Marissa Langseth
By Marissa Torres-Langseth HAPI Founder Slowly, HAPI is becoming a household name in the Philippines. In our quest to bring smiles to Filipinos across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the Humanist Alliance Philippines, International has managed to establish five HAPI community pantries over the past month. The Philippines, a country of over 7,000 islands, remains mired […]
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HAPI International Women’s Month! This is us. We empower women, especially those who spell women as “we, men”. For the month of March, I applaud, cherish, and dedicate this month to the women in HAPI who dedicate their lives to humanity in general and HAPI specifically. Some of them are mothers with full-time jobs yet […]
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Javan Lev Poblador, The Youngest HAPI CEO By Junelie Anthony Velonta Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines Many unexpected things happened to us this 2020. From wildfires to a global pandemic to a highly divisive US election which was keenly observed by the whole world, misfortune upon misfortune seems to have piled up for all—many […]
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Greetings from New York USA! May I present to you a very HAPI announcement: Please be informed that HAPI has a new financial team starting December 2020, in celebration of our 7th HAPI anniversary, and to start anew for our 8th year. Ms. Maria Juana Valenzuela will be the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), while […]
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As our final project and contribution to humanity, I am launching the HAPI book: From Superstition to Reason second volume today at AMAZON.com https://www.amazon.com/dp/1717758061/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=From+SUperstition+to+Reason&qid=1577199725&s=books&sr=1-5 It is even Free at Kindle :https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08337ZBRF/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=From+SUperstition+to+Reason&qid=1577199898&s=books&sr=1-1 I am seriously contemplating to leave all activism in 2020. HAPI now, has the best officers/volunteers, therefore, I can only be on the sidelines. […]
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What is sympathy, empathy, altruism in humanism? The English dictionary contains many words that either have the same meaning, almost have the same meanings, opposite in meanings, pronounced the same way but of different meanings, and so forth. Thus we have what we call homonyms, antonyms, heteronyms and synonyms. Today I would like to talk […]
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Let us hear from a millennial from NYC, USA and also my neighbor for over 18 years in Fresh Meadows, Queens, USA about love and courage. Aman was raised in the Sikh faith, in a multiethnic family, with ancestral roots in Sikhism, Islam and Catholicism. At a tender age of 18, Aman has traveled far […]
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Good news! HAPI has a new affiliate that will issue a tax deductible receipt, everytime you donate to HAPI through their website, Humanists Global. I just donated some money to an organization that caters to people outside the USA. They are called Brighter Brains Institute, their projects are called Humanists Global. https://humanists.global/. The Brighter Brains Institute, […]
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HAPI Awareness? what is it? Creating HAPI awareness is top priority in marketing and promotion for a society to flourish and grow. There are different ways in HAPI promotion but in this location, Zumba is the HAPI way, and of course, charity. How can we create something new in a far-flung barangay in Cebu? One […]
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This time, the HAPI Kids’ volunteers had the chance to teach the younger kids. On May 1 2019, Wednesday, at Purok 7-c ilaya St. Alabang Muntinlupa City, in the afternoon, the children woke up early to prepare for HAPI Program. Almost 70 children attended in this HAPI Program to learn and to teach them reading […]
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