This week’s Moral Maze on Radio 4 debated fundamentalism. One of the contributors was Hanne Stinson, British Humanist Association Chief Executive. You can listen again via the BBC but will need Real Player on your PC, which you can download free from the BBC help page.  Tags: BBC, Moral+Maze, Religion, BHA

Peter Tatchell will be the guest speaker at our meeting in Colchester on Thursday March 15th. For details, see our events calendar. Peter is, amongst other things, a Guardian ‘Comment is Free’ columnist. His profile on the Guardian web site begins: Peter Tatchell is a human rights campaigner, and a member of the queer rights group OutRage! and the left wing of the Green party. His key political inspirations are Mahatma Gandhi, Sylvia Pankhurst, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

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E-mail: mail@suffolkhumanists.org.uk Event description: The AGM part shouldn’t take long – new officers needed please! Most of the meeting will be about how the group can raise the profile of Humanism and Secularism in Suffolk and N E Essex during the coming year. If you’re one of the many who think that religious organisations have too much influence in public life, come and help us plan our strategy. We’ll be in Room 1 (next to the front door) at Castle Hill Community Centre, Highfield Road, Ipswich.

We’ll be at the Quaker Meeting House, Church Street, Colchester. Michael Imison is organising an experimental “ethical jury”. He writes, “I’d like members to bring one or more examples of actual situations where the moral course was not clear. The examples should, for the purpose of this exercise, be as specific as possible, maybe even derived from the member’s own experience. The jury will need to know as much as possible about the facts surrounding the case.

E-mail: mail@suffolkhumanists.org.uk Event description: Andrew is the Education Officer for the British Humanist Association. He’ll be talking about the BHA’s education policy and campaigns, and sharing ideas and information relevant to our work in Suffolk. We won’t be in Room 6 (first floor), as previously stated, but in the hall on the ground floor at Castle Hill Community Centre, Highfield Road, Ipswich. Map link: tinyurl.com/fj2ck