Welcome to the Grand Traverse Humanists. If you value science, reason, and compassion and believe that humans are responsible for their own destiny, you have come to the right place. We are a community for the non-religious in the Grand Traverse area, offering a forum for discussing and advancing a secular worldview based on our common humanity. Our programs include monthly speakers and discussions, film and book groups, and various volunteer and social events. All are free and open to the public. Check out Upcoming Events below, or click on the calendar. Nontheists, agnostics, atheists, freethinkers, rationalists, humanists, and more…we welcome you to join us!

Upcoming Events

  • Hungry Humanists: Opa! Grill & Taproom

    Hungry Humanists: Opa! Grill & Taproom

    Our next gathering of the Hungry Humanists will take place at Opa! Grill & Taproom in Traverse City. Their menu features gyros and flatbreads, coney dogs, appetizers, and salads, as well as an extensive beer menu. We’ll be meeting on Tuesday night, due to the restaurant being closed on Monday.
    Please RSVP to Mark at 231-392-1215 to attend.
  • G.T. Humanists Book Club: The Rosie Project

    G.T. Humanists Book Club: The Rosie Project

    The Grand Traverse Humanist’s next book club selection is the novel “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion.
    We will meet to discuss the book at the home of John Wierenga. Please RSVP to him at jwier71@gmail.com or 231-943-2158. Bring a dish to pass, if you like, as well as your ideas for future book club selections.
    Description of “The Rosie Project” from amazon.com:
    “The art of love is never a science: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers.
    Rosie Jarman possesses all these qualities. Don easily disqualifies her as a candidate for The Wife Project (even if she is “quite intelligent for a barmaid”). But Don is intrigued by Rosie’s own quest to identify her biological father. When an unlikely relationship develops as they collaborate on The Father Project, Don is forced to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie―and the realization that, despite your best scientific efforts, you don’t find love, it finds you.”