Special 5^th Friday NYC Atheists In-Person Meeting

This event has been redirected from the previously scheduled Bryant Park Winter Village/Metropolitan Museum of Art to an apartment in Inwood. Should those plans fail, the alternate location is the Center for Architecture.

Inwood Event:
100 Park Ter W Apt 6B
New York NY 10034-1345
· Location is subject to change. Check website calendars and Meetup pages for various groups for updates and changes.
· Harry is the Point of Contact, reachable at +1 (929) 251-3570. Call, don’t text.
· Entrance may be at 218th St.

Closest Transit:
1: 215 St
A: 207 St
M100: 10 Ave/Sherman Av

Alternative Event:
AIA New York | Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Pl
New York NY 10012-1401
+1 (212) 683-0023
[info@aiany.org](mailto:info@aiany.org)
https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/
https://www.metmuseum.org/
· Check website calendars and Meetup pages for various groups for updates and changes. Time will be adjusted slightly earlier in the day.
· Do not bring food or drinks!
· Admission is free.
· Harry is the Point of Contact, reachable at +1 (929) 251-3570.
· Enter at 5th Ave Entrance at 82nd St. Meet at northern benches near membership desk in the Great Hall just after entrance. Ask for Harry. Stragglers call Harry.

Closest Transit:
A,B,C,D,E,F,M: W 4 St-Wash Sq
6: Bleecker St
1: Houston St
M21: West Houst St/LaGuardia Pl

Our friends at various groups are cross-posting this event. Some groups have after-parties.

Humanist Happy Hour
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
https://bsec.org/events/
https://www.meetup.com/brooklyn-society-for-ethical-culture/

Drinking Inquisitively
Center for Inquiry – NYC Branch
https://cfi-nyc.org/
https://www.meetup.com/cfinyc/

Humanist Happy Hour
The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
https://citycongregation.org/events-calendar/

FTI: Thinkers Multi-group BYOB potluck
Free Thinker Institute
https://www.freethinkerinstitute.org/events/
https://www.meetup.com/freethinkerinstitute/

Live DWA
Gotham Atheists
https://gothamatheists.org/
https://www.meetup.com/GothamAtheists/

Humanist Happy Hour
New York Society for Ethical Culture
https://ethical.nyc/events
https://www.meetup.com/ethicalnyc/

NYC Atheists In-Person Meeting
https://nycatheists.org/calendar/
https://www.meetup.com/nycatheists/

Cross-group Happy Hour at Ethical Culture
Secular Humanists Society of New York
https://www.shsny.org/events-calendar
https://www.meetup.com/shsny-org/

RULES for In-Person Meeting:

1. GROUP PROMOTION: Each group may bring flyers or posters advertising membership, donations, and meetings.
2. DRINKING: Bring your own booze should be limited to beer and wine, no hard liquors. Everyone should drink responsibly and don’t get sloshed. Save the hard drinking for the after parties in outside bars.
3. RESPECT FOR DIFFERENCES: While there is overlap among the groups, not every group is the same and thinks the same. Respect each other’s differences and different ideologies. Look for common ground not for things to hate. We’re all friends here, treat each other as such.
4. ARGUMENTS: Listen to each other’s opinion completely in good faith. Ask questions about other’s points instead of immediately dismissing. Approach taboo subjects–such as sex, religion, and politics–with strangers cautiously; back out if getting heated. Agree to disagree and walk away if necessary.
5. RESPECT FOR THE MEETING HOUSE: Use appropriate trash/recycling cans and clean up after yourselves. Leave the Meeting House better than you found it. Respect the neighborhood, don’t act foolishly on the streets when entering and leaving or loitering.
6. NO ELECTIONEERING: Due to tax restrictions for many groups being §501(c)(3) tax-exempt, do not discuss, promote, denigrate, or leave/display/hand out materials for any candidate, campaign, party, or proposition on any upcoming election. No electioneering during the event. Other activities prohibited by tax-restrictions are also not allowed.
7. SELF-RECOGNITION: Try to speak from your own experiences and own your intentions and impacts. Recognize your own privileges and different backgrounds.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY: Meetings are private despite being open to the public. Recordings are prohibited. You may share what you learned, but not direct quotes and identities.
9. MEETING MODERATION: The organizers, hosts, co-hosts, moderators, and discussion leaders will use various methods available to ensure compliance with the rules and maintain decorum.

Attending any meeting or event implies agreement with the above rules.