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Editors: Alison Bates, August E. Brunsman IV, Nic Hall, Hemant Mehta, Jessica Sharon | A lot of great things have been happening in the last few weeks! Check out the dates for the Richard Dawkins Book Tour, learn to build your group, and see what's been happening around Darwin Day. Is your group doing something exciting this semester? Let us know! We love to share our affiliates' success, and we'd be happy to put up a note about upcoming events! Email us today!  On Feb. 12, 2008, the Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS), hosted the first ever Humanist Legislative Advocacy Day. Humanist activists in New York state came to Albany to persuade their elected representatives to support secular positions a wide variety of issues. By Ruth N. Geller, editor of the Humanist Network News. Read more...  Don't you love it when other people tell you what it is you're doing? John G. West, senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, describes Darwin Day as an attempt to demote President Lincoln and labels the IHS as an anti-religious organization. What, you weren't aware of that, either? Read more...  I recently recieved an email from a group leader asking about how he could take his six-member fledging group and get it fired up. He'd just returned from a poorly attended movie showing. I wrote him back with some ideas and I figure that there's no reason not to share them with everyone who's trying to build momentum for their group, so here you are. By August E. Brunsman IV. Read more... The beginnings of an atheist group at Sacramento State are featured in an article in The State Hornet. Article reprinted with permission. By Leonard Low of The State Hornet. Read more... Members of the Freethinkers Club at the University of South Florida, an SSA affiliate group, challenge the science behind intelligent design in a debate series. This article was originally published in The Oracle on 2/28/2008 and is reprinted here with permission. By Michael Hamlin, correspondent for The Oracle. Read more... Bethany Heywood, a Ph.D. candidate in the UK, is seeking secular individuals to interview as part of her research. Check our her project description and sign up if you're interested in participating! Read more...  Every month, our Southern California Campus Organizer Neil Polzin writes an update describing what he and the groups in his area have been up to. Read more...  Lori Lipman Brown is Director of the Secular Coalition for America, where she serves as the first Congressional lobbyist representing atheists. She is also a speaker on the SSA's Speaker's Bureau. She writes a weekly blog for The Humanist; we reprint select articles with permission. Read more...  Kelly of the Rational Response Squad is writing a year-long series to address theist talking heads in the media. Kelly is a Psychology major, co-host of the RRS Radio show, and has been featured on ABC debating Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort. Here, we reprint select articles with permission. Read more... Exciting news! The Secular Coalition of America is looking to hire a second full-time lobbyist. If you're looking for an exciting, involved position promoting secular interests on Capitol Hill, this may be the job for you. Read more... |