The Reed Secular Alliance is hoping to have one big-name lecture this fall. Names we have discussed include Greg Epstein, the author of Good Without God, Phil Zuckerman, a sociologist with expertise on societies without God, and Richard Dawkins, who will be on book tour next fall. Since Richard Dawkins will speak at Portland State [...]
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2009 Reed Secular Alliance Fall Lectures in the Works
Posted in Lectures, News on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Losing My Religion – William Lobdell Speaks in Portland
Posted in Lectures, News on May 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
William Lobdell answers questions from the audience On Thursday, May 28th, Reed Secular Alliance President, Leslie Zukor, attended a provocative talk at Powell’s Books on Hawthorne. In Losing My Religion, author and former Los Angeles Times religion beat writer, William Lobdell, explains how he lost his faith while covering religion. His story? As a troubled young [...]
2008-09 in Review
Posted in Lectures, Media, News on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the Reed Secular Alliance, this has been the most active year since 2005-06. And there have been many accomplishments. Firstly, we moved our blog from Blogspot to WordPress, which was a great move. With the new software, we can now see how many people visit the site, have our own customized pages, and carry [...]
Bill Nye the Science Guy at Reed
Posted in Lectures, News, Pictures on April 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On Tuesday, April 14th, Bill Nye the Science Guy made an appearance at Reed College. Although the event was not sponsored by the Reed Secular Alliance, RSA member Matt Steele had the honor of introducing Nye. Even though he admitted that he was nervous, Steele did an excellent job of welcoming Bill Nye to Reed College. The [...]
What Your Pastor Won’t Tell You…
Posted in Lectures, News on April 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Abusive Reform Schools Have Received Faith-Based Funding While the crowd may have been small, the message was anything but trivial. On Tuesday evening, the 25 Reedies in attendance witnessed Michele Ulriksen’s sobering presentation. Unlicensed, unregulated religious reform schools, many of which are notorious for abuse, not only exist in the hundreds in the U.S; they have even [...]
Michele Ulriksen – Tuesday!
Posted in Lectures, News on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Survivor of a Religious Boot Camp Speaks Out Join the Reed Secular Alliance tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 31st, for our “The Perils of the Faith Based Initiative” lecture. The event begins with a 7:00 pm Meet and Greet, in Reed College’s Vollum Lecture Hall. At 7:30 pm, author Michele Ulriksen will speak on her book, [...]
Now on the Web: Lori Lipman Brown Lecture
Posted in Lectures, Media, News on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week’s Lori Lipman Brown lecture is now online. Brown, the former Lobbyist and the Founding Director Emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America, discusses secular lobbying in D.C. She also reveals how many non-theists are legislators in our nation’s Capitol. We hope that you’ll enjoy the talk; Lori is a great speaker, and we [...]
Video -The Secular Conscience Lecture
Posted in Lectures, Media, News on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In April of 2008, the Reed Secular Alliance hosted Austin Dacey, author of The Secular Conscience. 60 people were in attendance, and it was a great night for a freethinking lecture. Dacey’s speech is now online, for readers’ viewing pleasure. We hope you’ll enjoy the video.
Presenting – The Republican War on Science
Posted in Lectures, Media, News on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Back in September of 2006, the Reed Secular Alliance hosted a book talk by bestselling author Chris Mooney. Mooney spoke on his work, The Republican War on Science, which is about the GOP’s attempts to suppress scientific research, when it supports corporate or socially conservative interests. Now, for the first time, readers can enjoy the lecture from [...]
Now Online: Daniel Dennett Lecture
Posted in Lectures, Media, News on March 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The Reed Secular Alliance is pleased to announce that we acquired DVDs of 75% of our old lectures. First of all, we had to show our most important and well-attended lecture, Daniel Dennett’s Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon book tour appearance. In the coming days, the RSA will make available a number of old talks in video format, [...]
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