Secular Student Alliance at The Ohio State University

Hello!
OSU's student involvement fair will be held today from 4-7pm completely virtually. We will have a zoom video conference going on with our new e-board officers. If you are interested in joining, here is the link:
https://osu.zoom.us/j/99011862967?pwd=WkpMdXowSGtNajM4YnNoQXVhM1F2Zz09
if that doesn't work for whatever reason you can join with the meeting ID-
Meeting ID: 990 1186 2967
Password: 224541

feel free to drop in!

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Today I write to amplify the message being conveyed by the protests against George Floyd’s murder. While SSA is not directly tied to racial justice, we recognize that religious equality and secularism is not true equality if racial justice is ignored. The executive board of SSA at Ohio State stands in solidarity with all those who are marching to demand change and true justice for the hundreds of Black and Brown folks who have lost their lives at the hands of police brutality. We firmly stand with the Black community against systemic racism and continued oppression and discrimination.

I urge each one of you to contribute any amount to funds that directly help those who have been attacked and injured at the protests. To help locally, consider donating to the Columbus Freedom Fund to help release those who have been arrested and detained by police.

~Columbus Freedom Fund~
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/columbusfreedomfund
CashApp: $ColumbusFreedomFund

Here are some other ways to help the cause in Columbus:
1. Contact Mayor Gunther and City Attorney Zach Klein and tell them to release the arrested protestors and drop their charges
-Call Ginther (614-645-7671) and Klein (614-645-7385) and leave a message
-Tweet and
-Email [email protected] and [email protected]

Black Lives Matter.

-Amelia Kvalheim, President

Pay Columbus Freedom Fund using PayPal.Me Go to paypal.me/ColumbusFreedomFund and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

SSA will be volunteering at Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, April 4th from 9 am - noon at their warehouse at 3140 Westerville Road and we will be helping to paint playhouses for children! Come help out those in need because we are all humans regardless of our religious or lack of religious beliefs.

There are 5 more spots open, so if you would like to help out sign up below by Mar 15th and I will email everyone who will be helping out. First come, first serve basis.
https://forms.gle/X2cscoe3RaNoR4yF9

Today's meeting is in Thompson library room 204 at 7:30 pm. Given all the primaries occurring, it seems like a suitable time to talk politics! Just because you don't believe in a god doesn't mean you think the same as all other atheists, however we tend to share common beliefs and ideas. Are there then certain political philosophies that atheists "should" have? Do you think someone who is an atheist can run for office realistically in America?

Come to discuss later today!

Tomorrow's meeting will be in Thompson library room 204 at 7:30 pm and we will be discussing the role of religion and secular views in art and culture! Do you have any artists you enjoy who are openly secular or religious and how has their art been received? How have our cultural views and their expression in art changed over time with respect to religious and secular ideas? Come and join the convo.

Today's meeting is in Thompson library room 204 at 7:30 pm and we will be discussing morality! Religion shouldn't and doesn't have a monopoly on morality, if you're someone who identifies as non religious, how do you develop any set of morals? Are there any "objective" morals you follow? How do we solve really contentious issues? Hope to see you there

There will not be an SSA meeting this week. Next week our regularly scheduled meeting will occur on Darwin day, so be prepared for evolution fun!

Instead of a weekly meeting tomorrow, some of us will be seeing a Christian apologist, Frank Turek, give a talk called "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist". It is at 7:30 pm in the great hall meeting room of the union. We will gather at the door outside the room so we can sit together. There will be time afterwards for questions, so come and ask all your burning questions!

SSA meeting tonight in Thompson library room 204 at 7:30 pm where we will be discussing epistemology (how we determine how we know things). Come for the philosophy and stay for the people.

Tomorrow is the first SSA meeting in Thompson library room 204 at 7:30 pm. Feel free to come introduce yourself!

Welcome back from break OSU students and those who aren't students hopefully had a wonderful holiday season! The first SSA meeting will be in Thompson library room 204 on Wednesday the 15th at 7:30 pm. Hope to see you there :)

If holiday family religious discussions distress you or you need to talk to someone, recovering from religion has lots of resources for you! https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ -welcome

Recovering from Religion Recovering from Religion provides support and resources to people coping with doubt, seeking answers about religion, and living without faith. Programs we offer include the Helpline, Local Support Groups, and The Secular Therapy Project.

Big thank you to our amazing members (and advisor) for helping us serve Habitat for Humanity - MidOhio ReStore today!

First meeting of the year is this Thursday, 7:30 PM in Thompson 204! Be there!

Big thank you again to Hemant Mehta for coming to see us all last Thursday!

Just a reminder, no meeting tonight!
But there will be Mad Mex.

Just in case anyone could use a breath of fresh, reasonable air:

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/march-april-2017/features/fundamentalism-on-trial

Fundamentalism on Trial - TheHumanist.com THE EMINENT University of Chicago historian Daniel Boorstin identified American humanism as the defining characteristic of the nation, which is the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and the entirely secular US Constitution. The real menace to the United States, Boorstin contended, is the emphasis on our di...

Are you happy? Come find out (or not) at our meeting tonight!!

Come learn about defending our future at tomorrow night's meeting!

http://defendourfuture.org/

Home - Defend Our Future

No meeting tonight! Have a great weekend!

This means we get to claim Matt Dillahunty as a Buckeye now, right? :D

Happy Darwin Day!

dontgiveupworld.com

Ricky Gervais: If Holy Books & Science Books Disappeared, Only One Would Return with the Same Info Religion, unlike science, isn't self-correcting.

For anyone who is interested, a member of ours is giving a talk tomorrow for HCCO on growing up and away from Islam. Come see him! If you would like to go but need a ride, leave a comment!
https://www.meetup.com/HumanistOhio/events/235829875/

The Humanist Community of Central Ohio I grew up a Muslim, as my parents did before me and as their parents did before them. Considering where I am now, I think it's fair to say that they didn't do the best job. The story of my l

Don't forget to come celebrate Darwin Day with us tonight! We'll be watching "No Dinosaurs in Heaven" -- a documentary film about the struggle between evolutionary science and religious fundamentalism.
https://www.newday.com/film/no-dinosaurs-heaven

No Dinosaurs in Heaven The documentary weaves together two strands: an examination of the problem posed by creationists who earn science education degrees only to advocate anti-scientific beliefs in the classroom; and a visually stunning raft trip down the Grand Canyon, led by Dr. Eugenie Scott, that debunks creationist…