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June Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesHost: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: WE WILL LISTEN TO WNYC'S BRIAN LEHRER INTERVIEW OF BROOKE GLADSTONE ABOUT HER NEW BOOK: The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time. HOW fake news, post-truth, and why reality itself has become a hotly contested issue of our time. A LIVELY DISCUSSION WILL FOLLOW Brooke Gladstone, host...
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July 4th Picnic
Conservatory Garden 5TH AVE AT 105TH STREET, New York, NY, United StatesNYC ATHEISTS ANNUAL JULY 4TH PICNIC Join us in the beautiful Conservancy Garden in Central Park! Meeting place will be in the upstairs gazebo behind the fountain. Bring your own food & drinks. (5th Ave at 105th Street) Subway: 6 (103rd) / 2 & 3 (110TH st) / 4 & 5 (110th) Afterwards we can visit the...
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Street Tabling
Columbus Circle 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY, United StatesOn Saturdays during the summer months, we set up our cozy tent-covered table on the sidewalk on Columbus Circle (in front of the Time Warner Building) and chat with interested with passers-by. We don't accost people, but simply make ourselves available to provide information and answer questions about what we do as an organization and...
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July Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSUBJECT: MY JOURNEY OF A BANGLADESHI WOMEN FROM ISLAM TO ATHEISM ZERIN FIROZE is an outspoken Ex-Muslim, atheist, feminist and human right activist. Due to her advocacy for secular, LGBT and women’s rights, she has received death threats from groups such as Ansar-Al-Islam, Jamaat-Shibir, Hefajat-e-Islami and was forced to flee Bangladesh The cost of this...
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July Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesTopic: Empathy and Forgiveness To what degree do we empathize with our religious neighbors even when they are hostile to us? Can we forgive those same people who have harmed us in the past? Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of...
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July Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesHost: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: WILL FACEBOOK REPLACE THE CHURCH? How Facebook is like a church, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said: “Its members gather to comfort and encourage one another. They check in on the sick and struggling. They wish each other a happy birthday. But it’s not church. It’s...
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September Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSUBJECT: SECULAR MUSIC PERFORMER: SHELLEY SEGAL, SINGER AND SONGWRITER FROM AUSTRALIA The cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
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September Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesTopic: Immigration SHOULD RELIGIOUS FOLKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO STAND LITTLE CHANCE OF ASSIMILATING INTO OUR CULTURE BE ALLOWED ENTRY TO THE STATES? Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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September Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesHost: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: The Satanic Panic: The Witch Hunt of the Late Twentieth Century It was a season of the witch...more than two decades which saw mainstream Christianity warning about the Devil's influence in our movies, television shows, books, music, and even our children's games and toys. Seth Andrews transports us back in time...
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October Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSPEAKER: JIM HELTON – AMERICAN ATHEISTS: NATIONAL FIELD ORGANIZER Jim G Helton is the National Field Organizer for American Atheists. After attending the Reason Rally, he co-founded the Tri-State Freethinkers and then became the Kentucky State Director. Under his leadership they adopted the Highway in front of the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter which also...
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October Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesTopic: Immigration WHY IS MAYOR DEBLASIO SURRENDERING TO THE HASIDICS? Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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October Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesHost: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: BLACK NON-BELIEVERS SPEAKER: MANDISA THOMAS – PRESIDENT, BLACK ATHEISTS A $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.
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November Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesTOPIC: Recovering From Religion SPEAKER: Gayle Jordan - Executive Director, Recovering From Religion Doubt Your Beliefs? Have Questions About Changing Or Leaving Your Faith? You Are Not Alone, And We Are Here To Help. Learning how to live after questions, doubts, and changing beliefs is a journey. We at Recovering from Religion are intimately familiar...
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November Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesTopic: Dangerous Religious Convictions Dangerous religious convictions are rampant amongst disadvantaged communities in our city, acting only to compound their troubles and leading to very real, very tangible tragedies. Why is this and can we do anything about it? Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone...
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November Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesHost: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: Religion News Service SPEAKER: Kimberly Winston Kimberly Winston covers atheism and freethought for the Religion News Service which delivers an unbiased viewpoint on breaking news from...
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December Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSPEAKER: SUSANA MARINEZ CONDE Susana Martinez-Conde is a neuroscientist and science writer. She is a professor of ophthalmology, neurology, and physiology & pharmacology at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. BOOK: CHAMPIONS OF ILLUSIONS A full-color celebration of stunning visual illusions and the science behind them. In Champions of Illusion, Susana Martinez-Conde and...
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January Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSPEAKER: MIKE REISS Mike Reiss has won four Emmys and a Peabody Award during his twenty-eight years writing for “The Simpsons”. He ran the show in Season 4, which Entertainment Weekly called “the greatest season of the greatest show in history.” In 2006, Reiss received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Animation Writers Caucus. “Springfield...
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January Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesTopic: Trump What can and should we do as atheists? Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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January Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesHost: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: NYC Atheists Future, Succession, and Delegation Plans A $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.
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February Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSUBJECT: Does Religion Have the Right to Deprive a Child of a Basic Education? - My Fight Against the Hasidic Yeshivas SPEAKER: Naftuli Moster, Executive Director of Young Advocates for Fair Education You’ve heard the rumors, read the articles in the newspapers and probably wondered: Could this be true? Is it possible that a religious sect would...
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