Would you like to help out the victims of the tornado in Oklahoma?
Submitted by Wholly Guacamole on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 15:56.At 3:01 pm CT on May 20th, a massive F-4 tornado decimated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. Scores of severe injuries and deaths have been reported, and intense work is under way to find and rescue those trapped in the rubble. Would you like to help? Please click "Read more" below ...
June 21st -- Summer Solstice Party at Jack Quinn's
Submitted by Wholly Guacamole on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:14.06/21/2013 - 18:00
06/21/2013 - 21:00
UPDATE -- The party was to have taken place upstairs in "Jack's Attic" but will instead be held downstairs on the ground floor. Apparently, the group with whom the Freethinkers were to share the upstairs space will be much larger than Jack Quinn's staff anticipated, leaving us insufficient room, so we'll have space reserved by the bar downstairs. We're assured that we'll be just as happy in this new location! Please click "Read more" for all the details ...
Monthly Meeting July 18th: Barry Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 13:14.07/18/2013 - 18:00
07/18/2013 - 21:00
Barry Lynn
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
July 18th 2013
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Dwire Hall 121
This is still a free event, but it has become a TICKETED event. In order to get your free ticket, please go to http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6881509781/
Barry Lynn will begin at 7pm. Doors will open at 6pm.
All you need is your name and an email address!
This will be the monthly meeting for FTCS, but it nois also being put on by Renee Ten Eyck who is spearheading the effort to establish a chapter of Americans United in Colorado, the Secular Student Alliance at UCCS, and Professor Jeffrey Scholes who is the Director of the UCCS Center for Religious Diversity and Public Life. A lot of work is going into this big event!
Barry Lynn has been the Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State since 1992. He is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and a prominent leader of the American religious left. He is known to be a strong advocate of separation of church and state.
The event will be in Dwire Hall 121.
If you would like to join the effort to start a Colorado chapter of AU, please like this facebook page.
Sunday Morning Chat at North Paneras Bread
Submitted by gary on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 15:39.07/07/2013 - 09:30
07/07/2013 - 11:00
Humanist and Freethinkers Chat at Paneras Bread, 7344 North Academy
Sunday July 7 9:30 to 11 AM
Sunday morning chats have become a strong trend in the Springs non-believer community.
Now its time for the northern end of town to get one also. It will mostly be an informal
session in which people will be free to talk with each other. I expect we will start with 5 or 6 people and grow. I'm going to hope for one of the front areas of the restaurant, but we'll take a couple of tables in the back if need be.
cosPRIDE-FEST 23
Submitted by Michael_Clifton on Sun, 05/05/2013 - 10:43.07/20/2013 - 10:00
07/21/2013 - 06:00
cosPRIDE-FEST 23 - Summer of Love
Freethinkers of Colorado SPrings will have a booth at the festival and also a spot in the parade.
Colorado Springs PrideFest 2013 will be held July 20th and 21st at America The Beautiful Park!
Celebrate Diversity at cosPRIDE-FEST 23 where everyone is welcome. LGBT families, couples, and singles along with their friends and straight allies come together for an entire weekend of fun at America The Beautiful Park (downtown Colorado Springs).
May 16: Finding Our Voices, Joyce Aubrey
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Tue, 04/30/2013 - 14:43.05/16/2013 - 18:35
05/16/2013 - 21:45
Finding Our Voices
Joyce Aubrey
May 16th 2013
6:30 - 8:45 PM
Pikes Peak Library District
Ruth Holley Branch -- Meeting Room
685 North Murray Blvd.
Colorado Springs
April 27: Skepticamp
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:00.04/27/2013 - 09:05
Skepticamp Denver 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
9:15 AM
Highlands Ranch Library
9292 Ridgeline Boulevard, Highlands Ranch, CO
April 26: Shelley Segal at Thunder and Buttons
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 14:50.04/26/2013 - 19:00
04/26/2013 - 21:00
Shelley Segal
Atheist Singer
April 26, 2013
7:00 PM
Thunder and Buttons
2415 West Colorado
April 18: For God and Country: Religious Fundamentalism in the US Military, James Parco, Colorado College
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 14:42.04/18/2013 - 19:00
04/18/2013 - 21:00
James Parco, PhD
For God and Country:
Religious Fundamentalism in the US Military
Thursday, April 18, 2013, 7 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Tim Gill Center for Public Media
315 East Costilla
Colorado Springs
James Parco was born in Pueblo, Colorado and attended the United States Air Force Academy as a student. He went on to earn his Master of Business Administration from The College of William & Mary and later, his doctorate from the University of Arizona studying under Amnon Rapoport and Vernon L. Smith. He has published widely in the fields of experimental economics, game theory and military culture. He served on the National Security Council at the White House during the Clinton Administration, overseas with the American Embassy in Tel Aviv and spent two tours as a faculty member at his alma mater. He is currently a professor of economics and business at Colorado College.
April 14: Secular Sundays at South Side Panera
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 17:01.04/14/2013 - 09:30
04/14/2013 - 11:30
Secular (Second) Sundays
South Side Panera
Sunday April 14, 2013 9:30 AM
1832 Southgate Road
Colorado Springs
April 11: Bart D. Ehrman Misquoting Jesus
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 16:31.04/11/2013 - 19:00
04/11/2013 - 21:00
Bart D. Ehrman
Misquoting Jesus
Thursday April 11, 2013 7:00 PM
Colorado College
Armstrong Theater
14 E Cache la Poudre St
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This is a Colorado College event that is open to the public and is free!
Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill.
April 13: Freethinkers of Colorado Springs "Second Saturday" Social
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 16:09.04/13/2013 - 18:00
04/13/2013 - 21:00
FTCS April 2013 Social
Thunder and Buttons
Upstairs
Saturday April 13, 2013 6:00 PM - ?
2415 West Colorado Avenue
Colorado Springs
Come and enjoy good times and great conversation with other Freethinkers!
April 28: "Freethinkers' Day" at KRCC-FM
Submitted by Wholly Guacamole on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 19:16.04/28/2013 - 07:00
04/28/2013 - 18:00
KRCC — Radio Colorado College — are beginning a Fund Drive, and Sunday, April 28th (and possibly Sunday, May 5th) has been designated “Freethinkers’ Day.” The Freethinkers of Colorado Springs will be manning the phones at KRCC, taking pledges for the Fund Drive (not talking on the air) and we’re asking for your help to fill as many shifts on those days as we can. This will be great publicity for the Freethinkers — our group will get lots of mentions on the air — so we want to fill as many shifts as we can with Freethinkers. Please click "Read more" for complete details ...
Exploring a Religious Agenda in Our Public Schools: Are Good News Clubs Good for Our Children?
Submitted by ftcsadmin2 on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 15:00.02/27/2013 - 19:00
02/27/2013 - 22:00
Exploring a Religious Agenda in Our Public Schools:
Are Good News Clubs Good for Our Children?
with
RICHARD DAWKINS
KATHERINE STEWART
SEAN FAIRCLOTH
ERIC CERNYAR
7:00 PM
February 27, 2013
Armstrong Hall
14 East Cache La Poudre
Colorado Springs, Colorado
*Please see below for ticket information.
Please join us on February 27th at 7:00 PM in Colorado College's Armstrong Hall for a presentation on the Child Evangelism Fellowship's overtly religious "Good News Clubs," which operate after hours in in America's public schools and tell 5-12 year old children that they "deserve to die."
Kids have new web resource "without god"
Submitted by gary on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 15:19.Kids Without God.com is a new web site published by the American Humanist Association (AHA). You'll find interesting material there. Some is well written for kids. Others not so well. The pictures and colors are nice.
http://KidsWithoutGod.com
This email has been send via the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs list of families with kids. There are about 6 families on the list. Some have been heavily involved with the group. Others not so much. Anyone who receives email via this list, can use the
