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From the Program Director
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This Sunday, we are delighted to present Dr. Joe Gerstein with the 2016 Humanist of the Year Award, honoring him for 25 years as the President and founder of SMART Recovery.
SMART stands for Self-Management Addiction Recovery Training: with its focus on recovery from addictions, it operates both as a support group and as a tools-based group which helps individuals clarify their thinking so they can make better decisions for themselves.
Joe brought the SMART Recovery Program to Massachusetts in 1990. Since that time, there have been more than 28,000 free SMART meetings in Massachusetts, including 29 weekly meetings in hospitals, churches, synagogues, VA facilities, sober houses, jails, prisons, and community centers. Today, SMART is available in 22 countries on 6 continents.
"Joe's work creating SMART Recovery is one of the most important and underrated community service projects of all time. Without any financial gain or attention-seeking, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to recover from addiction through scientifically based, nonreligious techniques, and his work may reach millions in the future. He is a true hero for our time." -- Greg Epstein, Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and Humanist Hub Executive Director.
1:30-3:00pm, 30 JFK Street. Free parking available in the Harvard Littauer lot. Read more here and RSVP here.
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Oct 16: Panel: Humanism, Racial Justice, and the Election
New movements for racial justice have dominated the headlines throughout America in 2016. Communities are becoming increasingly aware of the suffering caused by systemic racism, asking: What can we do? And will the 2016 election mark the beginning of real progress for racial justice in American politics, or will it further divide us and pit us against one another? Join us for a panel with 5 experts.
1:30-3:00pm, 30 JFK Street.
Read more here.
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View our entire Fall speaker series here. All programs are free and open to the public: 1:30-3:00pm, 30 JFK Street.
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Shaun King: What the Nonreligious Community Needs to Know
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We are honored to host writer and Black Lives Matter activist for 2 events on 10/23. Both are currently sold out: email us to get on the wait list or watch live-streaming at the Hub.
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Join us after the event on October 9 at 3:30pm for the Fall Humanist Hub town hall. Stay tuned for more info!
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