atheists, Skeptics, and Humanists (CASH) from Minneapolis, MN, is the primary skeptical group at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. They are also one of the oldest skeptical college groups in the United States. CASH is extremely active and hosts discussions, debates, and speakers, as well as promoting volunteerism and organizing conferences (SkepTech is coming up in April).

They have 90 members and find the mission of VBB fits perfectly with their active student group that is poised to do volunteer events. Previous activity has included Relay for Life, human rights-related events, and clothing drives.

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Meet our Fall Interns

Exciting news! A new team of interns joins the Foundation Beyond Belief staff today for a five-month term. Due to yet another set of terrific applicants as well as some exciting projects underway here at the Foundation, we’re expanding our internship program this term to six positions.

joshTake a moment to get to know the wonderful folks who will be joining us for the next few months:

Joshua Brose Josh is currently the activities director for Campus Atheists Skeptics and Humanists at the University of Minnesota and he is leading a mid-west conference focusing on skepticism and technology.

He grew up in Minnesota where prior to becoming an atheist he led various student-based ministries and volunteer projects and attained a Bachelor’s in Psychology.

Josh’s focus area will be our Partners program, and he will also be working with Volunteers Beyond Belief student groups. You can reach him at partners@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

cathleenCathleen O’Grady is a South African evolutionary linguist currently finishing up her MSc in Edinburgh, with particular interests in theory of mind and evolutionary pragmatics. Her involvement with freethought organizations in Scotland has sharpened her interests in skepticism and humanism, and she plans to be involved in developing a more active freethought community at home in Johannesburg.

She gets very excited about social justice, education, environmentalism and animal welfare, and in her spare time she runs, writes, reads, sings, and spends time daydreaming about all the different subjects she would still like to study.

Cathleen will be working with the humanist giving and crisis response programs, and you can reach her at members@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

andrewAndrew Geary spent his childhood days in Hampton Roads, Virginia and currently resides in Washington DC advocating on behalf of our military veterans who find themselves homeless. He earned his MPA from Indiana University Bloomington and has dedicated his career to addressing enduring and seemingly intractable differences through the nonprofit sector. His past service in AmeriCorps, managing a retreat for foster youth, and various volunteer capacities has continued to push him toward that aim. His close family of 4 sisters, 2 brothers and seven nieces and nephews keep him quite engaged. In his own time, he watches lots of movies, works on documentaries, and catches talks at Politics & Prose Bookstore.

Andrew will be the Volunteers Beyond Belief (VBB) intern, and you can reach him at volunteers@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

kateKate Donovan is a third year student at Northwestern University, where she studies psychology and human development, and is the president of NU’s Secular Student Alliance. She discovered the secular blogosphere last year, and since then has attempted to write as much as she possibly can. Currently, she can be found at Friendly Atheist, Teen Skepchick, and The Heresy Club. She is an incorrigible optimist, and likes nothing more than giving others reasons to be happy.

Kate’s focus area will be communications and marketing, and you can reach her at communications@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

samSam Shore is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in history. He has been an active presence in his local freethought community for a number of years, first as an officer in the Illini Secular Student Alliance and now through the newly-minted Coalition of Reason in Central Illinois. When not heathin’ it up, Sam can usually be found reading, running, or catching up on and discussing the latest political news.

Sam will be the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) team intern, and you can reach him at llsteam@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

sarahSarah Hamilton is a rising senior English major at Furman University who lives in South Carolina. She is treasurer of the Society for Free Inquiry, the campus’s secular student organization, and she works at the Furman IT Service Center. A frequenter of hiking trails, philosophy classes, coffee shops, bookstores, and dance halls, Sarah enjoys debating and traveling.

Sarah will be our website and technology intern. You can reach her at technology@foundationbeyondbelief.org.

We’re really proud to welcome aboard this inspiring, motivated team, and expect the next several months to be fun and productive. If you’re interested in volunteering either as an intern or staff member at FBB, keep an eye on foundationbeyondbelief.org/volunteer for any postings.

 

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Meet our summer interns!

We are very excited to introduce the Foundation Beyond Belief summer interns! This team was selected out of an impressive number and quality of applications. In fact, we had so many strong contenders that we added another internship and selected five outstanding applicants. We’re thrilled to have them on board and can’t wait to see what they can accomplish!

Chana MessingerChana Messinger is a rising fourth-year mathematics major at the University of Chicago. She is the president of the Secular Alliance at the University of Chicago and a teacher at a Secular Sunday School in Oak Park. She likes science demos that involve explosions, reading political philosophy, sneaking into psychology conferences, having religious arguments on Facebook, being a news junkie, and blogging about whatever interests her. 

Chana’s focus area will be the Foundation’s Members and Partners programs. You can reach her at members@foundationbeyondbelief.org.  

Lauren LaneLauren Lane is the co-founder of Skepticon, the nation’s largest student-run freethinker conference. She is also a contributor at the Friendly Atheist blog. Currently, she is a graduate student at the Memphis College of Art and is pursuing her MFA. In her spare time, she likes to play soccer, draw things, and be awesome.

Lauren will be the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) team intern, and you can reach her at llsteam@foundationbeyondbelief.org

Corey GlasscockCorey Glasscock grew up in central Missouri and is currently working toward a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and religious studies at UCM. He helped found the first freethought group at his university and is currently working on anthropological research in regards to secular cultures versus highly religious societies. Corey has also given lectures on various religions, cultures, traditions, and theological arguments. 

Corey will be working with the Humanist Giving program. You can reach him at humanistgiving@foundationbeyondbelief.org

AJ ChalomAJ Chalom lives in suburban Chicago, where she enjoys lake walks, classical music, and quiet. She balances life with her 6- and 4-year-old children, her busy husband, and her crazy transportation: the mega tricycle. A lifelong humanist, she has worked extensively within the Humanistic Jewish movement She has worked as a geologist, a historic preservation researcher, and a teen organizer.

AJ’s focus area will be the Volunteers Beyond Belief program. You can reach her at volunteers@foundationbeyondbelief.org.  

Walker BristolWalker Bristol is a Tufts University undergraduate, originally from North Carolina, and currently abroad in the Alps. He studies religion and politics, and is the president of the Tufts Freethought Society. Although he spends the bulk of his time trying to turn ideas into words, Walker is dedicated to supporting social justice, income equality, and food security. Jack White has inspired him to use music as a means to realize those ends. He previously interned at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard, and views storytelling and community building as utterly important elements of contemporary humanism. He believes wholeheartedly that Foundation Beyond Belief impeccably epitomizes service, the third essential jigsaw in the humanist worldview, and Walker is electrified to have the opportunity to put his values into action.

Walker’s focus area will be communications and marketing, and you can reach him at communications@foundationbeyondbelief.org.  

Please help us to welcome the summer intern team to Foundation Beyond Belief!

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