Category: Activities
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‘I urge you to keep up the fight for these ideals’
in ActivitiesOn Saturday, March 28, Winchester, Kentucky, held its first-ever “No Kings” rally in front of the courthouse. Humanists of Winchester was well-represented, with at least a dozen of our members participating in the event. In fact, one of the featured speakers was our president, Rebecca Ison. She opened by explaining what humanism is and launched…
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‘No Kings’ rally is this Saturday!
in ActivitiesBy Pete Koutoulas | Past President, Humanists of Winchester Saturday, March 28, will introduce something new to Winchester: a ‘No Kings’ rally on the courthouse square downtown. In the latest episode of the Voices of Winchester Podcast, I spoke with Winchester attorney Adam Johnson about the event. Adam emphasizes that the No Kings Rally is not…
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Humanists of Winchester Support AVRR
in ActivitiesAll Voices Reading Room is a wonderful place in downtown Winchester. Located on the third floor of the McEldowney Building at 5 Cleveland Avenue, AVRR houses a library of over 1,000 books, many of which aren’t available in school or public libraries. Why is that? Many libraries are hesitant to offer books that have been…
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Humanists of Winchester present a ‘magical’ day in Winchester
in ActivitiesYou know the day is going to be magical when a real (sort of), live unicorn shows up! Saturday, October 18, was in fact a magical day for pride and inclusion in Winchester. Folks from Clark County and beyond gathered on Depot Street (renamed “Dr. John Fryer Blvd.” for the day) to celebrate, have fun, enjoy…
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WinCity Helps has launched!
in ActivitiesBy Pete Koutoulas After months of work and data collection, a new service designed to match volunteers with community organizations seeking help has launched in Winchester. I’m proud to announce that WinCity Helps is now live! Two Clark County organizations, WinCity Media, Inc. and the Humanists of Winchester, have partnered to create the website and…
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Ark Encounter video is up!
in ActivitiesWe’ve created a YouTube channel! Our first video is Dan Phelps’ presentation to the Humanists of Winchester on Feb. 12. The Ark Encounter stands in Northern Kentucky as a testament to why fundamentalist religion and science do not mix. But a Central Kentucky geologist, Dan Phelps, has been working to expose the hypocrisy, false claims,…
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New volunteer website coming this spring to Clark Co.
in ActivitiesA new service designed to match volunteers to community organizations looking for help will launch soon in Winchester—and organizers are asking local groups needing volunteers to make their needs known.
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Local geologist to speak at Humanist group about The Ark Encounter
Dan Phelps’ presentation, “The Ark Encounter: Anti-science with Government Assistance,” will be presented at the February 12 meeting of Humanists of Winchester. The event will begin at 6 PM in the community room of the library and is open to the public.
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Local author to present at Oct. 9 gathering
in ActivitiesThis article appeared on WinCity Voices. One year ago last month, a group of about ten friends gathered at a downtown coffee shop just to meet up and discuss their shared interest in Humanism. Today, the group that formed from that meeting, The Humanists of Winchester, has 134 Facebook followers, 18 paid members, and is averaging around…
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A ‘wicked’ good time!
in ActivitiesRepublished from WinCity Voices. September 4, 2024 | Pete Koutoulas When I last wrote about Shannon Tipton, she insisted that — contrary to what some of her detractors have said, she is “not a witch.” That would seem self-evident to most people, but a few rabble-rousers in the area had accused her not only of being…