This past February we sponsored a highly successful "Darwin Day with Humanists of Utah." In a couple of months the world will celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and Humanists of Utah will be there!

Plans are well underway to celebrate the life and accomplishments of one of the greatest visionaries and free thinkers of all time.

So mark February 12, 2009 on your calendar and plan to join the fun. The basic tenets and core values we will be celebrating include:

• Science is our most reliable knowledge system.
• We encourage curiosity and ingenuity through the pursuit of the scientific method.
• Darwin's exposition of Evolution is arguably among the most important scientific contributions in history.
• We advocate the teaching of Evolution in our public schools beginning in elementary school.
• We support the promotion of science to the general public, private and public institutions, science professionals, science educators at all levels, libraries, museums, the print and electronic media and science enthusiasts.