American Humanist Association

American Humanist Association
AbbreviationAHA
Formation1941 (1941)
TypeNon-profit
PurposeAdvocate for equality for humanists, atheists, agnostics, and freethinkers.
Location
Membership
34,000
Key people
Sunil Panikkath
(President)
Nicole Carr
(Interim Executive Director)[1]
Websitewww.americanhumanist.org Edit this at Wikidata

The American Humanist Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that advances secular humanism.[2]

The American Humanist Association was founded in 1941 and currently provides legal assistance to defend the constitutional rights of secular and religious minorities,[3] lobbies Congress on church-state separation and other issues,[4] and maintains a grassroots network of 250 local affiliates and chapters that engage in social activism and community-building events.[5] The AHA has several publications, including The Humanist, Free Mind, peer-reviewed semi-annual scholastic journal Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, and TheHumanist.com.[6] The organization states that it has over 34,000 members.[7]

  1. ^ "AHA Leadership Changes". American Humanist Association. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "About Humanism". Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  3. ^ "AHLC mission statement". Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "AHA Action Center". Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  5. ^ "Local Group Information". Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  6. ^ List of Publications americanhumanist.org Archived June 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 2011-10-01)
  7. ^ "What We Do". Retrieved April 9, 2020.

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