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Darwin World Site - evolution and critical thinking, including archives of Rationally Speaking, the monthly column of evolutionary biologist Massimo Pigliucci, Ph.D.


Links to Other Organizations

Coalitions

IHS is a member of the following organizations:
  • International Humanist and Ethical Union
  • Secular Coalition for America

Youth programs

IHS provides significant financial assistance to the following organizations:
  • Camp Quest
  • Carl Sagan Academy
  • International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation
  • Secular Student Alliance

IHS offers the following offsite links as resources. We have tried to list groups that are themselves resources for the humanist community; in particular, we list national and international organizations that maintain up-to-date listings of local humanist organizations and services. IHS is not a membership organization and does not have local group affiliates. No endorsement of a particular organization, site or content is implied. Please contact us to report broken links.

International groups

The following international organizations maintain listings of national and local groups:
  • The International Humanist and Ethical Union has over 100 member organizations in over 40 countries. Many of the national groups that belong to IHEU also have links to their local group affiliates on their websites.
  • The Atheist Alliance International maintains a comprehensive international directory of freethought groups, regardless of whether they affiliate with AAI.
  • The International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews (IFSHJ) maintains a list of secular humanist Jewish communities around the world.
  • The Center for Inquiry Transnational maintains a list of branches across the world.

U.S. groups

The following U.S. organizations maintain listings of local affiliates:
  • American Atheists
  • American Humanist Association
  • Atheist Alliance International
  • Center for Inquiry
  • Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers
  • Secular Student Alliance
  • Society for Humanistic Judaism

Virtual groups

  • Internet Infidels on the Secular Web

Find a partner / friend

  • Secularity.com

Find a humanist celebrant

  • The Humanist Society (U.S.)
  • The British Humanist Association
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