EHST Member Gretchen Niver joined a few members of the Skeptics Society, and others, on an Arctic and Greenland cruise on the Swan Hellenic Vega in early October. Learning about Inuit societies in Greenland and Northern Canada, and visiting such unique landscapes was a thrilling experience, which also included Northern Lights, sled dog puppies, icebergs, […]

We will discuss the results of the November 5th election and what it means to us individually as well as an organization dedicated to nontheism, separation of church and state, and freedom of and from religion.  Will the election make our lives and our commitments easier or more difficult?  What lessons do we take away […]

What inspires an ordinary person to volunteer in a distant country that's at war, where even the alphabet is unfamiliar? What would the experience be like? And why might they be willing to return? You're invited to hear the story of Philip Semanchuk who has been to Ukraine three times in the past year and […]

EHST will start the holiday season with a New World Potluck. We will meet at our usual venue, Extraordinary Ventures.  Attendees are asked to bring a dish to share that features New World foods.  (See the list below.) Also, feel free to bring beverages or something store bought to share.  And bringing something to share […]

As marketing co-chairs of HumanistMN, Suzanne Perry and Ellie Haylund worked together last year to put up a billboard near the Minnesota state capitol that read, "Reject Christian Nationalism: Keep Religion Out of Government." The billboard drew widespread media attention and raised people's awareness of their organization. This effort was instrumental in expanding knowledge of […]