Join us at the Greenwood Library for a talk by Jennifer McCreight followed by a town hall-style discussion on how atheists/freethinkers handle the holidays. Light refreshments provided.

On April 19, 2010, an influential Muslim cleric preached that women dressing immodestly caused earthquakes.  Jennifer McCreight suggested Boobquake in response–a humorous experiment to expose and test these claims.  By April 26, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide were in, which ignited debate surrounding both feminism and religion.  Jennifer will speak to us about this interesting event, the effects and responses it drew.

Jennifer McCreight is a feminist, atheist blogger who recently moved to Seattle from Indiana.  She is currently working on her PhD in Genome Sciences at the University of Washington. Her blog can be found at blaghag.com.

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We also encourage you to bring canned food items for our year-round Seattle Atheists SeasonLESS Food Drive. We’ll donate the food we collect to Family Works and Volunteers of America food banks in the name of Seattle Atheists.

Food banks everywhere are experiencing a sharp decrease in the amount of food available to hungry families. It’s time to make sure that giving continues, even AFTER the traditional holiday giving season.

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Monday, Dec 6th 9am-12 / 12-4pm / 4-8pm
Wednesday, Dec 8th 9am-12 / 12-4pm / 4-8pm
Thursday, Dec 9th 9am-12 / 12-4pm / 4-8pm
Monday, Dec 20th 9am-12 / 12-4pm / 4-8pm

If you are able to volunteer, please contact the coordinator, Megan Spielbusch.

“Ask an Atheist,” a television program that debuted on Seattle public access in June is moving to radio early next year, joining the lineup of KLAY 1180 AM, a locally-owned station based in Lakewood.

“Ask an Atheist,” which swept the SCAN cable access Awards last month with four awards, including Favorite New Program of 2010 and Favorite Religious Program, was only the second atheism-themed television program in the country. In the move to radio, it will be the first explicitly atheism-themed program on commercial radio.

To provide the seed money for the radio show’s first round of episodes, “Ask an Atheist” is holding a benefit comedy show at the Tacoma Comedy Club on Thursday, December 9th, at 8 p.m.

The lineup includes:

• Aaron “Riggs” Flett, professional comedian and writer/director of the locally produced feature-length film Jesus For Less.
• Derek Sheen, a member of the People’s Republic Of Komedy, and producer/host of the Delicious Mediocrity podcast.
• Jeremy Whitman, Co-Creator of Ask An Atheist and nationally touring comedian.
• The headliner of the evening will be Brad Upton, a former writer/performer on Seattle’s Almost Live!, as well as an internationally touring act.

Tacoma Comedy Club includes a full drinks and food menu. Tickets are $20 and are available online at Brown Paper Tickets. (NOTE: No one under 21 years old will be admitted.)

“Ask an Atheist” is a live, weekly educational call-in program dedicated to atheism, skeptical inquiry and the separation of church and state. It premiered on SCAN Community Public Access in Seattle on June 6, 2010 and has regular viewers in over a dozen countries.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Mike Gillis, Producer and Co-Creator, “Ask an Atheist”, (206) 755-4262

Bring your festive mood and food to share. Table service, coffee, and other beverages will be furnished. For more information, please call Jeanette Merki at (425) 821-4605.

March 25-27, 2011

Portland State University
Smith Hall, Hoffman Hall
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201

This year’s keynote speaker (Saturday banquet keynote and Sunday audience Q/A session) is biologist and blogger PZ Myers.

Register early for a discount.

Full registration includes a Friday night reception, all four Saturday and Sunday workshop sessions, all three keynote presentations, four meals and two snacks.

Saturday only registration includes three workshops, two keynote presentations, three meals and a snack.

Full and partial scholarships are available.

The Northwest Freethought Alliance coordinates the efforts of almost 60 freethought groups in the Northwest in planning and hosting the annual regional conference.

Visit www.nwfreethought.org for more details.

Time to give back…Seattle Atheists is running a waterstop at the marathon and we need 30 volunteers to help out!!

Volunteering at a Marathon is a really fun experience…come and join us!!

Please sign up as a volunteer for the SA Seattle Marathon Waterstop. Last year we got some great press and lots of people stopped to have their pictures taken with our banner.

I have signed us up for “Aid Station/Waterstop” and we will be at Aid Station#3 at mile 4 in the I-90 tunnel location. Being in the tunnel is awesome as we will not get rained on…

We need 30 people so feel free to invite your friends or send this to them so they can sign up too, and YES this is a kid friendly event. If you need more info about this please feel free to email us. Maps of parking places are available below.

Volunteering is a lot of fun and this is the best waterstop in the whole marathon as it’s in a covered area and it’s early in the race so folks are all excited and hooting and hollering in the tunnel…good times!

We will need to be there at 6:15 to walk up the ramp and through the tunnel to the location, which is approximately a 5-10 minute walk. We need to be set up and ready for 12,000 runners to come by and get water…and we will be insanely busy at 8am until 8:30am and then be done by about 10ish, so I suggest we find a local restaurant near our parking and go there for breakfast/brunch after we do our volunteer work for the runners. Last year we hit the local I-Hop on Madison Blvd on Capital Hill.

Runners tend to splash the water a little when they take it from your hands so with 12,000 splashes, please wear some waterproof boots or pants if you have any or just be prepared for the fun of splashing water around each other!

ALSO: Water Station Training session is Saturday, November 21st, also at 10:00. The address is 4773 Colorado Ave S., Seattle, WA 98134 (this is a DIFFERENT location than last year, although nearby). We need at least 2-4 people from our group to attend. The training will take approximately 1 hour and is a ton of fun!

Deanna Joy Lyons
Feel free to text me with any questions on race day.
903-407-1633

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For additional parking and a shorter walk park on the other end of the tunnel here:

Two spots with adresses, google map link, and walking directions. Both are easy to get to from I-90.

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Two parking lots near:
1710 Rainier Ave, Seattle, WA

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Park at Toshio’s Teriyaki or Oh Boy Oberto and walk North on Rainier Ave to I-90 Overpass and take stairs up to the express lanes and walk east into the tunnel.

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Street parking near:
2200 S Atlantic St, Seattle WA

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Park on street (20-30 spots available at night). Walk to the west end of the street and take the low trail past the children’s play park and then take the crosswalk across the I-90 onramp and proceed to the I-90 overpass at Rainier Ave. Take the stairs up to the express lanes and walk east into the tunnel. Don’t take the high trial that run parallel to I-90 and S Atlantic St. You can’t get to the express lanes that way.

Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church
8109 224th St SW Edmonds, WA 98026

Over nine million parents in the U.S. are raising children without theistic religion. The PARENTING BEYOND BELIEF SEMINAR, a unique half-day workshop with author and educator Dale McGowan, offers encouragement and practical solutions for secular parenting in a religious world.

Based on the freethinking philosophy of the book Newsweek called “a compelling read,” the PARENTING BEYOND BELIEF SEMINAR is empowering secular parents across the country to raise ethical, caring, confident kids without religion.

Participants will learn effective ways to:

• Encourage religious literacy without indoctrination;
• Help kids interact productively with a religious world;
• Help kids develop active moral reasoning;
• Weigh church-state issues in the public sphere;
• Address sensitive issues with religious relatives using the principles of nonviolent communication;
• Help children develop a healthy understanding of death and a joyful love of life;
• Build a family atmosphere of fearless questioning and boundless wonder;

…and much more.

If you’re interested in participating, click here to register.

Join us at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park for our next book club. We will be discussing the second half of “The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life” by Austin Dacey. Dacey is a philosopher who spoke at a Seattle Atheists function last summer. This book outlines his theory of a secular liberalism and its role in society.