Meet other people who are interested in and support accessibility and disability rights. Make new friends and coordinate to improve and protect the rights of all individuals to full community, public and private sector access. Our intentions are to work towards forming a non-profit group with a mission of educating the public about the importance of and their role in furthering the cause of inclusive design providing access for all. Equal opportunities for persons with disabilities are guarantee …

This meetup consists of different groups of people reading certain material to different degrees of depth and intensity. Books we've read in the past include Descartes' 'Meditations', Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding', Kant's '1st Critique', Kant's 'Prolegomena', Heidegger's 'Being and Time', Husserl's 'Logical Investigations', Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit', Marx's 'Capital', and many others. From time to time new groups are formed and remain open for awhile to newcomers. If yo …

Ethical Culture is a movement centered on ethics, not theology, whose mission is to encourage respect for humanity and nature and to create a better world. Members are committed to personal ethical development in their relationships with others and in activities involving social justice and environmental stewardship. What We Believe We believe all individuals have inherent worth and dignity, the potential to grow and change, a responsibility to strive for ethical growth, and a responsibility to …

The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, in Teaneck, NJ, was founded in 1953 as a religious, progressive and humanistic community. While most religions are concerned with ethics, Ethical Culture puts ethics, human flourishing, social justice and political action at the center of the search for a meaningful life. Join this Meetup group and, better yet, come for a visit! All our Meetup group meetings are open to the public and include more than just Meetup members. Our typical audience is …

PHC believes that to be human is to be interdependent and interconnected with all of humanity. The absolute sacred nature of each person is the beginning and the end of a just society. The guiding principles of all human interaction must be empathy, love, and respect. We stand for a fully democratic distribution of power at all levels of society and economic justice through an equitable distribution of wealth. Society must also enable the full human development of all persons, including thier me …

WHY FIGHT?... for 27 MILLION REASONS! "Freedom is not a gift from heaven... we must fight for it every day!" ~ Simon Wiesenthal Few people in the developed nations have a grasp of the magnitude of human trafficking. Fewer still take action. Welcome to Fight Slavery Now! Thank you for choosing to make a difference. We are an all volunteer grass-roots organization of regular folks like yourself. Most of us initially knew little about this subject, or else believed that incidents were few and far …

What We Do Friends in Need Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization with a purpose of helping the less fortunate by providing food, clothing, and wellness programs, as well as working with other organizations dedicated to ending or minimizing hunger and hardship in our community. In addition, we donate food and volunteer time to established shelters and soup kitchens in need of financial and human resources. We also distribute warm clothing and accessories during the cold win …

By joining the United Nations Association you will have the opportunity to connect with the critical issues confronted by the U.N. -- from global health and human rights, to the spread of democracy, equitable sustainable development, and international justice. As host chapter, we are dedicated to educating, inspiring, and mobilizing our Manhattan community to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations. We host many events such as film screenings, Ambassador lecture series, t …

Meet other local Humanists, people who believe in the basic goodness of the human spirit without supernaturalism.

The Amnesty International NYC Women's Human Rights Action Team (NYCWHRAT) welcomes all who want to do activist work for women's human rights globally and at home.  Our mission is to become advocates globally and locally for the promotion of women's human rights. We work on a range of women's human rights issues that support Amnesty International's mission.

Our mission is to prevent and ultimately end forced labor and sexual exploitation of men, women, and children. We raise awareness in communities through hosting educational events and speaking engagements. We collaborate with government agencies and non-governmental organizations to establish acceptable preventive measures, identify victims, expose traffickers and users, and promote slave-free practices. We provide funding for programs that support survivors of human trafficking through medical …

Young Professionals Amnesty International (YPAI) engages and supports Amnesty activists from diverse backgrounds entering the workplace. YPAI provides Amnesty and other human rights activists a space to network, organize, and contribute to the struggle for human rights in the U.S. and abroad. YPAI provides a unique networking opportunity for present and prospective human rights leaders to take part in fun social activities like Human Rights Happy Hours, Amnesty BBQ’s, Human Rights Film Screening …

Did you know that citizens/residents are being unconstitutionally mobbed,stalked, harassed, surveilled, blacklisted, hazed, tormented and deprived of their civil and human rights,right here in our Good city of New York!? Also consumer and property rights are ignored. I am a law-abiding 8th generation American and I was victim of an un- warranted SWAT team dispatched to my home for no legitimate cause in 2008. It was in retaliation for my reporting the pattern and practice of stalking and harassm …

This group is for anyone interested in exploring the connections between digital humanities, new media, digital games, with music, film, theatre, and other performing arts. All are welcome: join us to share your experiences and discuss new projects and ideas!

A gathering of all those interested in the discussion and study of signs, meaning systems, web science, thinking, language, and knowledge in digital and web spaces. Open to all disciplines: All interested individuals are welcome, including academics, philosophers, advertising professionals, communications professionals, independent researchers, computer scientists, digital anthropologists, linguists, designers, information architects, user experience, human interaction, developers, localization, …

Founded in 1972, we are one of the oldest Amnesty groups in the world and one of the most active: we have monthly speakers and many outreach opportunities to table. Join us and help improve human rights around the globe! http://www.aiusagroup11.org/

Learn with us—Explore the Films, Fora, & "Arts That Spark" our ideas, discussion, debate. Arts and creative spirit delight and entertain us. They also open our minds, show us different worlds, immerse us in another's culture, and challenge us to learn and explore the great questions of human society— the past, the present and the futuristic. Welcome all students • artists professionals • entrepreneurs Who should attend? If you are keen to explore, think and share, then we welcome you! Join ou …

What do Ghandi, John Lennon, Jesus Christ, and Bob Marley have in common? They all emphasize love as being the foundation of life. Are they talking intimate love or did romance somehow hijack the true nature of love? Everybody sings about it, talks about it, and writes about it - but what does love really mean and how can it help you live a better life and create a better world? This meetup is a philosophical exploration of the practical side of love - what does it mean to cultivate true love fo …

Speak English easily with us! Explore Arts & Ideas with new friends and a real ESL Teacher. Welcome all international students • artists professionals • entrepreneurs Arts and creative spirit delight and entertain us. They also open our minds, show us different worlds, immerse us in another's culture, and challenge us to learn and explore the great questions of human society— the past, the present and the futuristic. Improve your English while learning about Arts and Culture, with us. Explore …

The Human Impacts Institute's mission is to foster sustainable human impacts on ecosystems through inspired engagement, leadership, collaboration, knowledge-building and creative expression.

we often claim ourselves as atheist, agnostic, secular humanist, environmental activist, feminist, skeptic, confusionist, pro-choice, sex-positive, socialist and so on. But, often we refuse to apply our faith in action, when others do. This group will discuss how to apply our faith into real world decision makings as a student, father, single, couple, grand father, grand mother, worker, employee, employer, corporation, enterprenure, priest, teacher, professional, mother, single parent, gay, lesb …

God probably doesn't exist. But that's not the point. We live in a world of breathtaking beauty, of fascinating mystery. And those mysteries only become more compelling as we unravel them. In a universe of natural, mathematical laws, sentient beings arose who cared about that beauty and mystery. Humanism deserves a culture worth experiencing - art that makes us ache at the universe's beauty, connects us to our community, and inspires us to work towards a better future. Humanism deserves a cultur …

MyTherapist is a group of therapists in private practice in NYC.  We offer meetups for other professionals to train in clinical sexology and rational emotive behavior therapy as well as meetups for the public on topics related to psychology, psychotherapy, LGBT issues, and human sexuality.  Some of our Meetups have gone on to become recurring therapy groups facilitated by one of our staff (but don'[t worry, once a workshop crosses over to therapy, we don't coordinate that thru Meetup.com) We're …

This is a group to get people together who support animal rights. We will list all types of events from animal group tricky trays to just general animal events around northern new jersey. A number of friends of mine love these kinds of events so I'm sure there are more of us out there. With Hurricane Sandy a few people I know have been taking donations for furry friends as well as the humans who need help and what better way to reach out to people to help with donations than on a meetup site.

This book club reads popular fiction and non-fiction with spiritual themes, and then meets in fellowship for discussion. Redemption, humanity, freedom, rebirth, nature, justice, triumph, and the mystical are among the many spiritual themes explored. Hosted by Original Blessing: A Unitarian Universalist Congregation in north Brooklyn, New York. All are welcome!

Dear All, You are warmly invited to our side event on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 10:30 am to 12 noon, at 777 United Nations Church Center, New York, NY 10017. Boss Room (8th Floor) We would be honoured by your presence. Come let us all reason together and institute actions that would eliminated all forms of Discrimination and violence against women & girls in the world. Please RSVP at: sdoctor@rosenadvisory.com

The Brecht Forum is a space where human needs and culture come first. We stage 200 events each year connecting activists, artists and academics in a lively environment to support progressive movements.

Lets share and discuss practical applications to enhance our life and human potential. Anyone who is interested in this topic is welcomed. Whether you are here to learn more on doing what you love and loving what you do or would like to share your experiences approaching an inspired life, we would love to have you join. This is for anyone that had a big or small desire to have live an Inspired Life.