World Humanist Forum - First Assembly (ENG)
First Assembly and next steps
We are pleased to receive you at the World Humanist Forum (WHF), all of you who participated in its first Assembly on January 25, and all of you who for any reason were unable to attend. There were about 160 participants from all continents of the world, who shared views from different cultures on a variety of topics of common interest. They also started setting up modalities of work to give continuity to this process, through the Thematic Tables.
Although we acknowledged that we faced some glitches with translations, finding the correct meeting room for the Thematic Table of our choice, etc., we received feedback that overall the people were impressed by the efficacy of the proposed work modality, the ad-hoc coordination in the break-out rooms including consecutive translations, and the production of short summaries to be shared at the final plenary session.
At the moment we are completing some work at the Forum Secretariat, to be able to establish fluid contact with all Thematic Areas, including new ones to be created. This will include contact details of participants, an archive containing reference material, and a dedicated page on the website for each Thematic Table. The communication channels will include a newsletter, of which you are reading the first version.
We hope you keep sharing all your work experiences from your Thematic Tables and beyond, observations and suggestions for the best results.
In the meantime, we send you our best wishes.
Thank you,
Summary of Thematic Table Discussions
We had 14 tables who presented summaries of their discussions when we got back to the plenary at the end of the Assembly. A lot was said – so much that it turned out to be impossible to transcribe from the zoom recording. If any Table wants to share a written version of the summary of the discussion, please do so at info@worldhumanistforum.org
As an example, we are sharing the summary of the first fortnightly meeting of the Table of Psychosocial and Spiritual Revolutions: please check it on the website here: https://worldhumanistforum.org/1064-2/
Active Thematic Tables
We received information of three thematic tables that are already active and are holding meetings. Whoever is interested please feel free to join them via these details:
Thematic Table of Human Rights and Resistance to Gender Violence: meeting every other week, on Fridays at 14:00 Argentina time, via Google Meet. Meeting in English. To participate contact Tracey Kabada (+254729277636, orautracy@yahoo.com) or Julius Valdimarsson (+354 823 4415, julius@islandia.is).
Thematic Table of Psychosocial and Spiritual Revolutions: meeting every 2 weeks, on Sundays at 15:00 Argentina time, via Zoom. Meeting in English, Spanish, and French. Contact Toni Antonucci (+420 775 406 297, toni@volny.cz).
Thematic Table “Peace in History”: held their first meeting on Friday February 7, at 19:00 Argentina time, via Zoom, in Spanish. For information on next meetings contact Cecilia Umaña (+57 316 8906075, ceciliaumanacruz@gmail.com).
Next Newsletter
In the next newsletter we would like to include information on the activities of the different thematic roundtables. We ask the coordinator (or whoever the roundtable provisionally defines for this function) to send us the material they consider of interest: first documents, actions, communiqués, photos, links to videos, etc. to be published on the website and to include a brief summary in the bulletin.
You can share your activity by filling in this form on our website https://worldhumanistforum.org/activity
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WHF Secretary