September 30th, which has been named International Blasphemy day, marks the anniversary of the publication of the Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad that started riots around the world.
You couldn’t pick a better day to have our first meeting.
The topic of AAR’s first meeting was coming up with ideas for events this quarter.
Here is what we came up with:
Hold events such as
An anti-superstition fair (break a mirror, go under a ladder, open an umbrella indoors…)
Ask an atheist booth
an Atheist Bake Sale
Doing things in response to the soon to be campus invasion by Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron minions: (if you haven’t heard about it, read about it here)
-Creating warning stickers for bibles and handing them out
-Handing out flyers to debunk the claims made in their introduction
Having social events such as
Going on hikes
…and perhaps geocaching http://www.geocaching.com/
Having a Flying Spaghetti Monster inspired spaghetti cookout complete with a marinara baptism
Creating an atheist book club
Going to see movies in theatres:
-Creation:
-Lord Save Us From Your Followers
Having movie nights:
-Religulous
Giving back to the community with things like:
Either hosting a blood drive here on campus or making a trip to the Red Cross
Volunteering at soup kitchens and other such places
Hosting speakers (UCI professors and people from the community)
Doing publicity through Fundie Action Committee counter protesting
Handing out ramen and cup o’ noodles with club information on it.
Based off these excellent ideas and the enthuasiasm from members, this year looks like it’s going to be great!