Monday, November 30th, marked the Freethought Books Project’s second mailing of the semester. The first mailing saw nineteen boxes of books distributed to atheist, humanistic, and freethinking prisoners. While not as large, this effort led to more prisoners getting access to such literature. The following is a statistical run-down of what was donated and to [...]
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Freethought Books Project Mailing Stats
Posted in News, Service Projects on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Book Project Featured on the Friendly Atheist
Posted in Media, News, Service Projects on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, Hemant Mehta’s The Friendly Atheist blog featured the Freethought Books Project. The November 27th article showcases Michael L’s letter to the Reed Secular Alliance, thanking the group for the books, especially the biography of Robert G. Ingersoll, The Great Agnostic. The Freethought Books Project, started by RSA President, Leslie Zukor, has been around [...]
Peoria Atheist Prisoner Reflects on The Great Agnostic
Posted in Prisoner Letters, Service Projects on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, the Freethought Books Project received a letter from an Illinois atheist prisoner. In it, he talks about growing up under the backdrop of a statue of Robert Ingersoll, The Great Agnostic. The prisoner, Michael L., reflects about sledding on the statue in the snow, doing marijuana by Ingersoll’s likeness, and even making out [...]
Standing Room Only for Greg Epstein
Posted in Lectures, Media, News on November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On his Good Without God book tour, Greg Epstein spoke to a standing room only crowd at Reed College on Thursday night. The event, which was cosponsored by the Reed Secular Alliance, Kol Shalom Humanistic Jews of Portland, and the Portland Coalition of Reason, drew a crowd of 170. All involved were pleased with the [...]
Good Without God: Interview With Greg Epstein
Posted in Lectures, Media, News on November 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Recently, the Reed Secular Alliance had the opportunity to interview Greg Epstein, who will be speaking about his book, Good Without God at Reed on November 19th. The talk will take place this Thursday in the Psychology Auditorium at 7:30 pm. There will be plenty of free food. We hope to see you there. RSA: [...]
Webmaster Speaks Out About Book Project
Posted in News, Opinion, Service Projects on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When Freethought Books Project webmaster, Jerry Donnelly, read about a religious prison program in his newspaper, he felt compelled to speak out. “I would like to let readers know there is another way to reach inmates,” he said. Donnelly went on to extol the virtues of the Freethought Books Project, which gives secular, freethinking, and [...]
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