Meetings

Sunday, October 4, 2026, 1:30-2:30

Millhopper Library, Meeting Room A

AGENDA  for Oct  4 Meeting. Millhopper Library, Meeting Room A, 1:30-2:30 

1. RECENT ACTIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

A.  Tabled at Gainesville’s annual Pride Festival in Bo Diddley Plaza, Saturday October 3, 12pm-6pm.

 B. Joined the FDOT Adopt-A-Highway program. We have a 2-mile stretch of NW 39^th Ave

2. OUTREACH

A.  Sign up for 1-hr tabling shifts at the No Kings IV Vote Early Event at Cora Roberson park on Saturday Oct 17^th, 10-11 & 11-12p

B. Sign up for future Adopt-A-Highway events,

3. ACTIVISM (at the meeting)

A.  Write post cards for AHA National effort.

For the balance of the meeting, let’s socialize.

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Sunday, September 6, 2026, 1:30-2:30

Headquarters Downtown Library, Meeting Room B

Gainesville Humanist Meeting Minutes

September 6, 2026  Headquarters Library, Meeting Room B

Attending (9): Leonard Cohen, Jack Kulas, Bud Jones, Dee and Chuck Peck, Tom Wood, Pierce Butler, Gerry Slaw, Rick Gold

Recent Actions / Achievements

Accepted to table at Gainesville’s Pride Festival, Bo Diddley Plaza, October 3, 12-8 PM.

Three members (Dale, Jack, Len) have begun 10 week Leadership Training thru AHA. AHA has a new website and a new motto determined by market research: “Fighting for a more compassionate world and a better future’ rather than “Good Without God.” That message is most likely to meet people’s needs more than the latter. Len summarized the first session, “The Honest Audit.” Five domains were looked at: Membership, Programming Mix, Leadership, Community Presence, Finances. We self-scored low in all areas. Takeaways were that we need to build our leadership “bench”, need to have more variety in programming events, and with membership we need to identify why people join GH and why the “lurkers” don’t. Our goal for programming is have one event a month that is uniquely GH.

GH is now a member organization of the Gainesville No Kings IV coalition. We will be working with them to sell merch using our bank account. No Kings IV will be on October 17 at Cora Roberson Park from 10-12. We will be tabling there.

Jack has started a weekly GH newsletter.

Activism and Outreach

There was a discussion about the usefulness of pursuing Florida “Free Thinker” specialty license plates. Although no consensus was reached, Jack will continue to explore the feasibility of this project and collaborate with other Humanist organization to make this a reality. 3000 plates have to be pre-sold.

GH members will sign up for two hour shifts to staff the Pride festival table on October 3. Jack has tent and merch. Len has table and merch. Jack will schedule a Zoom meeting to train volunteers for tabling and send out an email to fill up the tabling empty two hour time slots.

Discussion of which locations to use for Alachua County’s Adopt-A-Road program. None of the locations offered were deemed favorable due to distances so it was decided to pursue a similar project using a location on 39^th Avenue near 64^th Street used in the past by the Humanist Society of Gainesville. This location is run by the State of Florida’s DOT, not Alachua County’s Adopt-A-Road.  Jack will contact Fl DOT to get more details.

Discussion of what brought members back to GH meetings- sense of community with other atheists and agnostics. Len will do some research on why some members did not return for a second meeting.

Discussion of other GH activities we could do… perhaps have a movie night… sit down dinner…Tom Wood agreed to do a Zoom  on “Why Scientists Don’t Believe in God” later in the fall.

Continue to attend local protests to defeat white Christian Nationalism.

Sign the petition to release all Epstein files: https://trumpepsteinbookmobile.com

Next meeting is scheduled for Sunday October 4 at 1:30 at Millhopper Library Room A.

AGENDA  for Sept 6 Meeting. Headquarters Library, Room B, 1:30-2:30 

1. RECENT ACTIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

A.  Accepted to table at Gainesville’s annual Pride Festival in Bo Diddley Plaza, Saturday October 3, 12pm-8pm,  Also received packet of materials from the AHA to distribute.

B.  3 members signed up for the 10-Week AHA Leadership Training, and attended the first session on Sep 3rd.  We’ll have a short report about what we heard and learned.

C.  Became member organization of the Gainesville No Kings IV Coalition. The coalition will use our  Venmo & Paypal accounts for sales of T-shirts and tote-bags and receipt of donations. We’ll be distributing this merch—for a donation— at our Pride Festival booth On October 3rd. October 17th has been set as the date for the Vote Early No Kings IV action at Cora Roberson park. March at 9:30 from Depot Park, program with tabling at CRP from 10 am to 12pm.

D. Started weekly Gainesville Humanists newsletter. Suggestions for content welcome. 

2. OUTREACH

A. Continue to explore getting Florida to create a Free Thinker Specialty License plate like South Carolina’s “In Reason We Trust.”  

B.  Sign up for 2-hr shifts to staff Pride Festival table on Oct 3rd , and for 2-hr shifts at the No Kings IV tabling on Oct 17th.

C. Sign up to become a member organization of Keep Alachua County Beautiful’s Adopt-A-Road program. 2 candidate road stretches have been offered to us. Let’s consider if either is OK, or if we might want to get other candidates. Details of program to be provided.

3. ACTIVISM

A.  Sign the petition: https://trumpepsteinbookmobile.com/

B.  Attend local weekly protests, e.g., the Oaks Mall Saturday morning protest

C. Set up an online lecture/discussion series, with occasional in-person events, on topics of interest to humanists.

D.  Spend time this  meeting exploring other action ideas. What do you think we should be doing? We should try for at least one GH-sponsored action a month.

4. BONDING

Let’s spend the majority of this meeting getting to know each other better and planning further community-building events.

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Sunday, August 2, 2026, 1:30-2:30

Headquarters Downtown Library, Meeting Room B

Gainesville Humanists Meeting Minutes

August 2, 2026 Headquarters Library 1:30

Attending (16): Leonard Cohen, Jack Kulas, Pete Murray, Bud Jones, Kathryn Glazer, Nate Glazer, Peter Harrell, Martha Beck, Dahlonega Peck, Charles Peck, Tom Wood, Mary Savage, Gerry Shaw, Rick Gold, Patti Breedlove, and Pierce Butler

Brief introductions of all present

Recent Actions

Recommendation to divest from Vanguard Investment Company for being one of the largest shareholders in immigrant detention centers/ concentration camps (GEO Group and Core Civic).

Outreach

Accepted by City of Gainesville to table at the 45^th Downtown Festival and Art Show (November 14-15). Applied to table at Pride festival (October 3). Len and Jack will get materials/ literature for tabling including LGBTQ literature. [ADDENDUM: we have been approved to table at Pride!]

Gainesville business cards distributed. Membership dues collected. Gerry Shaw wore his “You’re a Human…Why not become a Humanist?” t-shirt with GH QR code is willing to make more if requested. Discussion of humanist billboard, “In Reason We Trust” Florida License Plates (https://lowcountryhumanists.org/license-plates), license plate holders. Announced group socializing at Cypress and Grove Brewery Tuesday 8/4   at 6:00 p.m. [ADDENDUM: those attending the 8/4 event agreed to have a regular biweekly socializing at Cypress and Grove at 6. Next: Aug. 25]

Still trying to recruit one more group member in addition to Len and Jack for 10 week AHA Leadership Training (beginning Sept. 3 and meeting every two weeks from 7-9 P.M.) $ 250 buy-in with a $500 payback if  team members graduate with 90% attendance.

Tried to recruit for AHA’s Policy Advocacy Training on August 5… no takers. Suggestion to cultivate student/university contacts for membership in GH. Humanistic Judaism group (Rick Gold) meets online August 10 at 7:30 P.M. Next meeting Monday Aug 24]

FreeFlo conference sponsored by Central Florida Freethought Community is coming Feb 26-28, 2027 in Orlando.

Activism

Sign the petition to release all the Epstein files  and support the Trump-Epstein Bookmobile which is bringing the Epstein files to local communities (https://trumpepsteinbookmobile.com)

Attend local weekly protests at Oaks Mall and/or Westside Park.

Next meeting is Sunday, September 6, at Headquarters Branch Library Meeting Room B, 1:30-2:30pm

Submitted by L.C.

AGENDA

1. RECENT ACTIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

A.  Recommended divesting from Vanguard Investment Company, who is one of the largest  shareholders of GEO Group and CoreCivic who make billions of dollars from running the ICE/DHS     detention centers (concentration/ prison camps), currently holding 70,000 immigrants

B.  Accepted by City of Gainesville to table at the 45th Downtown Festival and Art Show,  scheduled for Saturday & Sunday November 14–15, 2026 as a Community Organization

C.  Applied to Table at the Pride Festival, Saturday October 3

D. [The Thornebrook Arts Festival is restricted to artists, no community organizations.]

E.  Created GH membership—report on current members

F.  Distributed GH business cards

2. OUTREACH

A. Explore getting Florida to create a Free Thinker Specialty License plate like the one in South Carolina: “In Reason We Trust”:  https://lowcountryhumanists.org/license-plates/

B. Recruit for 10 Week AHA Leadership Training, Starting Sep 3rd. $250 buy-in, with a $500 payback if 3 team members “graduate” with 90% attendance. Training sessions will run every two weeks for 10 sessions on Thursday evenings (excluding holidays) from 7-9pm ET beginning on September 3, 2026.

C.  Recruit for Policy Advocacy Trainings: Wednesday, August 5th 1pm or 6pm “Humanists Shaping Change: learning the art of advocacy and the legality of lobbying”! you’ll  learn the basic tools in our advocacy toolbox and how to use them effectively to influence policy

3. ACTIVISM

A.  Sign the petition:  https://trumpepsteinbookmobile.com/

B.  Attend local weekly protests at Oaks Mall and/or Westside Park

C.  Other ideas?

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Sunday, July 5, 2026, 1:30-2:30

Gainesville Humanist Meeting Minutes for July 5, 2026 Meeting

Attending (8): Leonard Cohen, Chuck Peck, Dahlonega Peck, Dale Bryan, Michael, Pete Murray, Joanna Montana, Madeline Austin

Welcome and group sharing

Recent Actions

On June 22 Diane Dimperio lead a Zoom workshop on “Facilitating Voter Registration.” Several members of GH have now been trained in helping citizens to register to vote.

Outreach

Thanks to Jack Kulas we now have GH business cards and we have a Zoom account. Business cards distributed to those who wanted them.

Activism Action #1

Vanguard Investment Company is         . If you are invested in a passively managed mutual fund through your 401k you may be inadvertently supporting ICE detentions. Today’s action is to divest from Vanguard and switch to another investment company, Fidelity for instance, that is not so heavily invested in GEO Group and Core Civic. More information is available at GTFOICE.org/divest. Divest from Prison Camp Profiteers!

Action #2

A guide entitled “Leaving Maga” was distributed. If you have friends and/or relatives who are MAGA but have become disenchanted with Trump, this brief how-to guide gives valuable suggestions on how to reconcile with them and maybe even get them to vote against Trump and Republicans in the mid-term elections. More info is available at leavingmaga.org.

Next meeting will be Sunday August 2 at Headquarters Library Room B from 1:30-2:30.

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Sunday, June 7, 2026, 1:30-2:30

Millhopper Library, Meeting Room B

Gainesville Humanists Meeting Minutes for June 7, 2026 meeting

Attending (18): Leonard Cohen, Jack Kulas, Pete Murray, Bud Jones, Jim Nail, Chuck Peck, Dahlonega Peck, Carol Cobb, Rick Gold, David Wood, Dale Bryan, Tom Wood, Diane Dimperio, Nancy Robin Moon, Norris Moon, Madeline Austin. Gerry Shaw

Welcome and brief intros.(Jack Kulas)

Recent Actions and Achievements (Jack Kulas): Final report on AHA Empathy Project grant submitted…Funded and sent 100 “Unfit Unwell Unhinged” postcards to members of Congress…members of GH attended John Fugelsang’s seminar on May 24 at UCG on Christian Nationalism… Venmo account for donations set up

Outreach

Diane Dimperio (theresistnetwork.com) spoke to us about our “competitive authoritarian” government and how to defeat it through a resistance movement of 50% of the populace using peaceful protests, boycotts, and buycotts. She will be training GH members in voter registration June 22 at 6 pm on Zoom. We can also sign up for bimonthly notifications of local actions at theresistnetwork@gmail.com.

Activism

June 14 th 7:00 – 9:00 pm watch party for Rise Up Sing Out concert to support First Amendment at UCG.(www.the townhall.org/event/rise-up-sing-out-a-concert-for-the-first-amendment) 1624 NW 5th Ave.

Support government whistleblowers, the Trump-Epstein Memorial Reading Room, GTFO Ice Effort, and state prosecutions of federal agents that violate the law by joining defiance.org. Free or upgrade to $7/month subscription.

Tabling opportunities: Pride Festival in October (Rick Gold), Thornebrook Arts Festival (October 3,4)…Gerry Shaw will get details…Downtown Festival (November 14 Gainesville)…Dahlonega will investigate

Len Cohen led group through a review of ideas from brainstorming session from May 3 meeting. In the area of Fundraising: treasurer (Len Cohen) attended a AHA workshop on Best Practices for fundraising. He reported that GH has $283.88 in our checking account. The group voted to implement a $20/ yearly GH dues and to ask board members to contribute $100/ yearly. Also a Fundraising sub-committee consisting of Len Cohen, Rick Gold, and Dale Bryan was constituted and will meet to implement best practices for raising funds for GH (Identifying high interest and high capacity donors, building relationships with them). The GH website will also be set up to accept donations from Venmo or Paypal. Possible projects to fund include continuing support for immigrants through the ESOL closet… t-shirts, billboard with Humanist messaging (i.e. “Good Without God? Million Are. Join GH”)

To combat Christian Nationalism and support separation of church and state it was agreed that GH develop literature and a humanist library to distribute at events. Jack submitted a bibliography. Other ideas generated at May 3 meeting included doing secular invocations at public governmental meetings, holding public lectures on separation of church and state, and a petition drive to keep chaplains from replacing school counselors in public schools. Also it was suggested to wear tee shirts and/or buttons that promote humanistic values and that identify us as members of GH. Madeline will investigate home-made buttons. Perhaps tee shirts could be pre-ordered.

The idea of Adopt-a-Highway was re-introduced and Jack will investigate.

Next GH meeting is Sunday July 5 1:30-2:30 at Millhopper Library Room B.

Respectfully submitted,

Leonard Cohen

AGENDA

1.  WELCOME & QUICK INTROS

2. RECENT ACTIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

A. Submitted the final report to the AHA’s American Empathy Project for our $1000 grant.

B. Individually funded and sent 100 “Unfit. Unwell. Unhinged. 25th Amendment” postcards:     https://www.signsofjustice.com/products/remove-him-postcards

C.  Individually attended author John Fugelsang’s seminar on May 24 at United Church of Christ, where he spoke about Christian Nationalism and his book The Separation of Church and Hate.

D.  Set up Venmo account for donations

3. OUTREACH

A. Diane Dimperio from the League of Women Voters will speak to us about how our group    can do voter registration.

B. Tabling opportunities remaining in 2026; Pride festival (Oct ?), Thornebrook Arts     Festival (Oct 3&4), Downtown Arts Fest (Nov 14&15)

4. ACTIVISM

A.  June 14^th  Watch Party for Rise Up ,Sing Out Concert: https://www.thetownhall.org/event/rise-up-sing-out-a-concert-for-the-first-amendment

B.  Supporting/Following Defiance.Org: https://www.defiance.org/

C. Discuss the results of brainstorming session from the May 3 meeting TO IDENTIFY FUTURE ACTIONS

1.Empathy: Link immigrants to legal aid, safe houses, transportation, resume writing, proper attire and preparation for job interviews, financial assistance, therapy, connect with other immigrants

2. Fundraising :  GH Membership dues ($20/year), tax-deductible contributions from officers, use website to ask for donations from general public using Paypal, Venmo, or check to a mail address… have a collection jar at tabling events, look into grants from other foundations…organize paid events (i.e. film, lecture)…monthly treasury report

3. Separation of Church and State: Facilitate humanist invocations at local governmental/public gatherings…partner with Central Florida Free Thought Community and other humanist groups like Freedom From Religion Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State…petition drives to object to chaplains in public schools…handouts to educate government and  school officials on first amendment applications and form letters to be sent to violators

4. Combat Christian Nationalism:  Gather books and educational materials to distribute at events and to put into libraries …give a class/lecture on American History  at the library… wear t-shirts that will promote discussions…speak to Christian ministers to increase their awareness and to speak to their parishioners… Get Democrats in Congress to pass laws that protect First Amendment rights…billboards

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Sunday, May 3, 2026, 1:30-2:30

Gainesville Humanists Meeting  May 3, 2026 1:30-2:30 Headquarters Library

MEETING MINUTES

Attending (15): Leonard Cohen, Jack Kulas, Phil Seiden, Pete Murray, Dahlonega Peck, Carolyn Caracausa, Anita Alemanne, Dale Bryan, Nicole Alemanne, Nikki Herbst, Ralph Canapa, Rick Gold, Madeline Austin, Tom Wood, Bud Jones

After brief introductions, Jack Kulas reviewed recent actions and achievements: GH sponsored an Open House on May 2 at Westminster Presbyterian Church where a $1000 grant from the AHA was used to provide food and needed household items to immigrant families as part of the American Empathy Project… GH members also participated in the May 1 nationwide resistance to billionaires by a day of “no school, no work, no purchases”… Leonard reported that as of March 4 our tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) status  as a charitable organization has been approved by the IRS and donors to GH can deduct their contributions.

Outreach: Pete Murray is continuing to look into voter registration training… Jack is looking into becoming a humanist celebrant…Rick Gold will look into tabling at Pride Festival. Rick is also part of a Jewish Humanist reading group. Jack also mentioned a seminar lead by John Fugelsand ( author of “Separation of Church and Hate”) on combating Christian Nationalism at the United Church of Gainesville on May 24 at 11:30.

Activism: Leonard Cohen facilitated an exercise designed to generate future actions for our group. The larger group broke into four smaller groups to  brainstorm ways to:

 1. Show compassion and empathy for immigrants and religious and sexual minorities

 2. Support Separation of Church and State,

 3. Fundraising

4. Combat Christian Nationalism

Groups were encouraged to use the S.M.A.R.T. criteria for effective goal setting: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and accomplishable within a year.

Results of brainstorming session

1. Empathy

Link immigrants to legal aid, safe houses, transportation, resume writing, proper attire and preparation for job interviews, financial assistance, therapy, connect with other immigrants

• Fundraising

GH Membership dues ($20/year), tax-deductible contributions from officers, use website to ask for donations from general public using Paypal, Venmo, or check to a mail address… have a collection jar at tabling events, look into grants from other foundations…organize paid events (i.e. film, lecture)…monthly treasury report

• Separation of Church and State

Facilitate humanist invocations at local governmental/public gatherings…partner with Central Florida Free Thought Community and other humanist groups like Freedom From Religion Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State…petition drives to object to chaplains in public schools…handouts to educate government and  school officials on first amendment applications and form letters to be sent to violators

• Combat Christian Nationalism

Gather books and educational materials to distribute at events and to put into libraries …give a class/lecture on American History  at the library… wear t-shirts that will promote discussions…speak to Christian ministers to increase their awareness and to speak to their parishioners… Get Democrats in Congress to pass laws that protect First Amendment rights…billboards

Next GH meeting will be Sunday June 7 1:30-2:30 in Millhopper Branch library Room B.

Respectfully submitted,

Leonard Cohen

MEETING AGENDAHeadquarters Library, 401 E University Ave., Meeting Room B

A. RECENT ACTIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Sponsored an Open House on May 2 at Westminster Presbyterian Church to provide needed household items to immigrant families. It was underwritten by a $1000 grant we received from the American Empathy Project, sponsored by the AHA
2. Participated individually in May 1 nationwide strike — no school, no work, no buying anything

 B. OUTREACH

1. Report on what we need to do to register voters while tabling: Pete
2. Report on what is involved to become a Humanist Celebrant: Jack
3. Identify further tabling opportunities in 2026; create tabling subcommittee; Earth Day, Pride festival, Thornebrook Art, Santa Fe Spring arts, Downtown Arts Fest

 C. ACTIVISM

1. Generate ideas for future activism.  We’ll break into pairs to brainstorm future short-term and long-term actions.  Then each pair will report what they came up with, and we’ll discuss and plan future actions
2. Billboard: Continue discussing putting up a billboard. What should the content be? Start a Go Fund Me campaign?

–Jack Kulas

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Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:15-3:15

Cypress & Grove Brewery, Back Meeting Room

Minutes of Gainesville Humanists Meeting   April 5, 2026

Cypress and Grove Brewery, Back Meeting Room

Attending (16): Jack Kulas, Len Cohen, Pete Murray, Bud Jones, Dahlonega Peck, Chuck Peck, Mare Wyn, Dale Bryan, Chris Ickler, Bridget Hanson, Ellyn Ahlston, Rick Gold, Jan Frentzen, Tom Wood, Larry Shaw, Patti Breedlove

Introductions

Jack reviewed recent achievements: Received $1000 Empathy project grant from A.H.A….  . listed in Gainesville Iguana’s Community Directory…acquired resources and canopy for tabling…tabled at NO Kings III and signed up over 30 people for our email list…registered with state of Florida as a non-profit corporation… set up Paypal account with QR code for donations

Old Business

501(C)(3) status is pending- Len has submitted paperwork to IRS…GH mission needs to focus on separation of church and state and helping immigrants (Empathy Day May 2  8-11 am Open House event at 3232 NW 15^th Avenue funded by AHA and run by Louise and Yosse Yariv of the ESOL closet)…Voter registration training- Pete is still looking into this…Secular celebrant training through AHA- Pete is interested…GH business cards with our contact information- also Pete … Billboard discussion- humanistic “Good Without God” message plus “Join a humanist group” or a political one-  we should probably wait for 501c3 status before GoFund Me Campaign to raise $5K for a three month run…

New Business

OUTREACH-Need for a subcommittee of GH to investigate more tabling opportunities in 2026… Earth Day, Pride Festival (Rick Gold will look into this), Thornebrook Art Festival, Santa Fe Spring Arts, Gainesville Downtown Arts Festival, WUFT Pledge Drive (Dale Bryan will look into this)…faculty sponsor for GH on UF campus …Mainstreet Daily…Alachua Chronicle… GH should become an affiliate of Central Florida Freethought Community… TBD

EDUCATION- GH should send a delegation to Winter Park to hear Fish Stark talk on April 19 2-3 pm

FINANCIAL- should we require GH dues? (wait on this)…have a place on website where people can make donations

ACTION- participate in May 1 protests (Workers Fight Back 13^th and University)… participate in nationwide strike May 2 (no work no school no purchases)

Next meeting will be Sunday  May 3 at Headquarters Library 401 E. University Ave 1:30-2:30

Respectfully Submitted,

Leonard Cohen

AGENDA

Here is what we will be talking about and hashing out.

1. RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

A. Received $1000 grant from American Empathy Project, sponsored by AHA
B. Listed in Gainesville Iguana’s Community Directory
C. Acquired canopy for tabling events
D. Acquired resource materials from AHA for tabling
E. Tabled at No Kings 3 event—signed up ~35 people on email list
F. Became a Florida Corporation and a non-profit corporation.
G. Set up a Paypal account with QR code for donations.

2. OUTREACH

A. Do voter registration: get trained for collecting VR forms; discuss where we can
do this outreach
B. Become a Humanist Celebrant; learn how to get this certification
C. Identify further tabling opportunities in 2026; Let’s create tabling subcommittee;
Earth Day, Pride festival, Thornebrook Art, Santa Fe Spring arts, Downtown Arts Fest, etc.
D. Design and get printed business cards with our contact info

3. ACTIVISM

A. May 2: Open House for American Empathy Project at Westminster Presbyterian Church
B. April 19: 2-4pm, AHA Exec. Dir. Fish Stark to give talk in Winter Park: “The Religious
Right Is Fighting a Holy War. Here’s Our Plan To Win.” Let’s send a delegation.
C. May 1: plan for a nationwide strike- no school, no work , no buying anything.
D. Billboard: Discuss putting up a billboard. What should the content be? Statrt a Go Fund Me campaign?.
E. Other Actions

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Sunday, March 1, 2026, 2-3 pm

Millhopper Branch Library, Meeting Room A.

1. RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

A. Set up a Bank Account
B. Received a Federal EIN (Employee Identification Number)
C. Listed on AHA website as a chapter
D. To be listed in Gainesville Iguana’s Community Directory
E. Acqiring canopy for tabling events
F. Acquiring resource materials from AHA for tabling
G. Working on becoming a Florida Corporation and a non-profit corporation.

2. OUTREACH

A. Disuss our relationship with Sunday Assembly of Gainesville
B. Do voter registration: get trained for collecting VR forms; discuss where we can
do this outreach
C. Talk about becomeing a Humanist Celebrant; learn how we can get this certification
D. Identify tabling opportunities in 2026
E. Design and get printed business cards with our contact info

3. ACTIVISM

A. Table at the March 28th No Kings 3 event
B. Discuss the AHA’s American Empathy Project; the following are some possibilities:
1). Use the $1000 for four immigrant children to become US citizend via UF Law Clinic;
2). Help immigrants with food, transportation to school, church etc via Rural
Women’s Health Project or Faith Mission;
3). Help immigrants with home furnishings and appliances via the ESOL Closet at
estminster Presbyterian Church
C. Turn out together as a group at the No King 3 protest
D. Discuss billboard. What should the content be? Go Fund Me financing.
E. Become part of Gainesville Activism Hub
F. Follow Gainesville Community Calendar for progressive events in Gainesville.

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Sunday, February 1, 2026, 2-3 pm

Millhopper Branch Library, Meeting Room A.

Here is what we will be talking about and hashing out.

1. RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

A. Flying Pig Parade Amphifa participation
B. New Banner
C. MLK parade participation with new banner
A Chapter Status — listed on AHA website
E. Facebook group

2. OUTREACH

A. Do voter registration: get trained for collecting VR forms; discuss where we can do this outreach
B. Put up a bulletin board: Good Without God; fund it with a GoFundMe campaign
C. Become secular officiants; learn how we can get this certification
D. Identify art fests and other tabling opportunities in 2026
E. Secure resource materials from AHA for tabling
F. Design and get printed business cards with our contact info

3. ACTIVISM

A. Organize a silent protest march through Oaks Mall
B. Partner with the local INDIVISIBLE group for the March 28th No Kings 3 event, and turn out together as a group at the protest with our Gainesville Humanists banner.
C. Support the group Fight Against Federal Overreach (FederalOverreach.org) who are going after Federal Law Enforcement (ICE etc) for violating the law; contact local prosecutors to see if they will get on board with FAFO.
D. Boycott HILTON hotels for housing ICE police; make noise at night if ICE is staying in a local Hilton; encourage people to cancel their membership in Hilton Honors Program.
E. Remove TIKTOK from your phone and encourage everyone else to do likewise. [TikTok’s new US business is led by a group of mainly American investors approved by President Donald Trump.]
F. Protest the new Melania film