A Bit About Kit
Kit Kight is a Free Quaker Humanist living in Syracuse, New York. When not helping to create spaces for cross-boundary community-building, Kit enjoys helping couples and families create beautiful memories that celebrate life and love.
Originally from Georgia with a Baptist heritage, Kit grew up in South Carolina and Northwest Florida. Kit's public service took him to California, Virginia, Italy, and Japan before he settled in Central New York in 2006. His extensive travel across Europe and Asia only served to increase his love for the diversity of human culture and appreciation for opportunities to build cross-cultural relationships.
Kit's celebration of religion as a human creation includes a profound appreciation for elements of anyone's faith that help to make good people better: building empathy for others, encouraging hospitality for strangers, and building relationships with the weak and marginalized. He applauds all efforts to break down barriers between "us" and "them."
Kit is adept at incorporating humanistic language from various religious traditions in ways that both religious and non-religious people can appreciate and enjoys creating meaningful ceremonies that can be enjoyed by groups with diverse convictions.
In addition to various Information Technology Management credentials, Kit holds a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies.
When not managing Information Technology, walking his dogs, or being present to his family and friends, Kit supports several groups that are working to bridge differences, build community, and boost character.
Originally from Georgia with a Baptist heritage, Kit grew up in South Carolina and Northwest Florida. Kit's public service took him to California, Virginia, Italy, and Japan before he settled in Central New York in 2006. His extensive travel across Europe and Asia only served to increase his love for the diversity of human culture and appreciation for opportunities to build cross-cultural relationships.
Kit's celebration of religion as a human creation includes a profound appreciation for elements of anyone's faith that help to make good people better: building empathy for others, encouraging hospitality for strangers, and building relationships with the weak and marginalized. He applauds all efforts to break down barriers between "us" and "them."
Kit is adept at incorporating humanistic language from various religious traditions in ways that both religious and non-religious people can appreciate and enjoys creating meaningful ceremonies that can be enjoyed by groups with diverse convictions.
In addition to various Information Technology Management credentials, Kit holds a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies.
When not managing Information Technology, walking his dogs, or being present to his family and friends, Kit supports several groups that are working to bridge differences, build community, and boost character.
The 79 Year History of The Humanist Society
In July 1939 a group of Quakers decided to form a nontheistic society based on similar goals and beliefs. In humanism’s tenets they saw the promise of a genuine union between science and ethics. It was therefore with this union in mind that this small band of former Quakers incorporated, in December 1939, under the state laws of California the Humanist Society of Friends as a religious, educational, charitable nonprofit organization authorized to issue charters anywhere in the world and to train and certify people, who upon endorsement would be accorded the same rights and privileges granted by law to priests, ministers, and rabbis of traditional theistic religions.
This group attracted a range of leadership well beyond their Quaker and humanist roots. Educators, scholars, business and labor professionals, scientists, artists, and others contributed to the Humanist Society’s rich history of conducting meetings, ceremonies, and various rites of passage. Since 1991 the organization has worked as an adjunct to the American Humanist Association to endorse qualified members to serve in this special capacity. And in 2003 the organization’s board voted to remove the “of Friends” portion of the name in line with the expanded constituency. In 2013, the group advanced a bold agenda to reach many more people in increasingly substantive ways with the humanist celebrant model of outreach and leadership. In November 2014, the Humanist Society was endorsed by the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc, an affiliate of the Association of Professional Chaplains.
- from http://thehumanistsociety.org/about/history/
This group attracted a range of leadership well beyond their Quaker and humanist roots. Educators, scholars, business and labor professionals, scientists, artists, and others contributed to the Humanist Society’s rich history of conducting meetings, ceremonies, and various rites of passage. Since 1991 the organization has worked as an adjunct to the American Humanist Association to endorse qualified members to serve in this special capacity. And in 2003 the organization’s board voted to remove the “of Friends” portion of the name in line with the expanded constituency. In 2013, the group advanced a bold agenda to reach many more people in increasingly substantive ways with the humanist celebrant model of outreach and leadership. In November 2014, the Humanist Society was endorsed by the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc, an affiliate of the Association of Professional Chaplains.
- from http://thehumanistsociety.org/about/history/