Maryland-DC Chapter

P.O. Box 15319
Washington, DC 20003
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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, such as this coming February, are often moved to avoid holiday, major event conflicts or unavailability of our usual meeting space). Light refreshments are served at each meeting. For general information about the MDC chapter, contact Gary Berg-Cross at  gary emailor 240-426-0770. For telephone inquiries, please try to call during evening or weekend hours if possible.



Monthly Meeting
Saturday, February 11th, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Wheaton Regional Public Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902
Speaker: Rob Boston  of Americans United for Separation of Church and State  
Topic:   The Christian Nation Myth  
Religious Right activists often claim that America was founded as a Christian nation, and polls show that an alarmingly high number of Americans agree with this point of view. What does the Constitution really say about religious liberty, and where did the “Christian nation” myth originate? Why is it dangerous? Rob Boston will explore these issues in this talk.

Monthly Meeting
Saturday, March 3rd,, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Wheaton Regional Public Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902
Speaker: Edd Doerr
Topic: TBD

Monthly Meeting
Saturday, April 7th, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Wheaton Regional Public Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902
Speaker:     Abe Tsoy - Philosopher
Topic:  Experimental Moral Epistemology

Can we connect selected empirical studies of experimental philosophy, moral psychology, moral/epistemic intuition to knowledge of ethics?


Monthly Meeting
Saturday, May 5th, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Wheaton Regional Public Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902
Speaker: Sean Faircloth  of Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science
Topic: his new book Attack of the Theocrats  

How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It, which examines the crumbling of the United States' most cherished founding principle—the wall of separation between church and state—and offers a specific and sensible plan for rebuilding the church-state wall.


Monthly Meeting
Saturday, June 2nd, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Wheaton Regional Public Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902
Speaker: Luis Granados
Topic: TBD

Please remember that WASH is a volunteer organization. Contributions of your time and money are the core of WASH's ability to serve you, our membership. If you're not already a member, please consider joining for $35, or at least becoming a friend of WASH for $10. If you have the means to provide financial support for WASH beyond the membership dues, your contributions help WASH engage in projects such as the following:

o Printing of the Ingersoll Walk booklet (estimated cost: $300)
o Upgrades for the next Ingersoll Oratory Contest to include rental of a tent, an improved PA system, and upgraded prizes for contestants (estimated cost: $2,000).
o A project to make WASH generated videos available on YouTube (estimated cost: $500)
o Support for student groups (estimated cost: $500)
o Support for a fee-based speaker, such as professional interpreters of Jefferson (Steve Edenbo) or Madison, book authors, or others at a WASH event (estimated cost: $3,000)
o Advertising campaigns such as billboards (estimated cost: $5,000)

Thank you!


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