Welcome to 2012. There are a lot of things coming up that Humanists and Freethinkers should know about.
The Center for Inquiry has three events they want you to know about.
First, their skeptics in the pub event is next Monday Jan 9th at Al Fresco restaurant, 344 Main Street Dunedin, FL 34698-5732 . Pub visit starts at 6 pm and you should RSVP to attend. http://www.centerforinquiry.net/tampa/events/cfi_skeptics_humanists_in_the_pubdunedin/
CFI Tampa and Suncoasts of the Humanists are sponsoring a joint meeting to learn about Occupy! This is Saturday Jan 7th at the Clearwater Library on Drew street starting at 2 pm – details at: http://www.centerforinquiry.net/tampa/events/occupy_-_joint_meeting_with_humanist_society_of_the_suncoast/
CFI is also sponsoring a new UU Humanists group at the UU of Clearwater. Their first meeting will be Sunday Jan 15th at 12:30 pm. Details at: http://www.centerforinquiry.net/tampa/events/uuc_clearwater_forms_new_humanist_group/
Most interesting will be the UU Humanists versus Baptist debate which will take place on Jan 17th at 7 p.m. at UU Clearwater’s campus. Address is 2470 Nursery Rd., Clearwater. The topic for discussion is, "Do reason and evidence support Christian claims?"
The Humanist Families of Greater Tampa will be hosting a picnic at the Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach starting at 10 am on Sunday Jan 8th – meet inside the museum area (upper floor) – details: http://www.facebook.com/events/188878537875012/
The Humanist Families is also organizing a Darwin Day party set for Sunday February 12th at Emerson Point Park in Palmetto Florida. RSVP’s needed so that they have enough materials for the kids participating. Details at: http://www.facebook.com/events/240722132666184/
There is a Humanists of the Suncoast meeting on Saturday Jan 7th and the Tampa Humanist Association’s next meeting is Saturday Jan 21st. Details at: http://www.meetup.com/Tampa-Humanist-Association
Yours truly is teaching a 6 week class on the Humanist Approach to Happiness for the Lifelong Learning Academy in Sarasota. It starts next week and details on registration are at: http://www.thelifelonglearningacademy.com/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=2694&Itemid=14&year=2012&month=01&day=12&title=w12-42-the-humanist-approach-to-happiness&uid=daaba6c3a88acd15ff0df834e4a2f9c8&catids=7
I will also be at the UU of Fort Myers on Sunday Jan 29th talking about the Power of Compassion and at the UU of Manatee on Sunday Feb 26th talking about the Future of Humanism. Details at: http://www.facebook.com/JentheHumanist?sk=events
The Humanists of Sarasota Bay have several activities planned including weekly luncheons, book club, current affairs discussion group and more. Their next lecture is on Monday Feb 6th and is about what is happening in Afghanistan. Details at: http://sarasota.humanists.net/calendar.html
The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Sarasota also has a very full events calendar including a special education series on Humanistic Judaism led by Betty Pelletz and a joint concert by the Humaniares and the UU of Sarasota’s choir on Saturday Feb 4th. For full details go to: http://www.chj-sarasota.org/Event-Calendar.html
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