Thursday Monthly Meeting

Host: Ken Bronstein SPEAKER: Lee Moore TOPIC: Lee will lead a discussion on how we can make a difference by becoming more effective and successful activists, both individually and as an organization. A $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.

Host: 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...

Host: 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...

Host: 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...

Host: 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.

Host: 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...

Host: 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.

Host: Ken Bronstein SPEAKER: GEOFFREY R. STONE (Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law) Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of...

Host: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: The Ten Biggest Beasts Ever OUTSTANDING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS VIDEO - BEFORE MAN RULED THE WORLD, EARTH WAS A LAND OF GIANTS. COUNT DOWN THE BIGGEST BEASTS OF...

Host: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: HOW TO CONVERT A BELIEVER - STREET EPISTEMOLOGY I met Anthony Magnabosco, at the recent 2018 American Atheists convention in Oklahoma City, where he was a...

Host: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: Caring for those with Alzheimer and Dementia PRESENTLY A MEMBER OF NYC ATHEISTS IS COPING WITH THIS PROBLEM. I INVITED A SPEAKER FROM THE CIRCLE OF...

Host: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: THE VATICAN - CODES AND CONSPIRACIES SEE THE SECRETS OF THE VATICAN WHICH ARE SOME OF THE MOST SHOCKING CHAPTERS IN HUMAN HISTORY. A FANTASTIC VIDEO...

HOST: Ken Bronstein SPEAKER: CHRIS CARLSON TOPIC: CULTS IN SOCIETY AND DEPROGRAMMING The presentation will address: Cult involvement, brainwashing, coercive persuasion, traumatic narcissism Misconceptions which include the idea that people "join"...

HOST: Ken Bronstein TOPIC: BATTLING RELIGION WITH HUMOR WATCH VIDEOS OF COMEDIANS (INCLUDING CARLIN, GERVAIS, AND MAHER) RIDICULE RELIGION AND ITS RATIONALIZATIONS. A $10 charge for this event is used...

*** CANCELLED DUE TO COLD *** HOST: Ken Bronstein TOPIC: DNA: The Greatest Story Ever Told Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. With unprecedented access to Watson and his family, “American Masters: Decoding Watson” explores his life, achievements, controversies and contradictions. A $10 charge...

*** CANCELLED DUE TO COLD *** HOST: Ken Bronstein TOPIC: DNA: The Greatest Story Ever Told Meet James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the double helix as he confronts his complex legacy. With unprecedented access to Watson and his family, “American Masters: Decoding Watson” explores his life, achievements, controversies and contradictions. A $10 charge...

HOST: Ken Bronstein TOPIC: The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal We will be watching a you tube interview of Jared Diamond about his book: The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal. Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American geographer, historian, and author best...

HOST: Dennis Horvitz TOPIC: Christian hate group SPEAKER: Tom Van Denburgh - American Atheists Communications Director In February, American Atheists #LicensePlateHate campaign exposed how Arizona had already funnelled over $1 million to the Christian hate group, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)—all of this with zero transparency. In fact, until our campaign, ADF was quietly accepting funding...

HOST: Dennis Horvitz *** POSTPONED DUE TO DEMOCRATIC DEBATE *** TOPIC: PROJECT BLITZ: Christian nationalists are charging forward with Project Blitz, a secretive state legislative campaign with the sole intent of dismantling our rights. SPEAKER: TOM VAN DENBURGH - AMERICAN ATHEISTS / DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS This insidious campaign is simple but effective: introduce in as...

HOST: Kenneth Bronstein TOPIC: WHAT IS / SHOULD BE THE FUTURE FOR NYC ATHEISTS? How do we survive and resist in the Trump era? We cannot let despair making us retreat into a bunker. We all must help to make a better world. A $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the...