Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 301-802-4442
P.O. Box 15319
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 301-802-4442
The Maryland DC (MDC) Chapter of WASH meets the first Saturday of each month, September through June, unless otherwise noted. Meetings alternate between the Washington, DC office of the Center for Inquiry (CFI DC) and libraries in the Montgomery County system in Maryland, making MDC meetings accessible to both members in Northern Virginia and DC, as well as those living in suburban Maryland. Light refreshments are served at each meeting. For general information about the MDC chapter, contact Jennifer Kalmanson at the above email or phone number. For telephone inquiries, please try to call during evening or weekend hours if possible.
Upcoming Events:
Monthly Meeting
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. [[[ NEW DATE ]]]
Location: CFI DC, 621 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003 (1
Block from Eastern Market Metro Station)
Speaker:
Dr. Robert Park
Topic: Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
In his well regarded book by this name, Dr. Bob Park, looks at many levels of superstition that remain in our modern society. Religious belief in the afterlife and the power of prayer are debunked. Parapsychology, homeopathy and acupuncture are compared with the evidence. The so called theory of Intelligent Design, is examined. The power of the scientific method is applied to these and other areas of superstition in this excellent new book.
Robert L. (Bob) Park is professor of physics and former chair of the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland. He is routinely published in national magazines such as Skeptical Inquirer. He has thousands of fans of his weekly e-news/blog called What's New in which he skewers superstition and idiocy in many of its various forms. Dr. Park is the author of Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud.
Monthly Meeting
Saturday, March
6th, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Chevy Chase Community Library, 8005 Connecticut Ave,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Speaker: Sean
Faircloth
Topic: One
Nation Under the Constitution
The
Secular Coalition for America lobbies for secular policies in
Washington, D.C. Secular Coalition Executive Director Sean Faircloth
will discuss how the values of our nation's founders directly connect
to the values of the secular movement and how theocratically-based
injustices in American law are not a historical artifact -- but
rather a stark current reality that we all have a moral obligation to
address.
Special
Event!
Tuesday,
March 23rd, 2009
Location:
George Washington University
Speaker:
Tom Flynn
Keep your eyes here—details are emerging in the near future!
Monthly
Meeting
Saturday,
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
Location:
CFI DC, 621 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003 (2 Blocks from
Eastern Market Metro Station)
Speaker:
Margaret Johnston (WASH Speakers' Bureau)
Topic:
Beyond Belief: Stories of Good People Who Left Their Church Behind
Monthly
Meeting
Saturday,
May 1st, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Location:
Chevy Chase Community Library, 8005 Connecticut Ave, Chevy Chase, MD
20815
Speaker:
Stuart Jordan
Topic:
Updating the Enlightenment
Stuart Jordan, one of WASH's leaders since its inception, offers his views on trends in the organized Humanist movement. From the “new atheists” to those willing to work with religious humanists to accomplish secular humanist aims, the organized Humanist movement is faced with many choices in what message we choose to present. Because modern Humanism found its roots in the Englightenment, it is by updating our understanding of Englightenment ideas in which we can determine our course for organized Humanism.