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Why Baseball is like Humanism

August 4, 2016by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

By Tarikul Islam (New York University) This past semester I audited a popular NYU class called Baseball as a Road to God. The course used classic literatures to connect baseball […]

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Religion & Secularism

An Update on the Kukuo Health Screening Project

July 22, 2016by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer In a piece a while back, I had talked at length about a health screening and medical records project being undertaken in Kukuo by […]

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Audio Hawk 2: From Colloquy to Hip Hop Sanctuary to Sound Circle- Using Music as a Spiritual and Ethical Tool

March 17, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer Missed a lot of church, so this music is our Confessional. OutKast (Aquemini) About four years ago I stepped into the Ethical Humanist Society of […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys, Religion & Secularism

American Privilege in Ghana

February 16, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer 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 […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys, Politics & Culture

If I Were a Braver American

February 5, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 3 Comments

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As a child, I was taught bravery had a gun next to it, at times decked out in army fatigue like GI Joe. An invitation […]

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Audio Hawk – Finding Ghana and Myself

November 17, 2015by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer If the homes I have known sung hymns to me that unraveled with time, engendering me with reasons to be, how might I further use […]

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Cooking in Bimbilla, Ghana

October 13, 2015by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As a daughter of patriarchy, I have logged more than my share of hours in the kitchen. I helped out with 400-person banquets to […]

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“Oh, You Do Know My Language”: Finding the Poetry in Another Tongue

September 29, 2015by Humanist Service Corps 2 Comments

By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I met a little boy that resembled my features Nappy afro, gap in his smile…. He looked at me and said, “Kendrick you do know […]

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Nima, Ghana

September 1, 2015by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

By Matan Gold Humanist Service Corps Volunteer An open courtyard. A tin roof rusted red. A useless fan hangs from a wooden scaffold, its cords frayed vine-like. A woman sweeps the yard, […]

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Meet the Humanist Service Corps Team

August 18, 2015by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

As the team settles in and starts getting to work in Kukuo, it’s time to get to know them a little bit better. Naduah Wheeler Naduah Wheeler is a graduate […]

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