The Capital District Humanist Society provides a supportive community for exchanging ideas, heightening our knowledge of the world and ourselves, fostering moral and ethical growth, and promoting the principles of secular humanism.

CDHS is a member organization for individuals who share humanist values and who reside in the Capital District region of New York State and neighboring areas. Our values include commitment to free inquiry, rational thought, life-long education, democracy, social concern, and fellowship.

The Society provides various activities including monthly speakers, socials, book discussions, and a newsletter.

Ricky Lewis, Ph.D.:

The Forever Fix:

Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It

Eight-year-old Corey Haas was nearly blind
from a hereditary disorder when his sight was
restored through a delicate procedure that made
medical history. Like something from a science
fiction novel, doctors carefully injected viruses
bearing healing genes into the DNA of Corey’s
eyes—a few days later, Corey could see, his sight
restored by gene therapy.
The Forever Fix is the first book to tell the
fascinating story of gene therapy: how it works,
the science behind it, how patients (mostly
children) have been helped and harmed, and how
scientists learned from each trial to get one step
closer to its immense promise, the promise of a
“forever fix,”—a cure that, by fixing problems at
their genetic root, eliminates the need for further
surgery or medication.
Told through the voices of the children
and families who have been the inspiration,
experimental subjects, and successes of genetic
science, The Forever Fix is compelling and engaging
narrative science that explores the future of
medicine as well as the families and scientists
who are breaking new ground every day.

Ricki Lewis will introduce and discuss her latest book

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Refreshments 12:30; Program 1:15 p.m.
Room 224, Campus Center, Sage Colleges Albany Campus
New Scotland Ave. at Academy Road, Albany
Admission: Free.
The Public is Cordially Invited to Attend!

Presented by The Capital District Humanist Society

Details and directions: 518.533.2666, or our directions page

Monthly meetings

CDHS meets on the second Sunday of each month in Room 224 of the Campus Center at the Albany campus of the Sage Colleges, at New Scotland Avenue and Academy Road.

We gather at 12:30 pm. Program starts at 1:15. Light refreshments are provided.

Click here for directions.

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Other Activities

In addition to monthly speaker presentations, we hold monthly social events, and sponsor a reading group, and a discussion group.

Affiliations

CDHS is affiliated with the three major humanist organizations: and Partners with a Nepali humanist group:

The Council for Secular Humanism, headquartered in Amherst, NY, and
The American Humanist Association headquartered in Washington, DC.
The International Humanist and Ethical Union headquartered in London, England
CDHS also exchanges information and visits with HUMAN The The Humanist Association of Nepal, or HUMAN

Members and subscribers receive our publication, The Humanist Monthly. If you are interested in more information about CDHS, please give us your name and we will send a sample copy or two with no obligation.

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