Transcript of Students for Freethought WELCOME!!. Who are we? SFF is a student organization at The Ohio State...
Students for Freethought
WELCOME!!
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Considering having some intro music, like "What if No One's Watching" by Ani Difranco, or other atheist minded music.
Who are we?
• SFF is a student organization at The Ohio State University that is dedicated to promoting and practicing the open, rational, and scientific examination of the universe and our place in it. We also seek to demonstrate, by argument and action, that it is possible to lead a good and meaningful life without religion, and that ethics and morality can be meaningfully based on rational and humanistic ideals and values.
• We like to think of ourselves as a haven for atheists, agnostics, skeptics, humanists, freethinkers, and questioners. But we encourage all members of the Ohio State University community to participate with us to these ends. Or to just swing by and check us out.
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This is subject to change pending SFF EC's discussion of SFF's new Consititution (and therefore purpose).
What the Hell is Freethought?
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This is where I would explain what freethought, atheism, humanism, agnisticism, skeptic, etc. mean if I feel the need to do that here.
Activities
• As a group, SFF has many types of meetings, including: – Discussions– Speakers – Activism– And…
We GO Places!
SFF members at the Godless Americans March on Washington
SFF members meeting with members of Michigan State University Freethinkers Association after
the Godless Americans March on Lansing
Will depend on photos from P.Dan
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More photos of SFFers doing cool things.
Plans for AU03
• Retreat with UC Skeptics, Otterbien Atheists, and Denison CFA
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Dates, location, etc. still fuzzy. Don't have any speaker confirmations yet, so laying low on this part.
I want to go over all the email/net services that SFF has to offer. Also, I think this is a good place to metion the newsletter, socials, HCCO & CORI, and the national groups that we are affiliated with (which may change as well). It'll end up being more than one slide, I'm sure...
Alumni
• SSA
• HCCO
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I would like to mention that an SFF alum helped to found the Secular Student Alliance, and also some of the cool stuff that other SFF alums have done. I don't know what the SSA is doing about making an Alumni Program, but I think that would be added here if it made sense. Also, this will probably lead into or relate to a larger sense of involvement in on the national level.
How to become a Member?
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How to become a member of SFF and what that entitiles people to...Again, dependant on the new Constitution. We're making some pretty drastic changes, so I don't want to assume anything.
Thanks for coming!
Please join us at Steak and Shake for after meeting socializing and
discussion!
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This will probably not be at the end of the meeting, and may transition into the freethought zones video, not sure yet.