See the above video for highlights of this historic event.
(Click above for more information)
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SWiFT Winter Solstice Party 2011
Chase Bank Community
Room
4702 Packard Ave.
Cudahy, WI 53110
Sunday 12/18/11
1:00 PM
A great time to kick back and have some fun and just hang out with friends. Please bring a plate to pass or something to drink. We will have cups, plates and ice.
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Summer Solstice Party 2011
Please join us for a fun afternoon to celebrate the Summer Solstice with food, boat rides, engaging discussion and more.
When: Saturday June 25th, 1:00 PM
Where: Idle Isle Park Little Muskego lake,
look for the SWiFT sign
Cost: $4.00 per vehicle for parking,
$7.00 launch fee for your boat
Fun for the entire family – children are welcome
Please bring a plate to pass and your favorite
beverage
BBQ available (We will be providing plates, cups,
utensils, charcoal and soda)
Don’t forget sunscreen, lawn chairs, frisbees, etc.
This is a wonderful opportunity to meet new friends in a relaxed setting
Sit back, relax, have engaging dialog with other freethinkers, go for a boat ride, have fun!
Information about park
http://www.ci.muskego.wi.us/parksrecreation/Parks/Locations/IdleIsle/tabid/465/Default.aspx
Official Map:
http://www.ci.muskego.wi.us/portals/10/Idle%20Isle.pdf
Directions (Type in your location)
Google Maps Link
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A Night of Unbelief
Presented by
Southeast Wisconsin FreeThinkers
Featured Speaker
Tom Flynn
Tom Flynn is executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism and editor of its magazine, Free Inquiry, the nation’s largest-circulation secular humanist journal. He is an outspoken secular humanist activist. He cofounded the newsletter Secular Humanist Bulletin and designed the museum at the birthplace of 19th century agnostic orator Robert Green Ingersoll in Dresden, New York. He has written or edited four published books: a 1993 polemic, The Trouble With Christmas, two irreverent science fiction novels, and (as editor) a major reference work, The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief, expected from Amherst-based Prometheus books later this year.
Flynn has been listed in Who’s Who, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who in Entertainment, Strathmore’s Who’s Who, and Who’s Who in Hell.
Four Points Sheraton Hotel
8900 Kildeer Court
Brown Deer, WI 53209
Friday November 19th
7:00 PM
Open to the public
“Who Are These Doubters, Anyway? The Demography of Unbelief”
Tom Flynn
You've seen the various religion polls and the reported percentages of unbelievers – and the polls vary widely. Which surveys are reliable? Which are skewed? In a lavishly illustrated presentation Tom Flynn explores how sociologists and pollsters have measure religious belief and unbelief from the mid-twentieth century to today, complete with all the controversies and scandals. What do polls on religion really mean (for example, how many of those "no religious preference" people are really atheists?).
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Freedom From Religion Foundation 33rd Annual National Convention
October 29 - 31, 2010
Concourse Hotel
One Dayton St.
Madison, WI
Click Here For More Information
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Summer Solstice Parties
Atheists and Agnostics of
Wisconsin
Sunday June 20th 12:00 noon
Vilas Park, Madison, WI
It is Pot Luck so bring a dish to share
There will be a sign identifying the party
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Wednesday, September 30th, 7:00PM
Brown University Professor Kenneth Miller to speak at
Lakeland College on "Is Evolution 'Only a Theory?' Darwin,
God, and Design in the 21st Century"
Lakeland College News & Announcements
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National Day of Reason
May 7th 2009
Don't forget to celebrate reason
National Reason Day is an answer to those that would partake in National Prayer Day. It was started in 2003 by the American Humanist Association and the Washington Area secular Humanists.
National Day of Reason website
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Vince D'Orazio will be giving a presentation on China and speaking on wide range topics at the March 7th SWiFT meeting.
From the SWiFT website:
Southest Wisconsin Freethinkers
SWiFT members, friends, and guests meet at 1 PM, in the lower level community room at the Chase Bank located on the SouthEast corner of Packard and Layton. The content covered during the meetings varies, but includes: guest speakers, discussion of upcoming events, reports on events and conferences attended, presentation of video & audio materials owned by members, and group discussions of topics in the news
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Charles Darwin's 200th birthday is February 12
Celebrate at The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Friday 2/13/09 4:00PM Lapham Hall, N103
Presentation on Darwin's botanical work
Saturday 2/14/09 2:00PM at Lapham Hall, room 260
Screening of the creationist movie Expelled followed by a panel discussion.
For more information see the below link
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Happy New Year To All
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Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, will be the featured speaker at the November 1st SWiFT meeting.
From the SWiFT website:
Southest Wisconsin Freethinkers
SWiFT members, friends, and guests meet at 1 PM, in the lower level community room at the Chase Bank located on the SouthEast corner of Packard and Layton. The content covered during the meetings varies, but includes: guest speakers, discussion of upcoming events, reports on events and conferences attended, presentation of video & audio materials owned by members, and group discussions of topics in the news