SMUD
A presentation from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (https://www.smud.org/), undoubtedly about SMUD-ish issues. Details TBA.
A presentation from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (https://www.smud.org/), undoubtedly about SMUD-ish issues. Details TBA.
Discover SMUD's 2030 zero-carbon plan Squeeze shut your eyes, breathe, and try to imagine a carbon clean future. One with low-acid seas and no nasty chunks of carbon settling in your lungs. Well, SMUD's 2030 zero-carbon plan aims to decarbonize its energy supply, boost air quality, and ensure affordable rates while leaving no community behind […]
Davis Community Meal project The Davis Community Meal project serves meals to the hungry, the poor, the indigent, the outcast. It happens in bucolic Davis city, so near to us, where compassionate citizens have developed a secular solution for the problem of hunger, and need our help. So join us in this effort. Your reward will be an […]
Mainly a French observance, Chevalier de la Barre Day is for all who opposes religious oppression, marking the execution of the Chevalier de la Barre for impiety. On July 1, 1766, church authorities tortured and killed young Jean-Francois de la Barre (the "Chevalier de la Barre" because he held the title of Chevalier or "knight") […]
In the state of Minnesota, former Governor Jess Ventura declared Independence Day to be Indivisible Day, a day in recognition of the separation of Church and State, and the vital role it has played in keeping our nation free and whole. For more information, see https://secularseasons.org/july/indivisible_day.html (https://secularseasons.org/july/indivisible_day.html).
It's an AOF planning meeting, mainly for AOF directors & officers, but open to all of you. These happen as required and are a lot more fun than they sound. Please join us, meet the Board, keep an eye on the shenanigans. We love visitors. We often have snacks. And maybe you'll have some good […]
A musical presentation by Sean O'Brien, our noted Robert Ingersoll impersonater. Details TBA.
You remember Sean O’Brien, right? The Robert Ingersoll guy, the Poe guy, right? Wrong. He has talents beyond that. Now he will entertain us with masterful skill on the folk guitar, Irish pennywhistle and the bodhran, an ancient Irish drum. It will be a musical concert like none other. It will get your Irish up. […]
World Friendship Day (http://www.friendshipday.org/) (or International Friendship Day) is the first Sunday of August, which of course floats, like the friendship in our lives, and can be any day from Aug 1 through Aug 7. We humans are social creatures. We recognize the value of friendship, the invisible thread connecting our hearts. In 1935 the US Congress proclaimed […]
Ingersoll Day marks the birthday of Robert Green Ingersoll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll), honoring the life and work of one of the most noted freethinkers in US history. Ingersoll was also the most successful orator in nineteenth century America, heard by more Americans than any human before the advent of motion pictures and radio. A leading political figure, he campaigned […]