It is week two! First and foremost we have a new room. This week we will be meeting in Social Science Tower 120 at the usual time. So do NOT go to HICB like last week or you will end up having a meeting all by your lonesome.
This weekend we will be having a BBQ at Stanford park on April 11th starting at 1:00PM. Everyone is invited and more then welcome. The BBQ will be potluck style so if everyone attending could bring something that would be great. Also as this is an official AAR event please no alcohol.
Lastly, next Wednesday is our famous and always controversial Atheist bake sale where you can sell your soul for a baked good. However, all proceeds will go towards the UNAIDS programme (see previous post). Secondly, you will be able to sign our letter that we are sending to the pope regarding the HIV/AIDS issue in Africa.
Hope to see you all later!
Map to the BBQ:
Map :
The blue polygon is the area where you should park and it will be taking place in Stanford Park.
You can either click here to find directions on google maps or just click on the image above to see a higher resolution version of the map.
The pope is quoted as saying “[HIV/AIDS is] a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which can even increase the problem”
There has been a worldwide response to this. Bert Koenders the Dutch development minister has said “The Pope is making matters worse” and I agree.
The United Nations has a program devoted to fighting AIDS called The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp).
They make their position clear (http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp) that the male condom is “the single, most efficient, available technology to reduce the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.”
I am planning on donating 10 dollars to their program. This is because as a human being I feel responsible for my fellow people and we should as a group try to provide proper education and resources to those in need.
I just wanted to thank all the AAR members for making this a memorable quarter. So now that it is week 10 and spring break is just right around the corner I wanted to do a quick recap of the quarter.
Week 2: Angry guy with a big sign
Lori Lipman Brown:
Dan Barker:
Week 8: Angry guys with small signs
Last but not least. February had both Charles Darwin’s birthday and Valentines day… so this one is for you.
Constitutional Law professor Donna Schuele will be joining us for a special meeting of AAR. We will be discussing the Michael Newdow “under god” case. In this case he argued that having “under god” in the pledge of allegiance was unconstitutional and asked for it to be removed. Professor Schuele was actually at the particular case and will be giving us a presentation on the case. We hope to see you all in attendance.
The lecture will be held on Thursday, Frebruary 26th from 7:00pm – 9:00pm at Humanities Hall room 262 at UC Irvine.
On February 19th AAR will be proud to host Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. He will be giving a presentation about his new book: Godless: How An Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists. The lecture will be taking place in UCI’s Social Science Hall from 7:00pm. We hope to see you all there!
At the stump the professor event the professor was “stumped” twice. Unfortunately neither “stumps” were from our AAR group. Regardless, it was still an all around interesting event and nice to see how the secular community really decided to come out and with some pretty difficult questions.
We also had our AAR BBQ recently. Rather then tell you all about it, I’ll just let the pictures do the talking.
Our AARBQ has been moved to Sunday January 25th due to rain. It will begin at 2:00 in the afternoon. Please bring some food as this will be a pot luck style event.
Map :
The blue polygon is the area where you should park and it will be taking place in Stanford Park.
You can either click here to find directions on google maps or just click on the image above to see a higher resolution version of the map.
