A fundamental goal of the Humanity Project is to persuade more people to hold this deep belief: a belief in humanity. But you may ask yourself, why is that important? And what does it mean?
For starters, think of things this way. Entire religions are based on one basic belief — Christians are asked to believe in Jesus, for instance, and Muslims to believe in Allah. Followers of these religions feel that great benefits come to them through their bedrock belief. To simply and genuinely believe is to become something new, something better.
The Humanity Project takes no position on religions, of course. We leave it up to individuals to decide for themselves. But we think that a powerful belief in the advancement of humanity, whatever your religious or spiritual beliefs, also brings great benefits both to individuals and to society. Because to truly believe in the value and progress of humanity is to believe in the importance of each human being. The ideas are inseparable: humanity is its individuals and their accomplishments, nothing more or less than that. Individuals of the present as well as of the past and future. And to honestly believe in the equal value of every individual automatically means we each must believe more fully in our own value as an individual. In turn, this fosters a confidence and sense of well-being that contributes to health, achievement and a desire to help others … in other words, to further fulfillment of humanity’s potential.
The details of that process are much more involved, as you would expect. But this can offer a brief explanation of the what and the why of belief in humanity as our fundamental goal at the Humanity Project. If you sign our Pledge For Humanity and then get involved with our work of promoting “Equality For Each, Respect For All” you will soon begin to understand more about all this. It becomes clear by living it. Sign our Pledge For Humanity. Our 15-year-old nonprofit organization focuses on working toward equality and respect with an emphasis on four marginalized communities: LGBTQ, racial minorities, religious minorities and women. The more of us who become part of this effort, the greater and faster our impact. Please, come march alongside us … and believe, really believe, in humanity.
