The Northampton Humanist Association (NHA) endorses and seeks to promote Humanism as defined by the International Humanist and Ethical Union in the Amsterdam Declaration of 2002. The NHA is particularly focused in the areas of education, support and spreading Humanism. The NHA upholds democratic principles as a way to fully participate in ones own humanity and as the best way to resolve interpersonal conflicts. The first step in implementing democratic principles is respecting the basic human ri …

This group serves to coordinate face-to-face Diplomacy in the New England area.

European Folk music and Cultural History with Natasha Dukach. Beyond just exploring Pan-Slavic and Eastern European music for the sheer joy of it, I also want to push the perceived boundaries of national folk music. In Russia, Ukraine, and Hungary, growing conservative political factions are attempting to use their nation’s musical heritage in a bid for a kind musical nationalism--each claiming the purity and superiority of their respective nation’s musical traditions as a way of instilling cons …