{"id":15099,"date":"2024-10-04T00:34:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T00:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=15099"},"modified":"2024-10-12T01:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:39:17","slug":"2024-10-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2024-10-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Executive Director of The American Humanist Association, Fish Stark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"424\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/humanists.org_2024_10_07_Fish_Stark.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15101\"\/><figcaption>Fish Stark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>6 p.m., October 7, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us Monday evening to meet Fish Stark, the new Executive Director of The American Humanist Association, as he discusses his vision of the future of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Fish Stark is an organizer, educator, social entrepreneur, and lifelong humanist. Fish has spent his career turning big ideas into bold action in service of belonging, flourishing, and social justice for all people.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the AHA as Executive Director, Fish was the Head of Program + Curriculum at Legends, an educational technology startup, where he led research and implementation teams to create products that helped children build self-confidence, positive mental health, and critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Fish served as the Director of Programs at Peace First, a global nonprofit that provides training and funding to youth social justice activists, where he led a global team of organizers who empowered thousands of youth grantees in 140+ countries to make lasting change in their communities, and worked with organizations such as the Red Cross and Lady Gaga\u2019s Born This Way Foundation to develop youth leadership programs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1018844839?h=2d01e30109\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1018844839\">10\/7\/2024 Fish Stark<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/hcsv\">Humanist Community-SiliconValley<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Attend in Person:<br \/>We will convene for Mr. Stark&#8217;s presentation in the <b>Cupertino Library<\/b> Room 201B (changed from ThinkTank meeting room), 10800 Torre Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014. Following his talk, we&#8217;ll reserve a table at the reasonably-priced <b>Holder&#8217;s Country Inn &#8211; Cupertino<\/b>, 10088 N Wolfe Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014.<\/p>\n<p>Directions to Holder&#8217;s:<br \/>Exit the Library to the North on De Anza Blvd, turn right onto Stevens Creek Blvd. and the travel to a left turn onto Wolfe Road. The restaurant is the next right onto Vallco Parkway at the &#8220;T&#8221; intersection on Wolfe Road. Park by turning right into the garage just a short way down from the Wolfe intersection. By turning right again, there is a parking lot right behind the restaurant. If it is full there there is parking inside the garage for the retail establishments. There is also Handicapped parking just behind the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Also, we will share Mr. Stark&#8217;s talk <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81653890712?pwd=QzN4MTVNbGEwQ0Zua3d1VG9tVE50UT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Zoom. 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Fish Stark is an organizer, educator, social entrepreneur, and lifelong humanist. 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