From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
American Humanist Association
Official AHA logo.svg
AbbreviationAHA
Formation1941
TypeNon-profit
PurposeAdvocate for equality for humanists, atheists, agnostics, and freethinkers.
Location
Membership
34,000
Key people
Sunil Panikkath
(President)
Roy Speckhardt
(Executive Director)
Websitewww.americanhumanist.org

The American Humanist Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that advances secular humanism, a philosophy of life that, without theism or other supernatural beliefs, affirms the ability and responsibility of human beings to lead personal lives of ethical fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.

The American Humanist Association was founded in 1941 and currently provides legal assistance to defend the constitutional rights of secular and religious minorities, actively lobbies Congress on church-state separation and other issues, and maintains a grassroots network of 250 local affiliates and chapters that engage in social activism, philosophical discussion and community-building events. The AHA has several publications, including the bi-monthly magazine The Humanist, a quarterly newsletter Free Mind, a peer-reviewed semi-annual scholastic journal Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, and a daily online news site TheHumanist.com. The organisation states that it has over 34,000 members.

Background