Humanist SA—Vol 1, Issue 1
For the Calendar
AUGUST
Sunday 10—1:30pm
Piatto Ristorante Café, 264 Rundle Street, Adelaide
Café Moot—An informal social gathering
Thursday 21—7pm
The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton
TBA
September
Sunday 14—1:30pm
Piatto Ristorante Café, 264 Rundle Street, Adelaide
Café Moot—An informal social gathering
Thursday 18—7pm
The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton
TBA
*Dates accurate as of publication check
meetup.com/Humanists-SA/ for up-to-date details
Update from the President
T
his month Humanists in SA created some
National impact in the media by publicising to
senior Advertiser columnist Tory Shepherd a
video I discovered and summarised (in the HumanistSA
Youtube channel) of Angela Jolly, CEO of Schools
Ministries Group admitting that her aim is to bring every
public school child to understand their "purpose" is "to
have a relationship with Jesus". (Link to video: bit.ly/
Justin Millikan
JollySMG). This resulted in National coverage in the News
franchise with an article discussing how this was unacceptable. "Tory Shepherd:
Our in-school counselling should be from counsellors — not chaplains". (Sydney
Morning Herald, June 24, 2014) (bit.ly/chapSMG)
From the Editor ..............................
W
elcome to the first issue of
Humanist SA. I hope you’ll
forgive me for taking up
more space than I might normally, but
it’s exciting!
Humanist SA plans to be a bi-monthly
publication that will bring together
news from around the state, the nation
and the world. It will also serve as a
venue for articles and other content
written or created by members of the
Humanist Society of South Australia. I
hope it will become a forum for
informed debate on issues—with
letters to the editor—as Humanists in
South Australia form or change their
positions.
This first issue comes not long after the
successful
National
Humanist
Convention that was held here in
Adelaide back in May. The convention
saw humanists from around Australia
converge on Adelaide to celebrate the
Australian Humanist of the Year Award
being given to Geoffrey Robertson and
to hold the CAHS AGM. A full review of
the convention and Sunday’s discussion
panel has been written by the Secretary
of the Humanist Society of South
Australia, Janette Menhennet.
A, hopefully, regular article in Humanist
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Important Details
SA will be “SA’s Humanists.” Each issue
will shine the spotlight on a valuable
member of the South Australian
Humanist community. This issue
focusses on Dick Cillford who was
awarded life membership to HSSA at
the AHoY Award dinner. You can look
forward to reading about the other
HSSA member who was awarded life
membership, Dorothy Bell, next issue.
The Humanist Society of South
Australia Inc. and its membership are
affiliated with the Council of
Australian Humanist Societies Inc. and
the International Humanist & Ethical
Union.
Stewart Henderson has a well written
article this issue summarising the
National School Chaplaincy Program,
and just how hard it can be at times to
work out its modu operandi.
Secretary
Janette Menhennet
Treasurer
Peter Toomer
Humanist SA Editor
Scott Sharrad
I look forward to curating, what I hope
will become a key aspect of organised
Humanism in this state. I also hope that
you, dear readers, will help by making
contributions to this new publication.
Either in the form of articles about a
current event, reviews/summaries of
meetings, opinion pieces and letters
concerning a current state or national
issue or even a piece of creative
writing. Artwork and photographs of
HSSA events will always be welcomed
as well.
Contributions—Editoria l Policy
Welcome and I hope you enjoy
Humanist SA!
HSSA Committee
[email protected]
President
Justin Millikan
0412 345 678
[email protected]
0403 835 058
Contributions are welcomed from all
members of HSSA as well as the public.
Preference will be given to previously
unpublished items that advance the ideals
of Humanism or offer Humanist views and
arguments on matters of concern and
interest to South Australians.
All content appears at the discretion of
the editor.
Articles (max 800 words), short items or
reviews (max 250 words), letters (max 150
words) and illustrations or photographs
should be sent to the editor by email as a
plain text file with no formatting . Longer
articles possible at the editor’s discretion.
The views expressed in this publication are
* not necessarily the views of HSSA