Q&A with Fish Stark, Exec. Director of the American Humanist Association

On Sunday, March 22nd, we’ll welcome Fish Stark, Executive Director of the American Humanist Association(AHA) and a lifelong UU, to UU Santa Monica to speak at our Sunday service.

Many people who follow progressive causes may be familiar with the work of the AHA, but it is perhaps less well-known that the organization has deep Unitarian roots in the mid-20th Century. Today, with more than 30,000 members and 250 chapters and affiliate groups across the country, the AHA is the principal organization in the United States promoting Secular Humanism. Its work includes legal assistance to defend the constitutional rights of secular and religious minorities, lobbying Congress on church-state separation and other issues, helping its local groups engage in social activism and community-building, and publications such as The Humanist.

Today, many UUs continue to be Humanists, and many Humanists find their spiritual home in UU congregations, but Fish is the first Executive Director of the organization in a long time who is himself a lifelong Unitarian Universalist. Fish is interested in strengthening the ties between organized Humanism and UU congregations during this time when we are joined in an ongoing struggle — for our shared values and against rising authoritarianism and White Christian Nationalism.

Starting at approximately 12PM after the Sunday Service, Fish will join us for some Q&A and conversation in the sanctuary.

For more about Fish and his guest sermon, please see the full News article here:

Fish Stark of the American Humanist Association to Deliver Guest Sermon on Sunday, March 22nd