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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM AHS PRESIDENT JOHNNY WILLIAMS:
MAY 26, 2020
Dear Colleagues:
The Association for Humanist Sociology annual conference set to begin November 4 in Jackson, Mississippi is postponed until November 2021. This decision, proposed by Treasurer Woody Doane and approved unanimously by AHS Board on May 22, stems from the ongoing global health crisis posed by the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, including the widening spread of COVID-19 in the United States.
As plans for the 2020 meeting proceeded, AHS continually monitored the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health guidance and reporting on the nationwide outbreak and in Mississippi, working with Program Chair James Thomas and the conference site to establish precautionary steps to ensure a safe meeting for all attendees. However, recent events have overtaken AHS 2020 and much of higher education. For example, many universities and colleges have decided that out of an abundance of caution now is not the time for domestic travel and attending large meetings, even in the absence of a federal or state travel or meeting ban. Among concerns regarding health and safety, many universities and colleges have frozen travel and research funds.
Our first priority is the safety and well-being of AHS members and other attendees.
In light of all these developments and out of concern for the health and safety of meeting attendees, the decision was reach to postpone AHS2020 until 2021.
Important awards and honors for 2020 will be announced at a near future date. Such distinguished accomplishments will be formally honored, along with 2021 award recipients, at AHS2021 in Jackson, Mississippi.
Not having a 2020 conference is a real loss, but we are optimistic that we will collectively find new, productive forms of engagement during this period of physical distancing. If you are able, we encourage you to connect with scholars and activists online, from the AHS Twitter to the AHS Facebook page, who are organizing for change.
Peace, solidarity, and good health,
Johnny E. Williams
AHS President
MAY 26, 2020
Dear Colleagues:
The Association for Humanist Sociology annual conference set to begin November 4 in Jackson, Mississippi is postponed until November 2021. This decision, proposed by Treasurer Woody Doane and approved unanimously by AHS Board on May 22, stems from the ongoing global health crisis posed by the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, including the widening spread of COVID-19 in the United States.
As plans for the 2020 meeting proceeded, AHS continually monitored the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health guidance and reporting on the nationwide outbreak and in Mississippi, working with Program Chair James Thomas and the conference site to establish precautionary steps to ensure a safe meeting for all attendees. However, recent events have overtaken AHS 2020 and much of higher education. For example, many universities and colleges have decided that out of an abundance of caution now is not the time for domestic travel and attending large meetings, even in the absence of a federal or state travel or meeting ban. Among concerns regarding health and safety, many universities and colleges have frozen travel and research funds.
Our first priority is the safety and well-being of AHS members and other attendees.
In light of all these developments and out of concern for the health and safety of meeting attendees, the decision was reach to postpone AHS2020 until 2021.
Important awards and honors for 2020 will be announced at a near future date. Such distinguished accomplishments will be formally honored, along with 2021 award recipients, at AHS2021 in Jackson, Mississippi.
Not having a 2020 conference is a real loss, but we are optimistic that we will collectively find new, productive forms of engagement during this period of physical distancing. If you are able, we encourage you to connect with scholars and activists online, from the AHS Twitter to the AHS Facebook page, who are organizing for change.
Peace, solidarity, and good health,
Johnny E. Williams
AHS President