Event report: September 20th meeting with Robert Cann, Education Campaigns Manager for Humanists UK

In this event report, our newsletter editor Frances Lloyd summarises the thought-provoking talk given by Robert about Humanists’ work towards inclusive education

Robert has been in this post at Humanists UK since last November. Education is their biggest campaign. Robert gave some examples of their work. They have exposed concerns about illegal religious schools with practices such as physical abuse for alleged profanities which could be something like mild blasphemy. There are also sometimes concerns about religious indoctrination in legal faith schools. On this, Robert said much depends on the will of the Head who may be highly religious.

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Next meeting: Blossom and the origins of the antivax movement

A talk by Dr Colin Kelcey, neuroscientist and Fellow of the Royal Institution

At the Ludlow Quaker Meeting House
St. Mary’s Lane, Ludlow, SY8 1DZ
Tuesday 18th October at 7:30 p.m.

Dr Kelcey’s talk will explore the origins of vaccination together with the beginning and rapid growth of the anti-vaccination movement in the early nineteenth century. Vocal opposition and disinformation towards research-driven vaccines is not new.

All are welcome.

Read the event report