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A Conversation with Freethought community leader, Michael De Dora
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Join us for a chat with the director of the Center for Inquiry-NYC, Michael De Dora, on his work with the center, and within the NYC Freethought community as a whole, and what he recommends needs to be done to expand said community. We will also talk with him about alternatives to traditional philosophy-group meetings and venture into how to better serve local atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and humanists.
Eating, Drinking, and Even – Having Fun – with Atheists!
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Traditionally, most of the activities offered in the Freethought community are usually directed toward meeting the participants’ intellectual needs. Yet for the past several years Manhattan Freethought community leader Rich Sander has been offering “Drinking with Atheists” .. fun Friday night socials that are consistently well attended which bring together men and women of all ages, from a variety of Freethought groups.
To discuss his involvement with the Freethought community, and to provide us with an overview of some of the various things that non-religious people can do in New York City, Rich Sander will be joining us live in our studio.
While it’s often been said that the prospect of getting non-religious people to socialize is like trying to “herd cats,” over the years Rich’s meetings have provided a warm and welcoming place for hundreds of atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, members of ethical culture, and skeptics alike.
Please join us to hear about community building and outreach from a true humanist activist who is out there on the front lines and definitely doing something right!
Humanism In The Age Of Corporatism? Interview With Douglas Rushkoff, Author Of Life, Inc.
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Michael O’Neil interviews Douglas Rushkoff, media critic and documentarian who has worked with FRONTLINE, the Media Literacy Organization, and the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics. We’ll discuss Douglas’ National Bestseller LIFE INC: How The World Became a Corporation and How To Take It Back.
How did we come to live in a society designed for and around corporations?
How does corporatism affect our most important institutions and our personal relationships alike?
How do we reclaim a humanist society from the ideology of corporatism?
Tools for a Radical Democracy; Or, How We Can Build Humanist Activist Communities
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From the Publisher:
Tools for Radical Democracy is an essential resource for grassroots organizers and leaders, students of activism and advocacy, and anyone trying to increase the civic participation of ordinary people. Authors Joan Minieri and Paul Getsos share stories and tools from their nationally recognized and award-winning work of building a community-led organization, training community leaders, and conducting campaigns that changed public policy and delivered concrete results to tens of thousands of people. This how-to manual includes:
In-depth analysis of how to launch and win a campaign
Tools and guidelines for training people to lead their own campaigns and organizations
Insights for using technology effectively, building more powerful alliances, and engaging in the social justice movement.
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No matter how secular or naturalistic you are it’s impossible not to notice that Christmas time is here. To avoid getting a whiff of Douglas Fur should atheists, agnostics, and other non-believers hold their breath until mid January when the sanitation department guides the once noble icons to their transition into wood chips?
Looking beyond its association with faith and beyond the way it has been co-opted by the merchants of crass consumerism, are we left with anything about Christmas worth celebrating? With nine day until Christmas, Equal Time for Freethought will be discussing why “Having a Merry Naturalistic Christmas” is not only possible, it’s desirable.
But what would be the philosophy behind a naturalistic approach to Christmas; and what would activities for a naturalistic Christmas look like?
To facilitate the participation of widely different groups of people that the church wanted to assimilate early church fathers adopted a wide range of local traditions into Christmas. The result is that today’s Christmas celebration is essentially a pan-regional, best of traditions past collection. Rather than denying Christmas, if like the Church fathers of the past, naturalists could find ways to build upon some of the existing holiday traditions and make them their own, it may go a long way to helping establish naturalism as a popular practice.
Hear why, when it comes to Christmas, we shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.