Where: Clapp Hall, University of Pittsburgh (4249 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)
When: 6:30PM TODAY
RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/Steel-City-Skeptics/events/55658362/
This timely event about Secularism on Campus celebrates the growing numbers of secular students on campuses today. Speakers include several leaders of local secular campus groups who will describe their impact on their campuses, and their struggles for recognition and respect. The rights of secular students to organize and get recognized will be also discussed, in the aftermath of Duquesne University’s rejection of a secular student group.
Student Leaders who will speak include:
- Joshua Phillips, Secular Alliance, University of Pittsburgh
- Jean Romanowski, Secular Alliance, University of Pittsburgh
- Colin Stragar-Rice, Duquesne Secular Society (denied approval), Duquesne University
- Aaron Swartz, AHA! (Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics), Carnegie Mellon University
Additional Speakers from the Center for Inquiry:
- Debbie Goddard, Director of African Americans for Humanism
- Barry Kosmin, Director of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture at Trinity College, Connecticut
- John Shook, University at Buffalo and CFI Director of Education
All students will be admitted free (with valid ID), members of CFI pay $15, all others pay $20 to register. You can register in advance for this event by going to http://action.centerf…
Tuesday, April 3 at 6:30 PM
Details: http://www.meetup.com/Steel-City-Skeptics/events/55658362/
