Online Service: Other Heroes: Less-Known Black Women Activists
In school we learn about Martin Luther King, Jr., and that might be it for Black history. You probably know of Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Rosa Parks. There are […]
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Secular 4th of July Potluck Picnic
Ravenna Park Picnic Shelter #1 2000 NE 58th St, Seattle, WA, United StatesAtheists, agnostics, skeptics, free-thinkers, questioning, and believers - whatever you like to call yourselves, join us on July 4th to celebrate the United States and our freedoms, especially of and from religion! Enjoy some great food, meet friends both old and new, and have a fun afternoon with atheist/secular organizations from around the Seattle area […]
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Online Service: TED’s “Dangerous memes | Dan Dennett”
This week is our next installment of Atheist YouTube! We'll be watching the video "Dangerous memes | Dan Dennett" from the channel TED. Here's the description they gave for this video: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the […]
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Online Service: The Elephant’s Child
I will read the children's story from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. This story is a coming-of-age tale, a Hero's Journey of the old tradition, and an account of triumph over an abusive family system. It's also a funny story about a baby elephant, with lots of big rolling poetic phrases. This week's speaker […]
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Online Service: DEI FTW
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion measures have been put in place to ensure access to education, government programs, jobs, etc. for disadvantaged groups such as women, people of color, queer people, and disabled people. But these measures aren't merely kind or fair, they also result in better outcomes for governments and stronger workforces. This talk will […]
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Online Service: Household Justice
"Everyone wants a revolution. No one wants to do the dishes." --Dorothy Day We have little control over how our nation allocates labor and resources (but use what you have! […]
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Online Service: Guy Winch’s Emotional First Aid: Healing Everyday Hurts
We all sustain emotional wounds. Failure, guilt, rejection, and loss are as much a part of life as the occasional scraped elbow. But while we typically bandage a cut or […]
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Online Service: The Cat Who Walked By Himself
I will read the children's story from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, about how the first animals came to be domesticated. I hope you will forgive the improbable prehistory […]
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Online Service: Getting Comfortable With Discomfort: Learning Distress Tolerance
Distress Tolerance is one of the four pillars of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and a valuable skill for anyone to have. This is not about staying in miserable situations or suffering […]
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Online Service: Emergent Leadership
The best leadership is not imposed from outside or above, it arises organically from within. Even preschoolers can organize spontaneously to achieve a goal. The group may end up deferring […]