{"id":25,"date":"2006-06-14T19:38:44","date_gmt":"2006-06-14T23:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/humanism\/2006\/06\/14\/major-announcement\/"},"modified":"2006-06-14T21:43:06","modified_gmt":"2006-06-15T01:43:06","slug":"major-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/humanism\/2006\/06\/14\/major-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting News: Mark Dates April 20-21, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three decades ago Tom Ferrick founded the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.  Tom then led the Chaplaincy to become a permanent, endowed position at Harvard, and on April 20 and 21, 2007 we will celebrate 30 years of his service to Harvard and Humanism.<\/p>\n<p>To honor Tom and his historic vision, Harvard will host a major Humanist symposium on the theme &#8220;dialogue between religions, cultures, and civilizations&#8221; where the Humanist Chaplaincy will lay out a bold new vision for the future of Humanism at Harvard and universities across the US.<\/p>\n<p>I invite you to mark the dates\u2014<strong>April 20 and 21, 2007<\/strong>\u2014and visit Cambridge next spring for a wonderful celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a title=\"Support the Humanist Chaplaincy\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/humanism\/contributions\/\"><em>we need your help to make this event a major success!<\/em><\/a> Below the photo are suggestions as to what you can do now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Chaplains Ferrick, Epstein hear announcement Harvard to honor Ferrick in '07\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/humanism\/files\/2006\/06\/DinnerEpsteinFerrick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"216\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"DinnerEpsteinFerrick.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/humanism\/files\/2006\/06\/DinnerEpsteinFerrick.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gepstein@hds.harvard.edu\"><strong>*Send us your mailing address,<\/strong> along with emails and addresses of friends you think would be interested.<br \/>\n<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Contributions in honor of Tom's 30 Year Symposium\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/humanism\/contributions\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Contributions in honor of Tom's 30 Year Symposium\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/humanism\/contributions\/\"> <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Contributions in honor of Tom's 30 Year Symposium\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/humanism\/contributions\/\"><strong>*Make a tax-deductable contribution to the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard<\/strong><\/a>, in honor of this special 30th Anniversary occasion, and\/or encourage a friend\/colleague\/loved one to make a contribution. The symposium will require significant investment on top of our very small annual budget: <em><strong>we need your financial support now!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:gepstein@hds.harvard.edu\"><strong>*Volunteer for a planning committee:<\/strong><\/a> Programming, Logistics, Alumni, and Publicity Committees are now being assembled.<\/p>\n<p><strong> ***SAVE THE DATES and PLAN TO ATTEND!<\/strong> Seven decades of Humanist Harvard Alumni will be there, from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.progressivehumanism.com\/\"><strong>Ambassador<\/strong> <strong>Carl Coon &#8217;49<\/strong><\/a>, Vice President of the American Humanist Association, to members of the class of 2006. Don&#8217;t miss out, and tell your friends now.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we can make this event one that will advance the ideals of Humanism far beyond Harvard, while increasing dialogue and understanding among all peoples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three decades ago Tom Ferrick founded the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University. Tom then led the Chaplaincy to become a permanent, endowed position at Harvard, and on April 20 and 21, 2007 we will celebrate 30 years of his service to Harvard and Humanism. 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