Team
Labour Humanists have an executive committee which is elected each year. To learn more about us and why we believe in the importance of Humanism please see below!
Chair: Paul Blanchard Non-portfolio members:
Vice-chair: Kris Brown Chris Clark
Secretary: Adam Harrison Jonathan de Beer
Treasurer: Julia Mundy Alex Kennedy
Biographies…
Jonathan de Beer
Jonathan works as an actuary in London. He is active in the Humanist and Labour movements. He is a member of the Labour Party, Central London Humanist Group, British Humanist Association and Fabian Society. He is currently involved in setting up a Future of Finance forum for the Young Fabians. He believes that Humanism offers a positive life philosophy for all, showing that it is possible to live a good life without God.
Adam Harrison
Adam manages the website of a Labour-linked think tank and is Chair of Bloomsbury & King’s Cross Labour Party. He believes Humanism shows that human beings have an innate sense of morality, something which is not acquired from a supernatural power or learned from a text. The Labour Party is built on the work and belief of those, religious and non-religious, who believe in making a better world; both should receive equal recognition from the Party and the views of non-believers not be passed over.
Alex Kennedy
Alex’s day job is campaigning for the reform of faith schools as Coordinator of the Accord Coalition. Previously he had worked for the British Humanist Association, also on the issue of faith schools. Alex has undertaken voluntary work with a number of organisations including Crisis Action, which organises campaigns against international conflict, and Defensoria del Pueblo, Ecuador’s statutory human rights organisation. He has a degree in International Relations from LSE.
Alex on Humanism…
“For me, what sets Humanism apart is the fact that so many people come to be humanists without necessarily identifying themselves as such, or even having heard the term. While the Humanist philosophical tradition is rich and can trace its roots back hundreds, if not thousands of years, you do not have to be a professor of philosophy to be a Humanist. Reason and human experience are starting points that we share in common, and humanism—non-dogmatic and ever-questioning—provides an excellent base from which to explore the world with intellectual rigor and genuine empathy.”
