The Mormon Transhumanist Association will co-publish an ebook anthology in Spring 2015, tentatively titled:

The Poorest of the Poor will find Pasture - religion, the future, and the charitable impulse

The first line of the title is from Isaiah 14:30 (New International Version). The prophet is forecasting a future in which poverty is eradicated. Isaiah - messenger of the Deity - foretells an end to economic inequity because God is outraged by the injustice:

The Mormon Transhumanist Association (MTA) is dedicating itself to a humanitarian cause - alleviating poverty in Uganda. 67% of Ugandans live below the poverty line, and 24.7% are trapped in extreme poverty. Additionally, there are 2.5 million orphans in Uganda; UNICEF estimates that 45% are parentless due to AIDS. The new MTA staff members in this activity are Hank Pellissier (Manager of Humanitarian Projects) and Roger Hansen (Assistant Manager of Humanitarian Projects).

IMAGE: PHOTO OF DOROTHY DEASY

Dorothy Deasy, a director of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, was interviewed by The Columbian on the topic of religion and Transhumanism.

In the interview, she discusses the importance of bridging religious ideals with how we will relate to rapidly changing technology, doing our best to guide technology in directions that are beneficial for society, and avoiding abuses that may arise from some conceptualizations of advancing civilization.

Read "Conversations abound about what it means to be human" at The Columbian.

Lincoln Cannon, president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, will present at the Venturists' Cryonics Convention, held 7-9 November 2014 in Laughlin, Nevada.

Is Death (and taxes) No Longer Inevitable?

Larry Page, the CEO of Google, has invested billions of dollars of his company’s capital into a new company called Calico, which has the goal of finding cures for aging and death.

Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D., the world’s foremost scientific gerontologist, says that the first person to live 1,000 years has probably already been born.

In the interest of ongoing transparency, the Board of Directors of the Mormon Transhumanist Association is pleased to release the following leadership performance review. Each member of the Board independently evaluated the performance of the Board as a whole and the performance of CEO Lincoln Cannon, who is appointed by the Board to manage the Association. Secretary of the Board, Dorothy Deasy, gathered and compiled the evaluations into a single review, which follows.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the largest Mormon denomination, has raised charges of apostasy against two prominent Mormons: Kate Kelly of Ordain Women, and John Dehlin of Mormon Stories. Although the Mormon Transhumanist Association (MTA) is not affiliated with any of these organizations, most MTA members are also members of the LDS Church, and some MTA members have strong differing opinions about the recent events.

The Mormon Transhumanist Association has selected new leadership.

Voting members of the Association have elected Chris Bradford, Joseph West and Nathan Hadfield to serve as Directors from 2014 to 2017. They will join Carl Youngblood, Don Bradley, Dorothy Deasy, James Carroll, Karl Hale and Lincoln Cannon on the Association Board of Directors.

The newly composed Board of Directors has appointed Carl Youngblood as Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Dorothy Deasy as Secretary, and Nathan Hadfield as Chief Information Officer.

The Association thanks Chris Bradford for his service as Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Brad Carmack for his service as Director and Secretary, and Carl Youngblood for his service as Chief Information Officer.

The Mormon Transhumanist Association is sponsoring the recording of a panel discussion on "[Atheists & Mormons: Exposing Myths, Dispelling Stereotypes](https://www.facebook.com/events/574579395974475/", a free public event in the Nancy Tessman Auditorium at the Salt Lake City Public Library on Wednesday 16 April at 7pm. Subsequently, the recording will be available to the public for free on the association's YouTube channel.

The Mormon Transhumanist Association is pleased to co-sponsor the Religion and Transhumanism conference on 10 May 2014 in Piedmont, California, with the Brighter Brains Institute and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology. Lincoln Cannon, president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, will speak at the conference. The Mormon Transhumanist Association will also record all presentations at the conference and share the recordings publicly on its YouTube channel subsequent to the conference. More information about the conference, including the full list of speakers, is available at the official conference website.

The Mormon Transhumanist Association has released a summary of results from its 2013 member survey. The survey asked questions about religion, politics, feedback and demographics. It also explored members' views on the nature of God, the problem of evil, and consciousness. At the end of 2013, the association consisted of 379 members, 96 of whom participated in the survey. The association thanks Brent Allsop for managing the 2013 survey. The 2013 survey results summary, as well as an archive of survey result summaries from previous years, is available at the following link:

[http://transfigurism.org/pages/about/member-survey-results/]