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67% of people in Northern Ireland want integrated schools to be ‘main model’


new poll of people in Northern Ireland by LucidTalk has found that 67% of people want integrated education – a school system that brings pupils and staff together regardless of their religious background – to be ‘the main model’ for the  education system. Northern Ireland Humanists has welcomed the finding. 

https://humanists.uk/2024/07/09/67-of-people-in-northern-ireland-want-integrated-schools-to-be-main-model/  

‘Imagine There Is No Heaven’: an African Freethought Festival

Dr. Leo Igwe is a board member of the Humanist Association of Nigeria and of Humanists International. He holds a masters in philosophy and a doctoral degree in religious studies from the University of Bayreuth in Germany and wrote his doctoral thesis on witchcraft accusations in Northern Ghana. Igwe directs the Advocacy for Alleged Witches and Critical Thinking Social Empowerment Foundation. 

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/imagine-there-no-heaven-african-freethought-festival-sjbn/ 

Humanist priorities raised in King’s Speech debates

Over the past week MPs and Lords have been debating the proposals in the King’s speech and many have raised a range of key humanist issues. 

https://humanists.uk/2024/07/26/humanist-priorities-raised-in-kings-speech-debates/