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he Humanist Center is owned and operated by the Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS). IHS offers a number of online resources related to humanism and the activities of the Institute.

he Institute publishes a weekly e-zine called Humanist Network News (HNN). One edition of HNN per month is produced as a podcast (an audio file in radio show format). To subscribe to HNN, visit our subscription page. To listen to the HNN podcast or get our syndication address, visit our podcast page.

he Institute also issues action alerts relating to New York public policy issues. To subscribe to action alerts, visit our subscription page.

he Institute runs interactive, online humanist courses through the Continuum of Humanist Education. COHE courses include:

• Introduction to Humanism: A primer on the history, philosophy and goals of humanism
• Evolution, Creationism and the Nature of Science
• Understanding Ourselves and Our Universe
• Religion and the Constitution
• Developing Human Potential Without Religion
• Sacred vs. Secular Ethics

he Institute provides free hosting to nearly 200 humanist websites through its Humanists.net program.

he Institute for Humanist Studies Grant Fund provides grants to innovative humanist projects. Since its launch in 2000, the grants have averaged over $130,000 a year. For information on past grants and criteria for applying for future grants, visit the IHS Grant Fund pages.

he Institute collaborates with a variety of organizations based on issues of common cause. We proudly engage both formally and informally with established organizations that overlap with our mission:

• IHS is a Specialist Member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), the worldwide humanist federation. IHS president, Larry Jones, is a Vice-President of the IHEU and a humanist representative at the United Nations. IHS executive director, Matt Cherry, represents IHEU and the humanist perspective at the United Nations, where he is president (and first elected humanist officer) of its NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
• IHS is a Founding Member of the Secular Coalition for America, the new lobbying coalition for national freethought organizations in the United States.
• IHS also collaborates with two other humanist groups based in New York’s Capital District: the Black American Free Thought Association holds discussion meetings at various locations in Albany, including the Humanist Center; the Capital District Humanist Society is an independent membership group that provides speaker meetings, social events and a monthly newsletter to humanists in and around Albany, New York.