Gambia Secular Assembly

    Activism for critical thinking, science, reason, free thought and secular social values, human rights and good governance.

Activities

Our activities include

1. Participation in international and regional humanist events undertaken by humanists, atheists and our likeminded groups and partners. In response to this the Organization was represented to the 18th World Humanist Congress and Leadership Training held in Oslo, Norway from the 10th to the 11th of August, 2011.

2. Promote critical thinking in Gambian communities through seminars, conferences and other educational activities geared towards the greater acceptability of sound, independent, and critical reasoning in The Gambia.

3. Promote critical and independent reasoning, science and secular values through the provision of a library services with rare books on all branches of science- biology, chemistry, physics including behavioral sciences, human rights, journalism, gay and lesbian – sexual orientation , free thought, religious criticism , current affairs, etc.  

4. Advocate for church and state separation through seminars, conferences and other educational activities.

5. Promote science and scientific literacy through the Science Education and Scientific Literacy Promotion Program, which seeks to disseminate education and knowledge of the evolution of prehistoric life including organism’s evolution and interaction  with each other and their environment (their pale ecology) – paleontological and palaeoanthropological  education to advance greater public understanding and accessibility to knowledge of the primordial Earth ( the deserted liquid stage of life on Earth). On the primitive cells the little more than fluctuating vesicles that contained primordial filaments and preformed fundamental  vital functions, including reproduction leading to life on Earth. On the way in which millions and billions of primordial organisms (ancient bacteria) multiplied and populated the waters of our planet adapting and differentiating in the course of eons and on how they acquired the ability, and led the successive selections that developed to today’s philosopher,  painter, party leader, scientist, village chief, taxi driver, and warlord. On how the Homo erectus strayed from Africa all over the globe across savannahs, steppes, dry lands, forests, rivers and mountains.

6. Promote human rights through the Human Rights Protection and Education Program; through advocacy, Information, Education and Communication, protect the human rights of individuals and groups as enshrined in national, regional and international human rights instruments to be guided by the principle the universality and indivisibility of human rights. Activities will include and not limited to; the provision of human rights literacy through education and training. The Program will also promote the protection of the principles of good governance and provide independent and unbiased supplementary voter education to Gambian electorates. 

7. Advocate for the values and a greater culture of altruism and altruistic co-existence among people in all parts of the world.

8. Conduct public sensitizations through Information, Education and Communication activities on the dangers of beliefs in superstitions, harmful traditional practices such as Female Genital Mutilation, ritual killing of human beings and the killing and maltreatment of people accused of being witches, especially old  and aging women.  

9. Morally and financially support the activities of other persons and groups of persons’ endeavors in combating beliefs in superstitions, harmful traditional practice including Female Genital Mutilation, ritual sacrifice of human beings and the killing and maltreatment of people accused of being witches.
10. Promote and protect the rights of minorities – religious and non- religious minorities through advocacy and public sensitizations.
11. Commemoration of International Day of Free Thought (Libre Pansee) on the 17^th of February every year. The day in 1600 in Rome when the Great Free Thinker Giordano Bruno, age 52 was burned at the stake by the Holy Office in the height of the Inquisition. Punished for holding opinions about God and the cosmos contrary to the teachings of the church. Who while burning was thrust a crucifix through the flames for him to kiss, but quickly turned his face the other way.

    Inspired by this act of sheer bravery we commemorate this historic day of religious terrorism every 17^th of February each year.

12. Support victims of natural disasters, children with disabilities, women and children in conflict situations, orphaned and vulnerable children through our humanitarian program; Touch A Life.