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Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 5:30 PM CSTFirst Tuesday
American Pie Pizza, North Little Rock, AR
Come on out! Order some pizza and a beer and chat with some fellow freethinkers as we plot world domination in the name of reason and science.
4 attendees
Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 6:00 PM CSTSocrates Café - Maumelle
Maumelle Library, Maumelle, AR
Socrates Café is a "3rd Party event" operated by the Central Arkansas Library System and is not hosted by, nor an official event of, the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers. We recommend and promote this event as a service to our members.

At Socrates Café, people explore questions from their lives through public, non-academic dialogue. There are no prerequisites, and no reading or other preparation is required. At the beginning of each meeting, participants suggest questions, from which the topic question for the evening is determined by popular vote. Recently suggested questions include: What is the best religion? How is education different from indoctrination? How does language influence thought? What are war memorials for? Why have Socrates Café?

In Little Rock the Central Arkansas Library System sponsors the following monthly Cafés:

1st Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at Maumelle Library, 10 Lake Pointe Dr, Maumelle.

4th Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. at Fletcher Library, 823 N. Buchanan, Little Rock

Find us on Facebook, too.

The idea to explore philosophy using non-academic, public conversation was promoted in the book Socrates Café by Christopher Phillips. From the book:

"While an undergraduate college student, I took a number of philosophy courses. I was disappointed to no end that my professors did not encourage their students to see themselves as co-inquisitors who were there to engage with the professors in the types of impassioned dialogues Socrates and his cohorts held. They tended to treat philosophy like a museum piece that only they, the experts, could discuss with authority. All too often they employed an inaccessible jargon that left students intimidated and bewildered, and vowing never again to take another philosophy course once they had satisfied their degree requirements."
1 attendee
Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 12:00 AM UTCBeyond Belief - Secular Substance Abuse Recovery
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Are you looking to get beyond your addiction without religion? Finally, there is a secular program for recovery in Arkansas!

Beyond Belief is a secular program of recovery. If you want relief from a substance use disorder without relying on an interventionist deity, this program may be right for you.

We can maintain sobriety from the strength that comes from within us. People who struggle with a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) can find this inner strength through the collective wisdom of those who have gone before us and those who are on the journey with us.

Beyond Belief will incorporate and include the ever-evolving science that investigates the multifaceted underlying causes of a substance use disorder.

This program welcomes people who have not successfully maintained sobriety through traditional 12 step programs of recovery.

This meeting currently occurs online. Once the pandemic permits, we plan to meet in person.
2 attendees
Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 10:00 AM CSTHelp Set Up the Winter Solstice Display
Arkansas State Capitol, Little Rock, AR
Join us on the south lawn of the State Capitol to help set up the Winter Solstice Display! We need helpers with tasks like holding panels, putting nuts on bolts, moving pieces, and handing screws to the person on the ladder!

A smaller group will meet up at 9:15 a.m. at ASF's storage unit to load the display onto a trailer. Then we will arrive at the south lawn at around 10 a.m.

After the display is up in all its glory we might go out to grab lunch to celebrate another year of representing the secular perspective at our State Capitol. Join us for good times and a hands-on way of sending a message.

For more info on the ASF solstice display: https://www.arfreethinkers.org/winter-solstice-display/
4 attendees
Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 6:00 PM CST2nd Sunday Cantina Communion!
Cantina Cinco De Mayo, Little Rock, AR
Cantina Communion is back! It's time to meet up, make new friends, and enjoy some delicious Mexican cuisine and beverages. Join us every 2nd Sunday of the month.
1 attendee
Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 1:30 AM UTC2nd Monday Zoom Night!
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Join us for an open-ended call about ethics, law, secular life, culture, work, whatever! We have a call on the 2nd Monday of each month and the 4th Monday of each month.

This is a great opportunity for freethinkers from across Arkansas to network.

https://zoom.us/j/4596691091
2 attendees
Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 12:00 AM UTCBeyond Belief - Secular Substance Abuse Recovery
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Are you looking to get beyond your addiction without religion? Finally, there is a secular program for recovery in Arkansas!

Beyond Belief is a secular program of recovery. If you want relief from a substance use disorder without relying on an interventionist deity, this program may be right for you.

We can maintain sobriety from the strength that comes from within us. People who struggle with a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) can find this inner strength through the collective wisdom of those who have gone before us and those who are on the journey with us.

Beyond Belief will incorporate and include the ever-evolving science that investigates the multifaceted underlying causes of a substance use disorder.

This program welcomes people who have not successfully maintained sobriety through traditional 12 step programs of recovery.

This meeting currently occurs online. Once the pandemic permits, we plan to meet in person.
1 attendee
Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 1:00 PM CSTMonthly Meetup - Speaker TBD!
Unitarian Universalist Church, Little Rock, AR
Socialize with other freethinkers, and enjoy a presentation on an interesting topic. Also learn what the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers is doing.

RSVP now to watch for updates and more details!

This meeting will be conducted in person at the UU Church in Little Rock and via YouTube Live on the Channel for the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers.
1 attendee
Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 7:00 PM CSTPint Nite
The Flying Saucer, Little Rock, AR
Have a bite, have a brew and plot to take over the Rivermarket Area!
3 attendees
Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 1:00 AM UTCASF Board Meeting
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Meetings of the ASF Board of Directors are open to ASF members. This is a great way to find out how you can get involved with a team of people who, like yourself, want to build a secular community in Arkansas and advocate for a scientific worldview.

This board meeting will occur onsite after the Big Meeting and also on Zoom. RSVP to view the link.
1 attendee

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