AOF Activities & Events
The Twenty-third Annual California Freethought Day Festival will convene on the West Steps of the California State Capitol, an in-person event. As in years of yore (lots of yore here), the local community of freethinkers will bring you a menagerie of wonders and a fabulous flight of free minds, with music, speakers, awards and more. Attendance to the main event is free, yes free. So please join us.
"CFD" is not officially an AOF activity. But AOF founded it in 2002, as a rather rag-tag gathering on the Sacramento courthouse steps. Then it grew. Year by year it grew, until it left the nest and took wings. We still promote and sponsor it because we're proud parents.
Today it is an annual public jubilee and gala hosted by the independent Freethought Day Committee, a wide-ranging celebration of free speech and free thought, civic engagement, enthusiasm for science, social justice, and the separation of church and state. It is open to all -- combining "the fun and festivity of a fair with the education and activism of a conference," as the event chair fondly tells us. It features exhibits, speakers, music, prizes, panels, performance art, banners, balloons twisted into small animals, and tons of fun.
Planners have packed the day with events to entertain you and uplift you. For details see https://freethoughtday.org/main/schedule/.
So sign up now. But wait, sign up why? It's free, isn't it? Oh yes, the main event (Sunday) is free to attend, but advance registration (at no cost) makes you eligible for delightful & toothsome benefits, including doorprizes and updates. And would you care to staff a table? Would you like to join us for the Supporters Reception the evening beore? CFD is a multifarious event, covering the whole weekend. Please visit the event website to learn more.
The seed of this festival, of course, is the celebration of Freethought Day, a secular holiday that technically falls on October 12 (click that little link to learn a bit about it), and one of many celebrations held world-over at about the time.
Finally ... if you'd like to table, volunteer, sponsor, help promote, help plan, participate - or if you just have ideas - then please do visit the event website now, and contact the chairman (see below). Or see the event flier at this link. Sooner = better -- the team will love to have you, because hands that help ... are beautiful hands.
