The Freethought Books Project, split off from the Reed Secular Alliance in 2010, has a new address. Please send inquiries to the following location: Freethought Books Project P.O. Box 259 Mercer Island, WA 98040. You can also email leslie@secularstudents.org. We appreciate your continued interest.
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Freethought Books Project: A New Address
Posted in News, Service Projects on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Join Us at the PDX Humanist Film Fest!
Posted in News on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Reed Secular Alliance will be attending the 2010 Portland Humanist Film Fest. Showings will occur on October 8th, 9th, and 10th, and the festival will be a great place for atheists, humanists, and freethinkers to gather and enjoy skeptical cinema. The production is underwritten by the Center For Inquiry, the Freethinkers of Portland State [...]
Greta Christina Speaking at Reed!
Posted in Lectures, News on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why Are You Atheists So Angry? Come join the Reed Secular Alliance as we welcome atheist blogger, Greta Christina ’83, to speak at Reed. Christina, a Reed alumna and Religion major, has been a freelance writer since 1989. She currently blogs at http://gretachristina.typepad.com about atheism, sexuality, and her queer identity. Christina will discuss the atheist [...]
RSA Founder Reflects on Humanist Conference
Posted in News, Pictures on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: This year, Reed Secular Alliance founder and former President, Leslie A. Zukor, had the opportunity to attend the American Humanist Association conference in San Jose, California. It was a great opportunity and her reflections are presented below. Although I have been to American Humanist Association conferences in the past, each time I attend [...]
Zukor Wins Atheist Scholarship
Posted in Media, News on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
[Vimeo 10607780] Leslie Zukor’s acceptance speech Congratulations to Reed Secular Alliance founder and former President, Leslie Zukor. Zukor won the 2010 American Atheists Founders’ scholarship. The award, which was founded in 2002, is a $2,000 prize, based primarily on activism. Zukor’s devotion to freethought activism is far reaching. In addition to founding the RSA, Zukor [...]
Freethought Books Project Mailing Stats
Posted in News, Service Projects on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend, the Reed Secular Alliance completed its Freethought Books Project mailing. The statistics are as follows: Boxes: 10 Books: 91 Magazines: 13 Sent To: 9 individual prisoners 1 non-theistic books to prisoners drive Titles: The Born Again Skeptic’s Guide to the Bible, The Soul of Science, American Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll, One Woman’s [...]
Announcing New Signator – Elad Gilo
Posted in News, Officers on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Reed Secular Alliance Signator, Elad Gilo, is passionate about the freethought movement. Below is a complete biography of the Reed sophomore. Name: Elad Gilo Interests: I love to travel. Whenever I get the opportunity to travel the world and experience new cultures, geographies and people, I will take it. I enjoying backpacking and outdoor [...]
Dinner with Christopher Hitchens
Posted in Media, News, Opinion on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By: Leslie A. Zukor When I was invited to have dinner with Christopher Hitchens, I jumped at the opportunity. For the past several years, Hitchens has made a name as a provocateur, as someone who minces no words with regard to his personal views. His latest target, as he wrote about in God Is Not [...]
Religious Garb Appropriate for the Classroom? The Oregon House Thinks So…
Posted in News on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After more than 80 years, the Oregon House moved to revise the Statute that says that public school teachers are forbidden to wear religious garb. The objection was met by praise in some quarters, but others bristled with hostility at the allowance of expressions of faith in the classroom. Read more.
Book Project Featured in Freethought Today
Posted in Media, News, Service Projects on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the November 2009 issue of Freethought Today, the Freedom From Religion Foundation featured the Freethought Books Project. The article, entitled, “Project Puts Freethought Behind Bars“, showcased the Reed Secular Alliance’s efforts to get non-theistic literature into prisons. “It was neat to be covered in Freethought Today,” book project founder, Leslie Zukor, explains. “That publication [...]
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