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SOS (Secular Organizations for Sobriety)
SOS is a secular recovery group dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety. All those who seek sobriety are welcome as members in any SOS group. For more information contact Eric Chinchon at 716-636-4869 ext. 318 or echinchon@centerforinquiry.net. http://sos-nys.org/
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Secular Book Club – “Educated” a memoir
By popular vote our Summer selection is "Educated" a memoir by Tara Westover One of president Barack Obama’s favorite books of the year On Bill Gates’s holiday reading list Finalist for the national book critics circle’s award in autobiography Join us Wednesday August 21st at 7PM at CFI for another lively Secular Book Club discussion. ABOUT THE BOOK Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in…
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Elmwood Arts Festival – Cultural Row
CFI WNY will be staffing a table on cultural row at the Elmwood Arts Festival again this year. This is a great opportunity to interact with the broader community to help us get the word out about our organization and the many local activities that we have going on. If you are interested in spending a couple hours at the table to help put a friendly face on the CFI WNY community please call or text John Barrett at 716-238-3821…
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Elmwood Arts Festival – Cultural Row
CFI WNY will be staffing a table on cultural row at the Elmwood Arts Festival again this year. This is a great opportunity to interact with the broader community to help us get the word out about our organization and the many local activities that we have going on. If you are interested in spending a couple hours at the table to help put a friendly face on the CFI WNY community please call or text John Barrett at 716-238-3821…
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Café Inquiry (City) discussion group
Café Inquiry is a discussion group for those who love critical inquiry and friendly debates! Come join us to talk about religion, atheism, skepticism, culture, society, politics, and more. To find us look for our Cafe Inquiry table sign. The group currently meets three times a month, on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Mondays, with three rotating locations. The schedule is as follows: 1st Monday - Café Inquiry (South)SPoT Coffee Orchard Park (Upstairs); 6519 E Quaker St 2nd Monday -…
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April Wrap-Up: Witches and Earth Day
May 6, 2019
Phil Stephens joined us for the second in his series of two lectures on magical thinking and witchcraft in anthropology. Both talks were well-attended, and drew lively Q&A discussions with the audience. As usual, members met up at coffee shops throughout the month of April for Cafe Inquiry discussion events at various locations. (Cafe Inquiry …
March Wrap-Up: Magical Thinking
April 2, 2019
Retired UB anthropology professor Phillips Stevens was our speaker for March and April. On March 29, he gave a lecture titled “Magical Thinking: Inherently Human” to an audience of about 70 people. We were glad to welcome our neighbors from the Atheist Community of Rochester to the center, and enjoyed having drinks and snacks with …
February Wrap-Up: Evolution for Educators
March 18, 2019
Bertha Vazquez, Director of CFI’s Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science (TIES), generously agreed to travel to Buffalo from Florida (in March!) to give a teaching workshop and lecture at headquarters. Bertha’s talk coincided with CFI WNY’s celebration of Darwin Day, an annual recognition of Darwin’s birthday on February 12, 2019. You can view Bertha’s entire …